Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West


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

History

The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Shellmouth-Boulton and Silver Creek. 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. The RM of Shellmouth–Boulton was created through an earlier amalgamation of the RMs of Boulton and Shellmouth in 1999.

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