The Rural Municipality of Siglunes is a former
rural municipality
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These include:
* Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, ...
(RM) in the
Canadian
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province
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of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on April 1, 1919. It ceased on January 1, 2015, as a result of its
provincially mandated amalgamation
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with the
RM of Eriksdale to form the
Municipality of West Interlake.
The former RM is located on the east shore of
Lake Manitoba at the narrowest part of the lake, across from the
Rural Municipality of Alonsa
Alonsa is a rural municipality (RM) in the province of Manitoba, western Canada. It lies on the west side of Lake Manitoba.
Located within the borders of the municipality is the Indian reserve of Ebb and Flow 52, as well as the Margaret Bruce ...
to the west.
Communities
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Ashern
AshernCanada 2016 Censuspopulation 565) is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district located in the Municipality of West Interlake in Manitoba's Interlake Region. The RM of Siglunes was incorporated in 1917. Ashern was na ...
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Oakview
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The Narrows
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Vogar
References
External links
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Map of Siglunes R.M. at Statcan
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Siglunes
Populated places disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Manitoba