Pukatawagan is a

First Nations First Nations or first peoples may refer to: * Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area. Indigenous groups *First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including: **First Natio ...

community about north of

The Pas The Pas ( ; french: Le Pas) is a town in Manitoba, Canada, located at the confluence of the Pasquia River and the Saskatchewan River and surrounded by the unorganized Northern Region of the province. It is approximately northwest of the provinc ...

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. It is part of the

Mathias Colomb First Nation The Mathias Colomb Cree Nation (MCCN) ( cr, ᐸᑲᑕᐚᑲᐣ, pukatawâkan) —also known as Mathias Colomb First Nation, Mathias Colomb (Cree) First Nation, and Pukatawagan/Mathias Colomb Cree Nation—is a remote First Nations community in ...

. It can be reached by train from The Pas by a branch of the Keewatin Railway Company, a passenger service provided by

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. An

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is utilized after the lakes have frozen. The

Pukatawagan Airport Pukatawagan Airport is located east of Pukatawagan, Manitoba, Canada. Airlines and destinations In addition to offering a daily service to The Pas/Grace Lake Airport (CJR3), Missinippi Airways offers charters A charter is the grant of aut ...

, located east of town, is used by Missinippi Airways. The community's name has most often been heard in "The Pukatawagan Song" by its resident, musical artis
Sidney Castel

External links

Wings over KississingNorthern Connections (archived)Bill Hillman's extensive memories and pictures of teaching in Puk
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