RM of Lakeland’s story
The District of Lakeland No. 521 was incorporated as a rural municipality on August 1, 1977, under the name RM of Lakeland No. 521. On June 1, 2011, its name was changed to the District of Lakeland No. 521, the name it carries today.
The district surrounds the village of Christopher Lake, where the municipal office is located. It also takes in the organized hamlet of Elk Ridge and a string of localities, among them Anglin Lake, Emma Lake, Clearsand Beach, Okema Beach, Sunnyside Beach and Tweedsmuir.
Lakeland is run by an elected council and an appointed administrator, and the council meets on the second Monday of each month. Highways 2, 263, 952 and 953 run through the district.
Written from Wikipedia’s article “District of Lakeland No. 521” (CC BY-SA 4.0), and shared under the same licence.

