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The municipality is named for a river that flows through it.
Present Status
Town of Swan River (11 May 1908)
Incorporation History
Town of Swan River (11 May 1908)
Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
6.89
Year
Total
1911
574
1916
562
1921
903
1926
900
1931
968
1936
1016
1941
1129
1946
1175
1951
2290
1956
2644
1961
3163
1966
3470
1971
3522
1976
3742
1981
3782
1986
3946
1991
3917
1996
3986
2001
4032
2006
3869
2011
3907
2016
4014
2021
4049
Term
Mayor
1908-1909
S. R. Wright
1909-1910
Peter McKay (c1857-1923)
1910-1911
William Edwards
1911-1912
R. T. Taylor
1912-1913
H. V. Morse
1913-1917
Peter McKay
1917-1918
John Crawley
1918-1919
Hugh Owens
1919-1920
Joseph Armstrong
1920-1922
John Crawley
1922-1923
Benjamin Edward Rothwell (1875-1929)
1923-1924
James Robert Reid (1882-1966)
1924-1925
David G. Reid
1925-1926
Benjamin Edward Rothwell (1875-1929)
1926-1928
George C. Johnstone
1928-1930
John Crawley
1930-1932
John W. Pickard (1892-?)
1932-1933
?
1933-1937
Percival James McKay (1891-1957)
1937-1938
F. C. Dennis
1938-1939
John W. Pickard (1892-?)
1939-1949
W. L. Foshner
1949-1963
George Edward Scalf
1963-1967
C. Hinchliffe
1967-1969
John Lambert
1969-1975
Dr. L. F. Matthews
1975-1977
Doug Gourlay
1977-1978
Walter Zukewich
1978-1980
?
1980-1992
Fred Sigurdson
1992-1995
Stan Anderson
1995-?
Glen McKenzie
?-2018
?
2018-?
Lance Jacobson
Period
Secretary-Treasurer
1909-1912
Benjamin Edward Rothwell (1875-1929)
1913
A. S. Weir
1914-1919
Benjamin Edward Rothwell (1875-1929)
1920-1922
Albert E. Reed
1923
Donald L. Mills
1924-1938
James Fulton
1939-1943
L. J. Walker
1944-1952
George Dickerson
1953-1956
Norman C. Tyler
1957-1959
H. H. Cornish
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Swan River.
Go here for a list of history books for Swan River.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
