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This municipality was named for Jonas Erik Erikson, who is believed to have been the first Swedish settler in this area.
Present Status
Municipality of West Interlake (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Rural Municipality of Eriksdale (22 March 1918)
Amalgamated with Siglunes (1 January 2015)Adjoining Municipalities
Constituent Communities
Land Area (square km)
784.76
Year
Total
1901
42
1911
1099
1921
2410
1931
1469
1941
1364
1951
1301
1956
1311
1961
1173
1966
1130
1971
1066
1976
1012
1981
1017
1986
1045
1991
977
1996
942
2001
889
2006
911
2011
846
Term
Reeve
1918-1919
A. F. Forsythe
1919-1921
Charles Simpson
1921-1926
James Forsythe
1926-1928
James Spence
1928-1930
A. J. Morton
1930-1933
S. D. B. Stephanson
1933-1935
George Slaughter
1935-1947
John Lindell
1947-1949
Mabel Eleanor “May” Allen (1896-1993)
1949-1951
John Sigurdson
1951-1953
Daniel McFadyen
1953-1969
G. R. Duncan
1969-1989
Gordon K. Smith
1989-1993
Robert Samuel “Bob” Lundale (1924-2003)
1993-2006
David McLelland (1940-2012)
2006-2010
Brian Joseph McKinnon (1948-2010)
2010-2014
Arne Lindell
2015
See West Interlake
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Geographic Names of Manitoba prepared in part by Anthony Paul “Tony” Buchner, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 September 2025
