The Rural Municipality of Woodworth 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 December 22, 1883. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its
provincially mandated amalgamation
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Mathematics and science
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with the
RM of Wallace and the
Village of Elkhorn to form the
Rural Municipality of Wallace – Woodworth
The Rural Municipality of Wallace – Woodworth is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba that incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Wallace and Woodworth and the Village of Elkhorn. It was f ...
.
The
Sioux Valley Dakota Nation
Sioux Valley Dakota Nation (SVDN) or Wipazoka Wakpa ('Saskatoon River', named for the abundance of Saskatoon bushes along the river) is a Dakota people, Dakota (Sioux) First Nations in Canada, First Nation that resides west of Brandon, Manitoba.
T ...
Indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty,
that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band."
In ...
is located by its southeast corner of the former RM.
Communities
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Harding
*
Kenton
* Lenore
References
''Manitoba Historical Society - Rural Municipality of Woodworth''Map of Woodworth R.M. at Statcan* Dorthy Vipond, ''Proudly we speak: a history of the Rural Municipality of Woodworth'', Woodworth Centennial Committee, 1967,
External links
Official website
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Former rural municipalities in Manitoba, Woodworth
Populated places disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Manitoba