The Rural Municipality of Glenella 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 April 10, 1920. It ceased on January 1, 2015, as a result of its provincially mandated

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with the RM of Lansdowne to form the

Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne The Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. History It was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Glenella and Lansdowne. It was formed as a require ...

. The RM had a population of 555 in 1996 and 518 in 2001. It was situated west of Lake Manitoba, northeast of

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and northwest of

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. Provincial Road 261 was slightly north of Glenella.

Communities

* Glenella * Grass River * Waldersee

References

* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba'' (pg. 93) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada

External links

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