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Southend is a community in north-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada located at the southern end of Reindeer Lake, the ninth largest lake in Canada. The community is the terminus of Highway 102 and is 221 km (137 miles) north-east of La Ronge.
The community consists of the northern settlement of Southend with a population of 35 and Southend 200, a reserve of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, with a population of 904.
Southend is a community in north-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada located at the southern end of Reindeer Lake, the ninth largest lake in Canada. The community is the terminus of Highway 102 and is 221 km (137 miles) north-east of La Ronge.
The community consists of the northern settlement of Southend with a population of 35 and Southend 200, a reserve of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, with a population of 904.
History
Fur trade
The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern period, furs of boreal, polar and cold temperate mammalian animals have been the mos ...
posts were established at or near the community as early as 1792. Reindeer River Post (1792, 1795) at Southend was a North West Company
The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what is present-day Western Canada and Northwestern Ontario. With great weal ...
Post. Reindeer Lake Post (or Clapham House) (1798–1892) at Southend was a Hudson's Bay Company post. South Reindeer Lake Post (1936–1941) was a Hudson's Bay Company post located south of Southend on the Reindeer River
The Klondike River ( Hän: ') is a tributary of the Yukon River in Canada that gave its name to the Klondike Gold Rush. The Klondike River rises in the Ogilvie Mountains and flows into the Yukon River at Dawson City.
Its name comes from the ...
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In February 1980, two sounding Black Brant 5B rockets were launched from Southend. They reached an altitude of about 156 kilometres.
Demographics
The population of Southend 200, IR Saskatchewan was 904 in 2011.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 ...
was the mother tongue chosen by 465 residents followed by English with 425 and Dene with 5. Almost all residents also spoke English.
See also
* List of communities in Saskatchewan * Southend/Hans Ulricksen Field Aerodrome * Southend Water Aerodrome * CBKA-FMReferences
Division No. 18, Unorganized, Saskatchewan Northern settlements in Saskatchewan Former northern hamlets in Saskatchewan Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation {{SKDivision18-geo-stub