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Manitoba Communities: Napinka (Unincorporated Village)
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This municipality was alleged to have been named for an Aboriginal word meaning either “two” or “mitts.”
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Brenda (1 January 1986)
Incorporation History
Village of Napinka (1 May 1908)
Dissolved (1 January 1986)
Adjoining Municipalities
Land Area (square km)
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Population
Year
Total
1911
326
1916
347
1921
299
1926
291
1931
289
1936
236
1941
255
1946
240
1951
222
1956
181
1961
178
1966
191
1971
135
1976
151
1981
132
Mayors
Term
Mayor
1909
Andrew Earnest Slater (1861-1939)
1910
Rufus Cates
1911-1912
M. S. Drewitt
1913
James Burnett
1914
Andrew Earnest Slater (1861-1939)
1915-1916
W. H. McHattie
1917-1919
Fred Tweedley
1920-1921
R. J. Webb
1922-1923
Joseph Anderson
1924-1925
William J. Ronaghan
1926-1927
R. B. Milton
1928
James Burnett
1929
George Reith
1930
William J. Ronaghan
1931
J. W. Elsey
1932
N. Pickard
1933-1937
H. M. Houck
1938-1943
T. A. Taylor
1944-1947
H. M. Houck
1948-1953
R. R. Lamont
1954-1960
L. A. Green
1961-1966
R. R. Lamont
1967-1968
C. W. Graham
1968-1973
C. M. Richardson
1974
W. E. Yeomans
1975
C. M. Richardson
1976-1977
K. R. Burtle
1978-1980
L. A. Green
1981-1983
F. Sturch
1983-1985
Lloyd Gould
Memorable Manitobans
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Historic Sites
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Maps
Napinka (2001) |
Sources
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 April 2017
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