The Rural Municipality of Morton is a former
rural municipality (RM) in the
Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on November 1, 1890. It ceased on January 1, 2015, as a result of its
provincially mandated amalgamation with the
Town of Boissevain to form the
Municipality of Boissevain – Morton.
The former RM was located in the southwestern part of the province, on the border with the state of
North Dakota in the
United States. Its population in the 2006 census was 718 persons, a decrease from 760 persons in 2001. The
International Peace Garden is located partially in the territory of the former RM of Morton, along the
North Dakota border. Most of Manitoba's
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park lies in the southwest corner of the former RM.
Communities
* Whitewater
Geography
According to
Statistics Canada
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, the former RM had an area of 1,089.88 km
2 (420.8 sq mi).
Adjacent municipalities
*
R.M. of Winchester - (west)
*
R.M. of Whitewater - (north)
*
R.M. of Riverside - (northeast)
*
R.M. of Turtle Mountain - (east)
*
Rolette County, North Dakota - (south, southeast)
*
Bottineau County, North Dakota - (southwest)
References
External links
Official websiteMap of Morton R.M. at Statcan
Morton
Populated places disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Manitoba
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