Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes

The Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The Rural Municipality of Prairies lakes surrounds most of the north end of Pelican Lake. There are several other lakes in the RM such as Grass Lake, Overend Lake, Bone Lake, Lorne Lake, Louise Lake, Lloyds Lake, Noble Lake and many more that are all much smaller then Pelican Lake.

Prairie Lakes
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes
Belmont Anglican Church in Belmont, Manitoba, located in the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes.
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
Incorporated
(amalgamated)		January 1, 2015[1]
Area
 • Total1,062.42 km2 (410.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total1,453[2]
 • Density1.4/km2 (4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

History
Further information: Rural Municipality of Riverside and Rural Municipality of Strathcona

Rural Municipality of Riverside was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on December 22, 1883.

Rural Municipality of Strathcona was originally incorporated as a rural municipality in April 1906.

The Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes was created on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Strathcona and Riverside.[1] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Communities

Climate

Information listed below is from Environment Canada Belmont Weather station

Climate data for Belmont , elevation: 481.6 m (1,580 ft), 1981–2010 normals
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average precipitation mm (inches) 23.6
(0.93)		 26.2
(1.03)		 27.0
(1.06)		 26.3
(1.04)		 76.4
(3.01)		 96.6
(3.80)		 78.3
(3.08)		 69.2
(2.72)		 39.7
(1.56)		 37.3
(1.47)		 27.2
(1.07)		 30.8
(1.21)		 558.6
(21.99)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 0.0
(0.0)		 1.2
(0.05)		 7.1
(0.28)		 15.1
(0.59)		 72.5
(2.85)		 96.6
(3.80)		 78.3
(3.08)		 69.2
(2.72)		 39.3
(1.55)		 29.6
(1.17)		 4.0
(0.16)		 0.2
(0.01)		 413.0
(16.26)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 23.6
(9.3)		 25.0
(9.8)		 19.9
(7.8)		 11.2
(4.4)		 3.9
(1.5)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.4
(0.2)		 7.7
(3.0)		 23.3
(9.2)		 30.6
(12.0)		 145.5
(57.3)
Source: Environment Canada[5][6]

Also see

References
  1. "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235): Rural Municipality of Strathcona and Rural Municipality of Riverside Amalgamation Regulation" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  2. "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Prairie Lakes, Rural municipality". Statistics Canada. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  3. "The Municipal Amalgamations Act (C.C.S.M. c. M235)". Government of Manitoba. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  4. "Speech from the Throne: At the Opening of the Second Session of the 40th Legislature of the Province of Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  5. "Belmont". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010. Environment Canada. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  6. Canadian Climate Data. Environment Canada. October 31, 2011 http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=estevan&searchMethod=contains&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=1900&Year=2016&Month=6&Day=2&selRowPerPage=25. Retrieved April 6, 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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