These centres grew around Canadian Pacific Railway stations.

It has since been turned into the Dunnottar Station Museum, which hosts railway artifacts and community items.

[5] In June 1947, it was announced that the area of current-day Village of Dunnottar would have a meeting to create the municipal government.

Municipal elections were held later that year in November, officially becoming a village as of 1 January 1948.

The municipal clerk's office would be located in the Canada Permanent building (298 Garry Street)[6] in Winnipeg.