Rural Municipality of Morton

The Rural Municipality of Morton is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on November 1, 1890.^[1] It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the Town of Boissevain to form the Municipality of Boissevain – Morton.^[2]

The former RM is located in the southwestern part of the province, on the border with the state of North Dakota in the United States. Its population in the 2006 census was 718 persons, a decrease from 760 persons in 2001. The International Peace Garden is located partially in the former RM of Morton, along the North Dakota border. Most of Manitoba's Turtle Mountain Provincial Park lies in the southwest corner of the former RM.

Communities

Whitewater

Geography

According to Statistics Canada, the former RM had an area of 1,089.88 km² (420.8 sq mi).

Adjacent municipalities

R.M. of Winchester - (west)
R.M. of Whitewater - (north)
R.M. of Riverside - (northeast)
R.M. of Turtle Mountain - (east)
Rolette County, North Dakota - (south, southeast)
Bottineau County, North Dakota - (southwest)

R.M. of Whitewater

R.M. of Riverside

R.M. of Winchester

R.M. of Turtle Mountain

Morton R.M.

Bottineau County, North Dakota

Rolette County, ND

Rolette County, North Dakota

References

↑ "Manitoba’s Municipal History: Rural Municipalities and Local Government Districts". The Manitoba Historical Society. September 21, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
↑ "Manitoba’s Municipal History: Municipal Amalgamations (2015)". The Manitoba Historical Society. December 1, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

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Subdivisions of Manitoba

Subdivisions	Regions Census divisions Municipalities Communities Indian reserves Population centres Designated places

Cities	Brandon Dauphin Flin Flon Morden Portage la Prairie Selkirk Steinbach Thompson Winkler Winnipeg

Towns	Altona Arborg Beausejour Carberry Carman Churchill Gillam Grand Rapids Lac du Bonnet Leaf Rapids Lynn Lake Melita Minnedosa Morris Neepawa Niverville The Pas Powerview-Pine Falls Snow Lake Ste. Anne Swan River Teulon Virden Winnipeg Beach Former towns: Birtle Boissevain Deloraine Emerson Erickson Gilbert Plains Gladstone Grandview Gretna Hamiota Hartney MacGregor Manitou Minitonas Oak Lake Pilot Mound Plum Coulee Rapid City Rivers Roblin Rossburn Russell Souris Sainte Rose du Lac Treherne

Villages	Dunnottar St-Pierre-Jolys Former villages: Benito Binscarth Bowsman Cartwright Crystal City Elkhorn Ethelbert Glenboro McCreary Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Riverton Somerset St. Claude St. Lazare Waskada Wawanesa Winnipegosis

Rural municipalities	Alexander Alonsa Argyle Armstrong Bifrost – Riverton Boissevain – Morton Brenda – Waskada Brokenhead Cartier Cartwright – Roblin Clanwilliam – Erickson Coldwell Cornwallis Dauphin De Salaberry Deloraine – Winchester Dufferin East St. Paul Ellice – Archie Elton Emerson – Franklin Ethelbert Fisher Gilbert Plains Gimli Glenboro – South Cypress Glenella – Lansdowne Grahamdale Grandview Grassland Grey Hamiota Hanover Harrison Park Headingley Hillsburg – Roblin – Shell River Kelsey Killarney-Turtle Mountain La Broquerie Lac du Bonnet Lakeshore Lorne Louise Macdonald McCreary Minitonas – Bowsman Minto – Odanah Montcalm Morris Mossey River Mountain Norfolk Treherne North Cypress – Langford North Norfolk Oakland – Wawanesa Oakview Pembina Piney Pipestone Portage la Prairie Prairie Lakes Prairie View Reynolds Rhineland Riding Mountain West Ritchot Riverdale Rockwood Roland Rosedale Rossburn Rosser Russell – Binscarth Sifton Souris – Glenwood Springfield St. Andrews St. Clements St. François Xavier St. Laurent Ste. Rose Stanley Ste. Anne Stuartburn Swan Valley West Taché Thompson Two Borders Victoria Victoria Beach Wallace – Woodworth West Interlake West St. Paul WestLake – Gladstone Whitehead Whitemouth Woodlands Yellowhead Former rural municipalities: Albert Archie Arthur Bifrost Birtle Blanshard Brenda Cameron Clanwilliam Daly Edward Ellice Eriksdale Ethelbert Franklin Gilbert Plains Glenella Glenwood Grandview Hamiota Harrison Hillsburg Lakeview Langford Lansdowne Lawrence Lorne Louise McCreary Miniota Minitonas Minto Morton North Cypress North Norfolk Oakland Ochre River Odanah Park Pembina Rhineland Riverside Roblin Rossburn Russell Saskatchewan Shell River Shellmouth-Boulton Shoal Lake Siglunes Silver Creek South Cypress South Norfolk Ste. Rose Strathclair Strathcona Swan River Wallace Westbourne Whitewater Winchester Woodworth

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Coordinates: 49°10′39″N 100°05′43″W / 49.17750°N 100.09528°W / 49.17750; -100.09528

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