The Rural Municipality of Oakland 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 December 22, 1883. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated

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with the Village of Wawanesa to form the

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Communities

* Bunclody * Carroll * Methven * Nesbitt * Rounthwaite

Education

Stratherne School was established in November 1884. It moved in 1890 and, in 1950 it was replaced by a new school. The school was finally closed in 1962. In 1970 a

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was erected to mark the site.

References

External links

*
Map of Oakland R.M. at Statcan

Oakland Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is ...

Populated places disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub