Rural Municipality of Ochre River
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The Rural Municipality of Ochre River is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on November 18, 1901. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated
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with the RM of Lawrence to form the
Rural Municipality of Lakeshore The Rural Municipality of Lakeshore is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada. Lakeshore is named for the proximity of the shoreline of Dauphin Lake, which splits the municipality into north and south. The RM is ...
. The former RM as located south of Dauphin Lake and took its name from the river and the community of
Ochre River Ochre ( ; , ), or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand. It ranges in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. It is also the name of the colours produced ...
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Ochre River Ochre ( ; , ), or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand. It ranges in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. It is also the name of the colours produced ...


References

* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba (pgs. 197-198) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada''


External links

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Map of Ochre River R.M. at Statcan
Ochre River Ochre ( ; , ), or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand. It ranges in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. It is also the name of the colours produced ...
Populated places disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub