Manitoba Communities: Turtle Mountain (Unincorporated Rural Municipality)
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This municipality is named for a range of hills nearby.
Population
Year |
Total |
1891 |
1572 |
1896 |
3309 |
1901 |
3050 |
1911 |
2592 |
1921 |
2541 |
1931 |
2963 |
1941 |
2707 |
1951 |
2310 |
1956 |
2185 |
1961 |
2002 |
1966 |
1769 |
1971 |
1612 |
1976 |
1463 |
1981 |
1352 |
1986 |
1285 |
1991 |
1142 |
1996 |
1179 |
2001 |
1146 |
2006 |
1100 |
Reeves
Term |
Reeve |
1881-1882 |
? |
1882-1883 |
James S. Stevenson [Warden] |
1883-1886 |
William Ryan (1842-?) |
1886-1890 |
Robert Monteith (1843-1930) |
1890-1892 |
Robert Smith |
1892-1897 |
Robert Monteith (1843-1930) |
1897-1900 |
Thomas Shannon |
1900-1902 |
James Wellington Smaill (1860-1937) |
1902-1908 |
John Hannah (1857-1923) |
1908-1915 |
James Miller |
1915-1929 |
Howard Brown |
1929-1937 |
Thomas R. Gregory |
1937-1949 |
Benjamin E. Shaw |
1949-1953 |
Alexander Cochrane |
1953-1957 |
S. J. Tripp |
1957-1959 |
Alexander Cochrane |
1959-1971 |
S. J. Tripp |
1971-1972 |
? |
1972-1975 |
J. M. Chapman |
1975-1985 |
Gordon Leonard Church (1913-1985) |
1985-1989 |
Ivan C. Lawson |
1989-2005? |
Wayne Nichol |
2007 |
See Killarney-Turtle Mountain |
Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Turtle Mountain:
Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Turtle Mountain.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Turtle Mountain.
Maps
Sources
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
In View of Turtle Hill: A Survey of the History of Southwestern Manitoba to 1900 by Norman E. Wright, MA thesis, University of Manitoba, 1951.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 June 2022
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