[1] It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the Town of Manitou to form the Municipality of Pembina.
The former RM remains famous as the objective chosen by John O'Neill fin 1871 or what would become the last of the Fenian Raids into Canada from the United States.
The parents of acclaimed American author Norman Maclean, Rev.
John Norman Maclean and Clara Davidson, were married at Pembina on August 1, 1893.
The Boundary Trail Railway was partly owned by the former RM and serves local producers.