The Rural Municipality of Ethelbert is a former
rural municipality (RM) in the
Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on March 1, 1905. 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:
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with the
Town of Ethelbert to form the
Municipality of Ethelbert
The Municipality of Ethelbert is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
History
The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Ethelbert and the Town of Ethelbert. It was formed as a re ...
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The westernmost approximately one-quarter of the former RM lay within
Duck Mountain Provincial Forest. It was the largest area of the forest that lay within any single rural municipality.
Communities
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Garland
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Mink Creek
References
''Manitoba Municipalities: Rural Municipality of Ethelbert''''Map of Ethelbert R.M. at Statcan''
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Ethelbert
Populated places disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Manitoba