The Rural Municipality of Ellice-Archie () is a

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(RM) in the

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. It was established in 2015 via the

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of the RMs of Archie and Ellice and the Village of St. Lazare.

History

Fort Ellice Fort Ellice was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post that operated from 1794 to 1892. It was first established in February 1794 by John Sutherland on the Qu'Appelle River about upstream from its mouth at the Assiniboine River, and known as the Qu ...

, located at Beaver Creek near the junction of the

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and Qu'Appelle rivers, was founded in 1831 as a

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(HBC) trading post. Named after Edward Ellice, Sr., a British merchant and politician, it was an important stop on the

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, which ran from the

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. On December 22, 1883, the area was incorporated as the Rural Municipality of Ellice, which included the communities of Chillon, Ste. Madeleine, Victor, Wattsview, and, until 1949, St. Lazare. On the same day as the RM of Ellice, the Rural Municipality of Archibald was also incorporated, named for

Archibald McDonald Archibald McDonald (3 February 1790 – 15 January 1853) was chief trader for the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Langley, Fort Nisqually and Fort Colvile and one-time deputy governor of the Red River Colony. Early life McDonald was born in Leec ...

(1836-1915), a chief factor with the HBC at Fort Ellice. It included the communities of Manson, McAuley, and

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. Named in 1880 by

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missionary Father Jules Decorby, the community's founder, St. Lazare was incorporated as a

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on December 31, 1949. It ceased on January 1, 2015, as a result of its provincially mandated

with the RM of Ellice and the Village of St. Lazare to form the Rural Municipality of Ellice – Archie. On January 1, 2015, the RMs of Archie and Ellice and the Village of St. Lazare

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to establish the present-day Rural Municipality of Ellice-Archie. It was formed as a requirement of '' The Municipal Amalgamations Act'', which required that municipalities with a population less than 1,000 amalgamate with one or more neighbouring municipalities by 2015. The Government of Manitoba initiated these amalgamations in order for municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality.

Communities

* Chillon * Manson * McAuley * St. Lazare * Ste. Madeleine * Victor * Wattsview *

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Ellice-Archie had a population of 831 living in 351 of its 392 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 887. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellice 2015 establishments in Manitoba Manitoba municipal amalgamations, 2015 Populated places established in 2015 Rural municipalities in Manitoba Populated places in Westman Region, Manitoba

History

Communities

Demographics

See also

References