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This municipality is named for the Pipestone Creek that runs through it which, in turn, is believed to have been so named because soft stone suitable for making pipes was found in its vicinity.
Present Status |
Rural Municipality of Pipestone (22 December 1883) |
Incorporation History |
Rural Municipality of Pipestone (22 December 1883) |
Adjoining Municipalities |
Sifton, Two Borders, Wallace-Woodworth |
Constituent Communities |
Agnew, Butler, Cromer, Ebor, Ewart, Linklater, Pipestone, Reston, Scarth, Sinclair, Woodnorth |
Land Area (square km) |
1147.35 |
Population
Year |
Total |
1891 |
1100 |
1901 |
1592 |
1911 |
3082 |
1921 |
3251 |
1931 |
3382 |
1941 |
2781 |
1951 |
2744 |
1956 |
2838 |
1961 |
2767 |
1966 |
2643 |
1971 |
2293 |
1976 |
2138 |
1981 |
2073 |
1986 |
1987 |
1991 |
1795 |
1996 |
1710 |
2001 |
1567 |
2006 |
1419 |
2011 |
1447 |
2016 |
1458 |
2021 |
1422 |
Reeves
Term |
Reeve |
1883-1884 |
John McKinnon |
1884-1887 |
Daniel McLean [MacLean] (1854-1908) |
1887-1888 |
William McDougall |
1888-1889 |
John McKinnon |
1889-1895 |
Robert Forke (1860-1934) |
1895-1898 |
William Reid Guthrie (c1834-1909) |
1898-1901 |
William Lothian (1855-1940) |
1901-1904 |
John Grant Rattray (1867-1944) |
1904-1914 |
Robert Forke (1860-1934) |
1914-1917 |
William Huston Donald (1862-1925) |
1917-1918 |
Albert Edwin Smith (1875-1950) |
1918-1923 |
William Huston Donald (1862-1925) |
1923-1932 |
David Leopold Mellish (1883-1954) |
1932-1948 |
William Watt (1875-1958) |
1948-1951 |
Gordon Alexander Mooney (1905-1987) |
1951-1959 |
James Alexander Donald (1904-1982) |
1959-1977 |
Charles Francis Wedow (1907-2004) |
1977-1992 |
John R. “Jack” Guthrie (c1924-2011) |
1992-1998 |
W. Ross Tycoles |
1998-2002 |
Melvin D. Watt (1946-2010) |
2002-2006 |
Karen Caldwell |
2006-2014 |
W. Ross Tycoles |
2014-? |
Archie McPherson |
Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Pipestone:
Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Pipestone.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Pipestone.
Maps
Sources:
Obituary [James Alexander Donald], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 January 1982, page 46.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
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We thank Nathan Kramer and Michelle Halls for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
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