The Rural Municipality of Silver Creek is a former

rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...

(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 Shellmouth-Boulton to form the

Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West The Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located in Manitoba's Parkland region, between Riding Mountain National Park near the province's western border with Saska ...

. The former RM is located in the

Parkland Region Parkland is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba, located between Lakes Manitoba and Winnipegosis on the east and the Manitoba–Saskatchewan border on the west. The largest population centre is the city of Dauphin, ...

of the province. It borders the

Waywayseecappo First Nation The Waywayseecappo First Nation (; ) is a First Nations band government whose reserve is located east of Russell, Manitoba, Canada. The First Nation's reserve is and is located near the southwestern corner of the Riding Mountain National Park. ...

Indian reserve In Canada, an Indian reserve () or First Nations reserve () is defined by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." ...

to the east. It had a population of 483 in the 2006 census.

Communities

Angusville Angusville is a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West, Manitoba, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend fro ...

*Silverton

References

External links

*
Silver Creek, MB Community Profile

Map of Silver Creek R.M. at Statcan
Silver Creek Populated places disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub