Canoe Lake 165

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Canoe Lake 165
Indian reserve
Canoe Lake Indian Reserve No. 165
CAN SK Canoe Lake 165 Locator.svg
Location in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 55°9′50″N108°9′16″W / 55.16389°N 108.15444°W / 55.16389; -108.15444
First Nation Canoe Lake
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Government
 •  Chief Pluck Iron
 •  MLA Athabasca Jim Lemaigre
 •  MP Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Gary Vidal
Area
[1]
 • Total2,451 ha (6,057 acres)
Population
 (2016) [2]
 • Total912
 • Density37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−5
Postal code
S0M 0K0
Area code (1)306
Highways Hwy 965
Community Well-Being Index [3] 53
[4] [5]

Canoe Lake 165 is an Indian reserve of the Canoe Lake Cree First Nation in the boreal forest of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Its location is on Canoe Lake approximately thirty miles west of Beauval, within the ancient hunting grounds of the Woodland Cree. In the 2016 Canadian Census, it recorded a population of 912 living in 250 of its 273 total private dwellings. [2] In the same year, its Community Well-Being index was calculated at 53 of 100, compared to 58.4 for the average First Nations community and 77.5 for the average non-Indigenous community. [3] The reserve includes the settlement of Canoe Narrows. The name of the reserve and the settlement in Cree is nêhiyaw-wapâsihk ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ᐘᐹᓯᕽ. [6]

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Bordering Canoe Narrows to the east is the village of Jans Bay with a population of 187. Bordering Canoe Narrows to the west is the village of Cole Bay with a population of 230.

Commercial fishing was the community's original means of support; however, fish populations have diminished somewhat since the late 1970s. The community has since turned to forestry as its main industry.

Canoe Lake First Nation

This town is the administrative headquarters of the Canoe Lake Cree First Nations band government and is affiliated with the Meadow Lake Tribal Council.

The registered population of the Canoe Lake Cree First Nation was 2,515 in October 2018. There were 1,149 members living on reserve and 1,366 members living off reserve. [7] The Canoe Lake Cree Nation has seven locations with three on Canoe Lake. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Reserve/Settlement/Village Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 "The Community Well-Being index". Indigenous Services Canada. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. ↑ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  5. ↑ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005). "Elections Canada On-line". Archived from the original on 21 April 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  6. ↑ Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Cree: Words. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001. https://itwewina.altlab.app/word/n%C3%AAhiyaw-wap%C3%A2sihk/
  7. ↑ "AANDC (Registered Population)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "AANDC Reserves/Settlements/Villages". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

55°10′01″N108°09′11″W / 55.167°N 108.153°W / 55.167; -108.153

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