The Rural Municipality of Ochre River is a former
rural municipality (RM) in the
Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on November 18, 1901. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its
provincially mandated amalgamation
Amalgamation is the process of combining or uniting multiple entities into one form.
Amalgamation, amalgam, and other derivatives may refer to:
Mathematics and science
* Amalgam (chemistry), the combination of mercury with another metal
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with the
RM of Lawrence to form the
Rural Municipality of Lakeshore
The Rural Municipality of Lakeshore is a rural municipality (RM) in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada.
Lakeshore is named for the proximity of the shoreline of Dauphin Lake, which splits the municipality into north and south. The RM is ...
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The former RM as located south of
Dauphin Lake and took its name from the river and the community of
Ochre River
Ochre ( ; , ), or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand. It ranges in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. It is also the name of the colours produced ...
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Communities
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Makinak
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Ochre River
Ochre ( ; , ), or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand. It ranges in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. It is also the name of the colours produced ...
References
* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba (pgs. 197-198) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada''
External links
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Map of Ochre River R.M. at Statcan
Ochre River
Ochre ( ; , ), or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand. It ranges in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. It is also the name of the colours produced ...
Populated places disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Manitoba
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