Granville Lake (
) is an
Indian settlement An Indian settlement is a census subdivision outlined by the Canadian government Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada for census
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located on a
peninsula
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Etymology
The word ''peninsula'' derives , . T ...
on the south shore of
Granville Lake (part of the
Churchill River system) in
northern Manitoba
Northern Manitoba (also known as NorMan or Nor-Man) is a geographic and cultural region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Manitoba originally encompassed only a small square around the Red River Colony, but it was extended north to the 60th ...
. The community is primarily a settlement of the
Mathias Colomb First Nation
The Mathias Colomb Cree Nation (MCCN) () —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 northern Manitoba, located north of ...
, who now live in nearby
Leaf Rapids
Leaf Rapids is a town in northwest Manitoba, Canada. The town was developed as using an experimental model that emphasized modern convenience and luxury in a northern environment. The community is located approximately 1,000 km north of Winn ...
.
[http://cedf.mb.ca/wp-content/uploads/Granville-Lake-DP-Final-v-Sept-28.pdf ]
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
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, a 42.0% increase from 2001. At that time, the settlement had a land area of and a
population density
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of .
In
2011
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, its population dropped to just 10 inhabitants,
[https://www.manitoba.ca/inr/publications/community_profiles/pubs/granville-lake-2016.pdf ] as the community shifted to Leaf Rapids.
References
External links
Map of Granville Lake at Statcan
Hudson's Bay Company trading posts
Mining communities in Manitoba
Indian settlements in Manitoba
Unincorporated communities in Northern Region, Manitoba
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