The Rural Municipality of Saskatchewan is a former

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(RM) in the

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of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on December 22, 1883. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated

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with the RM of Blanshard and the Town of Rapid City to form the

Rural Municipality of Oakview The Rural Municipality of Oakview is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba, incorporated on January 1, 2015 as a result of the amalgamation of the rural municipalities of Blanshard, Saskatchewan, and the town of Ra ...

Communities

* Basswood * Riverdale

References

External links

Map of Saskatchewan R.M. at Statcan

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ...

Populated places disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub