Rural Municipality of Stuartburn

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Stuartburn
Rural municipality
Rural Municipality of Stuartburn
Stuartburn is located in Manitoba
Stuartburn
Stuartburn
Coordinates: 49°07′59″N 96°30′57″W / 49.13306°N 96.51583°W / 49.13306; -96.51583Coordinates: 49°07′59″N 96°30′57″W / 49.13306°N 96.51583°W / 49.13306; -96.51583
Country Canada
Province Manitoba
RegionEastman
First settledAugust 1896
First incorporatedJanuary 15, 1902
Incorporated as an LGDJanuary 1, 1945
Incorporated as a rural municipalityJanuary 1, 1997
Government
 • ReeveDavid Kiansky[1]
Area
 • Land1,163.54 km2 (449.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total1,648[2]
 • Density1.4/km2 (4/sq mi)
Websitermofstuartburn.com

Stuartburn is a rural municipality (RM) located in the Eastman Region of Manitoba, Canada. It had a population of 1,629 according to the Canada 2006 Census.

The municipality is named after the Ukrainian-Canadian village of Stuartburn within the RM, supposedly named for an early settler called William H. Stuart.[3]

Geography[]

According to Statistics Canada, the RM has an area of 1,161.65 km2 (448.52 sq mi). There are no separately incorporated cities, towns, or villages within the municipality. A small portion of Sandilands Provincial Forest lies in its northeast corner. The Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve and Tallgrass Aspen Parkland are also found within the municipality.

Stuartburn is one of three municipalities in Manitoba bordering the U.S. state of Minnesota; however, none of the international border crossings between Manitoba and Minnesota are located in Stuartburn.

Communities[]

Stuartburn includes the following communities:[4]

History[]

The first settlers to the area of current-day Stuartburn arrived in August 1896 from Ukraine. This first settlement consisted of 26 families, followed by other groups from Ukraine in subsequent months. The settlement expanded eastward and northward, and by the end of 1900, the number of settlers reached approximately 3000. The first Ukrainian Orthodox Church was built in the vicinity of Gardenton in 1897; and the first Ukrainian Catholic Church began construction in 1899 and completed in 1902 in the vicinity of Stuartburn.[5]

The Rural Municipality of Stuartburn was organized on 15 January 1902, disorganized in 1928, became the Local Government District of Stuartburn on 1 January 1945, and then was reorganized as the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn on 1 January 1997.[5][3]

Vagrant community[]

Since 2011, a cult-like vagrant group makes an annual pilgrimage to a shack in the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn.The group worked to dismantle the shack by throwing objects, such as lawn chairs and axes at it. In 2017, the shack finally collapsed. To commemorate this, underground celebrity bluegrass singer Stoagy Roach was invited to perform music atop the befallen shack. It is expected that the vagrant group will begin rebuilding the shack during their 2019 visit to Stuartburn. A short documentary was made about the group in 2017.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.rmofstuartburn.com/p/council
  2. ^ https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4601035&Geo2=PR&Code2=46&SearchText=Stuartburn&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=4601035&TABID=1&type=0
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Manitoba Communities: Stuartburn (Rural Municipality)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  4. ^ "RM of Stuartburn - RM Communities". www.rmofstuartburn.com. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "RM of Stuartburn - History". www.rmofstuartburn.com. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  6. ^ M3T1CULOUS (2017-05-16), Stuartburn Trailer, retrieved 2019-03-03

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