Manitoba Communities: Winnipegosis (Unincorporated Village)

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In July 2015, on the centenary of its incorporation as a Village, Winnipegosis received a MHS Centennial Organization Award from the Manitoba Historical Society.

Present Status	Rural Municipality of Mossey River (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History	Village of Winnipegosis (20 April 1915) Amalgamated with Mossey River (1 January 2015)
Adjoining Municipalities	Mossey River
Land Area (square km)	2.50

Population

Year	Total
1911	518
1916	500
1921	750
1926	914
1931	976
1936	941
1941	911
1946	896
1951	924
1956	984
1961	980
1966	908
1971	887
1976	893
1981	855
1986	832
1991	771
1996	730
2001	621
2006	628
2011	647
2016	617
2021	945

Mayors

Term	Mayor
1915-1916	?
1916-1919	Thomas H. Whale (c1867-1947)
1919-1920	J. Conrad Adam
1920-1921	Frank G. Shears
1921-1924	W. M. Ketcheson
1924-1934	Thomas H. Whale
1934-1938	G. E. Hjalmarson
1938-1940	Sigurdur Oliver
1940-1946	William Walmsley
1946-1948	Henry Hansen
1948-1949	Edward Chermak
1949-1951	Henry Hansen
1951-1952	T. I. Pawlicki
1952-1954	William Walmsley
1954-1956	Henry Hansen
1956-1958	William Walmsley
1958-1966	George Rodrigue
1966-1967	C. Humeniuk
1967-1968	M. Yakielashek
1968-1977	George Rodrigue
1977-1989	John S. Ogryzlo
1989-1994	Peter Buhler
1994-1995	Dan Brown
1995-2001	Henry Dyck
2001-?	Gloria Kostelnyk
?-2014	Dan Brown
2015	See Mossey River

Memorable Manitobans

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Historic Sites

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History Books

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Maps

Sources

Geographic Names of Manitoba prepared in part by Anthony Paul “Tony” Buchner, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 March 2017