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This village is named for a nearby lake.
Present Status
Rural Municipality of Sifton (1 January 2015)
Incorporation History
Town of Oak Lake (15 June 1907)
Amalgamation of Oak Lake and Sifton (1 January 2015)Land Area (square km)
2.73
Year
Total
1911
449
1916
468
1921
500
1926
489
1931
473
1936
454
1941
464
1946
479
1951
467
1956
471
1961
430
1966
389
1971
342
1976
367
1981
369
1986
399
1991
350
1996
369
2001
359
2006
363
2011
383
Term
Mayor
1907-1909
Robin L. Hood
1909-1912
Alexander Anderson Cameron (1864-1947)
1912-1915
James Black
1915-1917
A. S. Thompson
1917-1918
James Lind
1918-1919
W. W. McCubbin
1919-1921
Alexander Jack
1921-1924
Thomas Sandell (1873-?)
1924-1926
Ephriam Ure Steen (1862-1926)
1926-1927
Percy Walter Paul (1879-1963)
1926-1929
Alexander Jack
1929-1932
Phillip Arthur Jackson (1881-1960)
1932-1934
Arthur Cooper
1934-1946
Adam S. Stewart
1946-1952
Peter Anderson (1903-1956)
1952-1958
Clarence Osborne “Curly” Motheral (1912-1989)
1958-1960
Percy Walter Paul (1879-1963)
1960-1971
Clarence Osborne “Curly” Motheral (1912-1989)
1971-1977
Allan Sigurdson (?-c2005)
1977-1978
Walter Sherrin Cheslock (1944-2023)
1978-1980
Clarence Osborne “Curly” Motheral (1912-1989)
1980-1986
Gordon Bell
1986-1992
Louis “Lou” Schwindt (c1954-2021)
1992-1995
Kerry Smith
1995-2004
Louis “Lou” Schwindt (c1954-2021)
2004-2014
Jeff Sigurdson
2015
See Sifton
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Go here for a list of historic sites in Oak Lake.
Go here for a list of history books for Oak Lake.
Obituary [Peter Anderson], Winnipeg Tribune, 27 August 1956, page 10.
“Government will referee Oak Lake dispute,” Brandon Daily Sun, 12 January 1980, page 1.
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 November 2023
