Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain

{{Short description|Rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Killarney-Turtle Mountain | official_name = Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain | native_name = | native_name_lang =  | settlement_type = Rural municipality | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = CAN MB Killarney-Turtle Mountain.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of the Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain in Manitoba | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates = {{Coord|49|10|39|N|99|41|26|W|scale:1000000|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Manitoba | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Westman | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = Incorporated | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Janice Smith | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/> | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 926.14 | area_water_km2 = | area_urban_km2 = | area_rural_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank2_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000246 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Manitoba | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 20, 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 3429 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_density_km2 = | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = CST | utc_offset1 = -6 | timezone1_DST = CDT | utc_offset1_DST = -5 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = | area_code_type = Area codes | area_code = 204 and 431 | iso_code = | website = {{URL|https://killarney.ca/}} | footnotes = | leader_title1 = {{abbr|MLA|Member of the Legislative Assembly}} | leader_name1 = Doyle Piwniuk }}

'''Killarney-Turtle Mountain''' is a rural municipality (RM) located in the Westman Region of Manitoba, Canada. It is located to the immediate north of the Canada–United States border opposite Rollete and Towner Counties, North Dakota.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://geodepot.statcan.gc.ca/GeoSearch2011-GeoRecherche2011/GeoSearch2011-GeoRecherche2011.jsp?lang=E&otherLang=F&searchGeocode=4605025&layerSelected=csd&searchTheme=GeoCode&searchPass=2&boundaryType= | title=GeoSearch 2011 - Census Subdivisions (CSD), Killarney - Turtle Mountain, Rural municipality | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=October 24, 2012 | access-date=October 9, 2013}}</ref>

==History== {{see|Killarney, Manitoba}} Prior to permanent settlement, the area of current-day Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain was well known by fur traders, explorers, and Indigenous peoples who lived and trapped along the northern edge of the Turtle Mountains. The first permanent settlers were homesteaders from different parts of the world.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Our History |url=http://www.killarney.ca/p/our-history |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=www.killarney.ca |language=en}}</ref>

Land surveyor and homesteader John Sydney O’Brien named the adjoining lake "Killarney" after the Irish town, because the landscape reminded him of home. He then baptized the lake.<ref name=":0" />

In the late 1800s, a community was quickly forming near Killarney Lake.

During that time, the Boundary Commission Trail ran through the southern part of the area. The North-West Mounted Police used the trail as they travelled west to the Rockies in an effort to tame the prairies. Prior to this time, the area was home to many Indigenous people, as well as hunters and trappers taking part in the fur trade.

The Rural Municipality of Turtle Mountain was incorporated on August 15, 1882.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Manitoba Communities: Turtle Mountain (Unincorporated Rural Municipality) |url=https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/municipalities/turtlemountain.shtml |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=www.mhs.mb.ca}}</ref> The following year, the community's first store was built,<ref name=":0" /> and the first Council meeting was held.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Committees representing the J.A. Victor David Museum and New Horizons |url=http://manitobia.ca/resources/books/local_histories/005.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819145747/http://manitobia.ca/resources/books/local_histories/005.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 19, 2013 |title=Reflections, 1882-1982 : a community history of the Rural Municipality of Turtle Mountain and Town of Killarney |publisher=Inter-Collegiate Press of Canada |year=1982 |location=Killarney, Man. |pages=13}}</ref>

In 1885, the railway came through and by the following decade the population grew to 300 people. On December 1, 1903, Killarney was incorporated as a village, breaking away from the RM of Turtle Mountain.<ref name=":0" />

On January 1, 2007, the Rural Municipality of Turtle Mountain and the Town of Killarney amalgamated back together to form the Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

== Communities == *Bannerman *Enterprise *Holmfield *Killarney *Lena *Ninga *Rhodes *Wakopa

== Demographics == In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Killarney - Turtle Mountain had a population of 3,520 living in 1,446 of its 1,689 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:3520-3429}}|3429|1}} from its 2016 population of 3,429. With a land area of {{cvt|930.02|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|3520|930.02|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census/>

In the 2011 Census, the Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain had a population of 3,233 living in 1,347 of its 1,589 total dwellings, a -2.0% change from its 2006 population of 3,299. With a land area of {{convert|925.13|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|3233|925.13|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2011.<ref name=2011censusMBmunis>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=51&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=46&CMA=0 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Manitoba) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=January 30, 2013 | access-date=September 30, 2013}}</ref>

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== External links == *{{official website|http://www.killarney.ca}}

{{Geographic Location |Centre = Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain |North = R.M. of Prairie Lakes |East = Cartwright – Roblin Municipality |Southeast = Towner County, North Dakota (USA) |South = Rolette County, North Dakota (USA) |West = Municipality of Boissevain – Morton }}

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