The Rural Municipality of Morton 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 November 1, 1890. It ceased on January 1, 2015, as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the Town of Boissevain to form the

Municipality of Boissevain – Morton The Municipality of Boissevain – Morton is a rural municipality (RM) in the Westman Region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. History The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Morton and the Town of Bo ...

. The former RM was located in the southwestern part of the province, on the border with the state of

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in the

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. Its population in the 2006 census was 718 persons, a decrease from 760 persons in 2001. The International Peace Garden is located partially in the territory of the former RM of Morton, along the

border. Most of Manitoba's

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lies in the southwest corner of the former RM.

Communities

* Whitewater

Geography

According to

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, the former RM had an area of 1,089.88 km² (420.8 sq mi).

Adjacent municipalities

* R.M. of Winchester - (west) * R.M. of Whitewater - (north) * R.M. of Riverside - (northeast) * R.M. of Turtle Mountain - (east) * Rolette County, North Dakota - (south, southeast) *

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- (southwest)

References

External links

Official website

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