The Rural Municipality of Blanshard 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 December 22, 1883. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated

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with the RM of Saskatchewan and the Town of Rapid City to form the

Rural Municipality of Oakview The Rural Municipality of Oakview is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba, incorporated on January 1, 2015 as a result of the amalgamation of the rural municipalities of Blanshard, Saskatchewan, and the town of Ra ...

. It was located northwest of the city of

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Communities

* Brumlie * Cardale * Norman *

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References

''Manitoba Historical Society - Rural Municipality of Blanshard''

Map of Blanshard R.M. at Statcan

External links

* {{coord, 50, 11, 47, N, 100, 21, 30, W, scale:250000, display=title Blanshard Populated places disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Manitoba