The Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West is a

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(RM) in the Canadian province of

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. It is located in Manitoba's Parkland region, between Riding Mountain National Park near the province's western border with

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History

The Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West was incorporated on January 1, 2015, via the amalgamation of the RMs of Shellmouth-Boulton and Silver Creek. It was formed as a requirement of '' The Municipal Amalgamations Act'', which required that municipalities with a population less than 1,000 amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015. The Government of Manitoba initiated these amalgamations in order for municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality. The RM of Shellmouth–Boulton was created through an earlier amalgamation of the RMs of Boulton and Shellmouth in 1999.

Communities

Constituent communities of Riding Mountain West include: * Angusville * Cracknell * Dropmore * Endcliffe * Inglis ( local urban district) * Lennard * Petlura * Shellmouth * Silverton

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, Riding Mountain West had a population of 1,442 living in 663 of its 987 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,420. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Attractions

Asessippi Provincial Park Asessippi Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West, Manitoba, Canada. It is located near Inglis, Manitoba, about west of Dauphin, and is in size. A campground on the south shore of the Shellmouth ...

** Asessippi Ski Area *

Inglis Grain Elevators Inglis may refer to: Companies and organizations * A. & J. Inglis, a shipbuilding company * John Inglis and Company, a Canadian company now a subdivision of Whirlpool Corporation * William Inglis and Sons, bloodstock auctioneers Places * Inglis ...

* Riding Mountain National Park * Shellmouth Reservoir *

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— runs through Angusville

References

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