The Rural Municipality of Glenella is a former
rural municipality (RM) in the
Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on April 10, 1920. It ceased on January 1, 2015, as a result of its
provincially mandated amalgamation
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with the
RM of Lansdowne to form the
Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne
The Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
History
It was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Glenella and Lansdowne. It was formed as a requi ...
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The RM had a population of 555 in 1996 and 518 in 2001.
It was situated west of
Lake Manitoba
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, northeast of
Brandon and northwest of
Winnipeg. Provincial Road 261 was slightly north of Glenella.
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Glenella
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References
* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba'' (pg. 93) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
External links
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Map of Glenella R.M. at Statcan
Glenella
Populated places disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Manitoba
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