Geography | |
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Location | Cree Lake |
Coordinates | 57°23′22.14″N106°38′19.66″W / 57.3894833°N 106.6387944°W |
Administration | |
Canada | |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Rural municipality | Northern Saskatchewan Administration District |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
Turner Island is a small island in the south-western part of Cree Lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. [1] It was named after Alfred Gordon Turner as part of the GeoMemorial Commemorative Naming Program that honours soldiers who died in service of Canada. He was killed in action during World War II on 2 November 1942. [2]
A fish plant was built on the island in 1957 by Waite Fisheries and is located at 57°23′57″N106°40′10″W / 57.39917°N 106.66944°W . On the island in the 1970s, there was the Cree Lake DNS Radio Station (Department of Northern Saskatchewan) with 10 people and a camp at the north-end with 15 people.
The District of Saskatchewan was a regional administrative district of Canada's North-West Territories. Formed in 1882, it was later enlarged then abolished with the creation of the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1905. Much of the area was incorporated into the province of Saskatchewan. The western part became part of Alberta, and the eastern part is now part of Manitoba.
Patuanak is a community in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is the administrative headquarters of the Dene First Nations reserve near Churchill River and the north end of Lac Île-à-la-Crosse. In Dene, it sounds similar to Boni Cheri (Bëghą́nı̨ch’ërë).
The Rural Municipality of Leask No. 464 is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 16 and SARM Division No. 5. It is located west of the city of Prince Albert.
Kinoosao is an isolated community in northern Saskatchewan, Canada on the east side of Reindeer Lake. It is accessible by road only over Manitoba Provincial Road 394 and Saskatchewan Highway 994, coming from the closest town, over 95 kilometres (59 mi) away, Lynn Lake, Manitoba. Kinoosao is one of two communities in Saskatchewan accessible by road solely by first entering a neighbouring province (Manitoba), the other being Sturgeon Landing. It is 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) wide in size and is located in Division 18 in Saskatchewan. It is at 57.081993°N 102.01934°W.
Shell Lake is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Spiritwood No. 496 and Census Division No. 16. This village is 90 kilometres west of the City of Prince Albert. It was formerly part of the Rural Municipality (RM) of Shell Lake No. 495 before it was absorbed by the RM of Spiritwood No. 496. It is the administrative centre of the Ahtahkakoop Cree First Nation band government.
Marcelin is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Blaine Lake No. 434 and Census Division No. 16. It was named after the first postmaster Antoine Marcelin in 1904.
Cree Lake is a large glacial lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The lake is the fourth largest in the province and is located west of Reindeer Lake and south of Lake Athabasca in the Mackenzie River drainage basin. Cree Lake is the remnant of a large proglacial lake that flowed south into the Churchill River during the last ice age.
Pinehouse is a northern village located in the boreal forest of Saskatchewan on the western shore of Pinehouse Lake within the Canadian Shield.
Old Wives is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Hillsborough No. 132, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Auriat Island is a small island within Cree Lake in the northern part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The island is named after Jean Auriat who was a Canadian soldier in the North Shore New Brunswick Regiment during World War II. He was killed in action by shrapnel on 7 June 1944 while attacking a German radar station in Douvres, France.
Johns Island is a small island in Cree Lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was named after Irving Lawrence Johns as part of the GeoMemorial Commemorative Naming Program that honours soldiers who died in service of Canada. He died in a training accident during World War II on 26 January 1945.
Fleming Island is a small island in the south-western part of Cree Lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was named after Kenneth Gordon Fleming as part of the GeoMemorial Commemorative Naming Program that honours soldiers who died in service of Canada. He was killed in action during World War II on 8 August 1944.
The Montreal Lake Cree Nation is a Woodland Cree First Nation in northern Saskatchewan. The administrative centre of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation is located in the community of Montreal Lake.
The English River Dene Nation is a Dene First Nation band government in Patuanak, Saskatchewan, Canada. Their reserve is in the northern section of the province. Its territories are in the boreal forest of the Canadian Shield. This First Nation is a member of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC).
Big Island Lake Cree Nation is a Cree First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. They have one reserve, also called Big Island Lake Cree Nation, within Rural Municipality of Beaver River No. 622.
Barkwell Bay 192I is an Indian reserve of the English River First Nation in Saskatchewan at the northern end of Cree Lake.
Cable Bay 192M is an Indian reserve of the English River First Nation in Saskatchewan. It is on the south-west corner of Cree Lake adjacent to Cree Lake 192G Indian reserve.
Cree Lake 192G is an Indian reserve of the English River First Nation in Saskatchewan on the south-west corner of Cree Lake adjacent to Cable Bay 192M Indian reserve.
Montreal Lake 106 is an Indian reserve of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. It is about 93 kilometres (58 mi) north of Prince Albert on the southern shore of Montreal Lake.
Muskeg Lake 102 is an Indian reserve of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. It is about 493 kilometres (306 mi) north of Saskatoon. In the 2016 Canadian Census, a population of 274 living in 104 of its 112 total private dwellings was recorded. In the same year, its Community Well-Being index was calculated at 57 of 100, compared to 58.4 for the average First Nations community and 77.5 for the average non-Indigenous community.