Manitoba Communities: Glenwood (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)

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This municipality was named by settler William H. Sowden after his estate “The Glen” in Ontario which was surrounded by woods.

Present Status	Municipality of Souris-Glenwood (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Rural Municipality of Glenwood (22 December 1883) Amalgamated with Souris (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Cameron, Oakland, Sifton, Whitehead, Whitewater
Constituent Communities	Beverley, Bunclody, Griffin, Hayfield, Hebron, Menteith, Newstead, Page, Schwitzer, Souris
Land Area (square km)	577.58

Population

Year	Total
1891	1473
1896	1358
1901	2072
1911	1446
1921	1424
1931	1493
1941	1236
1951	1063
1956	989
1961	930
1966	953
1971	809
1976	839
1981	841
1986	708
1991	722
1996	710
2001	697
2006	640
2011	602

Reeves

Term	Reeve
1883-1887	John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer (1848-1914)
1887-1888	William Smith
1888-1889	John Smith Hitchcock (1858-1938)
1889-1891	?
1891-1893	William Herriot (1843-1927)
1893-1894	?
1894-1895	Anthony James Hughes (1859-1937)
1895-1896	Robert Isaac Crisp (1849-1927)
1896-1898	?
1898-1899	Robert Isaac Crisp (1849-1927)
1899-1900	?
1900-1902	Anthony James Hughes (1859-1937)
1902-1903	Ainslie Lunham Young (1868-?)
1903-1904	Andrew Wellington Gerow (1853-1923)
1904-1905	George Kerr
1905-1910	John M. Perdue
1910-1920	Andrew Wellington Gerow (1853-1923)
1920-1925	John M. Perdue
1925-1931	George Brown
1931-1935	William McCulloch
1935-1945	Mark W. Janz
1945-1953	William J. Barclay
1953-1967	Llewelyn Brychan “Chappie” Powell
1967-1978	David L. Barclay
1978-1980	?
1980-1983	Mark E. Janz
1983-1989	A. Roy Lovatt
1989-2001	Douglas C. Denning
2001-2014	Malcolm E. “Sandy” Sanderson
2015	See Souris-Glenwood

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

The People of Souris and Glenwood from the Earliest Beginnings to the Present by Souris and District Heritage Club Inc., 2006.

Manitoba Gazette, 1887-1959. Manitoba Legislative Library.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 September 2018