In Manitoba, counties were originally only organized for judicial purposes.
In 1875, provision was made for a majority of the electors in a judicial county to petition to have it organized for municipal purposes.
[3] They existed only until 1890,[4] though the term itself lived on with respect to the County Courts and land registration districts.
4 (Varennes), created in 1881, occupied that part of Manitoba around Rat Portage,[8] in an area disputed with Ontario.
It was abolished subsequent to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council's decision in 1884 to award the territory to Ontario,[9] later confirmed by the Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act 1889.