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Granville Lake

Granville Lake

Indian settlement in Manitoba, Canada

Granville Lake (Cree: ᐅᑳᐏᒥᖨᐦᑳᓈᓂ, okâwimithihkânâni[3]) is an Indian settlement located on a peninsula on the south shore of Granville Lake (part of the Churchill River system) in northern Manitoba. The community is primarily a settlement of the Mathias Colomb First Nation, who now live in nearby Leaf Rapids.[4]

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The community does not have all-weather road access; rather the community relies on ice roads in the winter and the lake-river system in the summer.

In the 2006 census, Granville Lake had a population of 98 living in 16 dwellings, a 42.0% increase from 2001. At that time, the settlement had a land area of 2.33 km2 (0.90 sq mi) and a population density of 42.0/km2 (109/sq mi).[1] In 2011, its population dropped to just 10 inhabitants,[2] as the community shifted to Leaf Rapids.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Statistics Canada (March 13, 2007). "Canada 2006 Census: Granville Lake - Community Profile". Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  2. [2]
    https://www.manitoba.ca/inr/publications/community_profiles/pubs/granville-lake-2016.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. [3]
    Ogg, Arden (August 19, 2015). "Cree Place Names Project". Cree Literacy Network. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  4. [4]
    http://cedf.mb.ca/wp-content/uploads/Granville-Lake-DP-Final-v-Sept-28.pdf [bare URL PDF]


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