The Rural Municipality of Whitewater is a former
rural municipality
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(RM) in the
Canadian
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province
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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 amalgamation
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with the
RM of Cameron and the
Town of Hartney to form the
Municipality of Grassland.
Communities
*
Elgin
Elgin may refer to:
Places
Canada
* Elgin County, Ontario
* Elgin Settlement, a 19th-century community for freed slaves located in present-day North Buxton and South Buxton, Chatham-Kent, Ontario
* Elgin, a village in Rideau Lakes, Ontario ...
*
Fairfax
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Places United States
* Fairfax, California
* Fairfax Avenue, a major thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California
* Fairfax District, Los Angeles, California, centered on Fairfax Avenue
* Fairfax, Georgia
* Fairfax, Indiana
* Fa ...
*
Minto
* Regent
* Bunclody
References
''Manitoba Historical Society - Manitoba Municipalities: Rural Municipality of Whitewater''Map of Whitewater R.M. at Statcan
External links
Regional Municipality of Whitewater(archived July 19, 2014)
Former rural municipalities in Manitoba
Populated places disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Manitoba
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