Stanley Mission

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Stanley Mission
Settlement
Stanley Mission across the Churchill River
Location of Stanley Mission in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 55°24′45″N 104°34′08″W / 55.41250°N 104.56889°W / 55.41250; -104.56889Coordinates: 55°24′45″N 104°34′08″W / 55.41250°N 104.56889°W / 55.41250; -104.56889
Province  Saskatchewan
Government
 • Type Canadian First Nation (Indian band)
 • Chief Tammy Cook-Searson
Elevation 377 m (1,237 ft)
Population (2005)
 • Total 1,500
Time zone CST (UTC−6)
Area code(s) 306
Website http://www.stanleymission.com/

Stanley Mission is a community in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, founded in 1851[1] as a settled community.

People have lived in the area for several thousands of years. It is part of the Lac La Ronge First Nation (Indian Band). It is located on the banks of the Churchill River, 80 kilometres north east of the town of La Ronge, 305 km north of Prince Albert.

West part of Stanley Mission

The community has a population of about 1,500 people. Across the river at the original site of Stanley Mission is Holy Trinity Anglican Church, built between 1854 and 1860 and today the oldest building in Saskatchewan.


Amenities and attractions

The community has two stores, a band office, a health office, elementary and high schools, a post-secondary learning centre, a community hall, arena (ice skating and hockey), other services. It is an access point to the northern parts of Lac La Ronge Provincial Park, several tourist fishing camps, and a major recreational canoe route, formerly part of the voyageur trade routes used by the Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company. It is the closest road access to Nistowiak Falls, one of the tallest in Saskatchewan. There are ancient pictograph sites in the vicinity. Otter Rapids 5 km north of the settlement of Missinipi are the next landmarks and community along Highway 102, to the north on the Churchill River (Missinipi is also the Woodland Cree name for the Churchill River).

Access is provided by Highway 915.

See also

List of population centres in Saskatchewan

References

  1. ↑ Crean, Frank Joseph Patrick (1910). New northwest exploration. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau for Department of the Interior. pp. 40–42. 

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