Keewatin is a
Cree
The Cree ( cr, néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada ...
word meaning "Blizzard of the North" and can refer to the following:
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Places
Canada
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Keewatin, Ontario, a town amalgamated with the towns of Kenora and Jaffray Melick to form Kenora
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District of Keewatin
The District of Keewatin was a territory of Canada and later an administrative district of the Northwest Territories. It was created in 1876 by the ''Keewatin Act'', and originally it covered a large area west of Hudson Bay. In 1905, it became a ...
, Northwest Territories
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Keewatin Region, Northwest Territories
:''The Keewatin Region was a distinct entity from the District of Keewatin, although much of their territory overlapped.''
The Keewatin Region was a region of the Northwest Territories, in use as an administrative and statistical division until ...
, partially overlapped the District of Keewatin, but was a distinct entity
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Keewatin Region, Nunavut
The Kivalliq Region (; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ) is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of the portion of the mainland to the west of Hudson Bay together with Southampton Island and Coats Island. The regional cen ...
, an alternative name for Kivalliq Region
United States
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Keewatin, Minnesota, a city
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Keewaydin, Minneapolis
Keewaydin is a neighborhood in the Nokomis community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its boundaries are Minnehaha Parkway to the north, 34th Avenue to the east, 54th Street to the south, and Cedar Avenue to the west. The neighborhood contains the ma ...
, Minnesota, a neighborhood in Minneapolis
Other uses
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Diocese of Keewatin, a former Anglican Church of Canada diocese
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Keewatin Air, an airline that operates from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
* Keewatin Community College, former name of
University College of the North
University College of the North (UCN) is a post-secondary institution located in Northern Manitoba, Canada. UCN has a student body of approximately 2,400 annually, and a staff of approximately 400. The Chancellor of UCN is Edwin Jebb.
History
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Keewatin ice sheet Keewatin is a Cree word meaning "Blizzard of the North" and can refer to the following:
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* Keewatin, Ontario, a town amalgamated with the towns of Kenora and Jaffray Melick to form Kenora
* District of Keewatin, Northwest T ...
, one of the four major ice centers of the
Laurentide Ice Sheet
The Laurentide Ice Sheet was a massive sheet of ice that covered millions of square miles, including most of Canada and a large portion of the Northern United States, multiple times during the Quaternary glacial epochs, from 2.58 million years a ...
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Keewatin Railway a First Nations-owned shortline in northern Manitoba
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Keewatin Region (disambiguation)
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SS ''Keewatin'', a Canadian Pacific Railway steamship
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Vicariate Apostolic of Keewatin, a Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction
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