Pinawa, Manitoba
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Pinawa is a small Canadian community of about 1500 residents located in southeastern Manitoba, 110 kilometres north-east of Winnipeg.
The town is situated on the Canadian Shield within the western boundary of Whiteshell Provincial Park, which lies near the Manitoba-Ontario provincial boundary. The community was originally established to support the operation of Manitoba's first hydro electric generating station but was abandoned in 1951 when the site was shut down.
Pinawa was re-established in 1963 after Atomic Energy of Canada Limited built the Whiteshell Laboratories nuclear research facility in the area. Pinawa was chosen as the site for the research station due to the seismic stability of the area. Pinawa was developed as a planned community; Whiteshell Laboratories was somewhat similar to the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories in Chalk River, Ontario. AECL closed the Whiteshell Laboratories in 1998 and the facilities are currently being decommissioned while the economy of Pinawa is diversifying.
Pinawa has two schools: F.W. Gilbert Elementary School for students in Kindergarten up to grade six, with about 100 students, and Pinawa Secondary School for grades 7-12, with about 140 students. Pinawa Secondary School is located near the elementary school, and is well known in the Whiteshell area for its outstanding Pinawa Panther sports teams. They are involved in basketball, soccer, volleyball, and badminton, as well as academic sports like Reach For The Top.
Pinawa is located beside the Winnipeg River, which offers access to boating, kayaking, canoeing, and other water recreational activities. Other attractions include an 18-hole golf course, beach, outdoor pool, tennis courts, a curling rink, and a hockey arena. Pinawa also hosts the Eastern Manitoba Concert Association or EMCA's concerts, held in the community center (the secondary school gym.) once a month from October to April.
Pinawa is also home to an abundance of white-tailed deer, commonly fed by tourists, though there is a by-law against it.
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