The Municipality of Shoal Lake is a former

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(RM) in the

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of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 2011. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated

amalgamation Amalgamation is the process of combining or uniting multiple entities into one form. Amalgamation, amalgam, and other derivatives may refer to: Mathematics and science * Amalgam (chemistry), the combination of mercury with another metal **Pan am ...

with the RM of Strathclair to form the

Rural Municipality of Yellowhead The Rural Municipality of Yellowhead is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. History The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the Municipality of Shoal Lake and the RM of St ...

. The former Municipality of Shoal Lake is located in the

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of the province. Its formation on January 1, 2011 was a result of an amalgamation of the former Town of Shoal Lake and the former Rural Municipality of Shoal Lake. It had a population of 555 according to the Canada 2006 Census.

Communities

*Kelloe * Oakburn * Shoal Lake

References

External links

Municipality of Shoal Lake
(copy archived January 5, 2015)
Shoal Lake, MB Community Profile

Map of Shoal Lake R.M. at Statcan
Shoal Lake Populated places disestablished in 2015 {{Manitoba-geo-stub