Kinoosao, Saskatchewan
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Kinoosao is an isolated town in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is only accessible by Manitoba Provincial Road 394 and Saskatchewan Highway 994, coming from the closest town, 60 miles away, Lynn Lake, Manitoba. Kinoosao is the farthest north town accessible by road and is the only one that you have to enter a neighboring province to access it. It is 4.004 miles wide in size and is located in Region 18 in Saskatchewan.[1] It is at 57.081993°N and 102.01934°W.
A total of 60 people lived there in May 2006, within 16 dwellings.[1]
The name, "Kinoosao" is the Cree term for the word "fish".[2]
[edit] History
The community of Kinoosao began in November 1952, when a fisherman's co-operative wanted to build a fish-filleting plant to help serve the communities along Reindeer Lake.[3] Mail service to the community began in 1954, when they received it twice-monthly from La Ronge.[4]
[edit] Services
No restaurants, hotels and campgrounds exist in the town off the coast off Reindeer Lake.[2] The only services in town are the Grand Slam Lodge, the only accommodations, and the Kinoosao Co-op Store, which supplies gas, groceries, tackle and rain gear.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Community Demographics - Kinoosao, SK. Canadian Government. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ a b Information. Grand Slam Lodge. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
- ^ Community Profiles - Kinoosao, SK. Canadian Government. Retrieved on 2007-10-23.
- ^ Description of Kinoosao settlement, from E.T. Russell's What's in a Name?, p. 169.. Northern Research Portal. Retrieved on 2007-10-23.
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