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Keewatin Community College
Keewatin may refer to: Places Canada * Keewatin, Ontario, a town amalgamated with Norman to form Kenora * District of Keewatin, a former territory of Canada and former administrative district of the Northwest Territories * Keewatin Region, a former region of the Northwest Territories (NWT) ** Keewatin Region usage continued, informally, when this portion of the NWT was renamed Kivalliq Region and became part of the 1999 creation of Nunavut United States * Keewatin, Minnesota Other uses * Keewatin Air, an airline that operates from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada * Keewatin Community College, now University College of the North, in Northern Manitoba, Canada * SS ''Keewatin'', a Great Lakes steamship See also * Kewadin (other) * Keewaydin, Minneapolis, Minnesota * Diocese of Keewatin, a former Anglican Church of Canada diocese * Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Keewatin–Le Pas The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Keewatin–Le Pas () is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Of Keewatin
The District of Keewatin was a territory of Canada and later an administrative district of the Northwest Territories. It was created in 1876 by the ''Keewatin Act'', and originally it covered a large area west of Hudson Bay. In 1905, it became a part of the Northwest Territories and in 1912, its southern parts were adjoined to the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, leaving the remainder, now called the Keewatin Region, with a population of a few thousand people. On April 1, 1999, the Keewatin Region was formally dissolved, as Nunavut was created from eastern parts of the Northwest Territories, including all of Keewatin. The name ''Keewatin'' comes from Algonquian roots—either in Cree or in Ojibwe—both of which mean 'north wind' in their respective languages. In Inuktitut, it was called —a name which persists as the Kivalliq Region in Nunavut. History 1876–1905 The District of Keewatin was created by the passage of the ''Keewatin Act'' on October 7, 1876, from a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keewatin Region
The Keewatin Region was a district of the Northwest Territories, in use as an administrative and statistical division until the creation of Nunavut in 1999. The majority of Keewatin Region fell on the Nunavut side of the boundary and was reconstituted as Kivalliq Region The Kivalliq Region (; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ) is an Region, administrative List of regions of Nunavut, region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of the portion of the mainland to the west of Hudson Bay together with Southampton Island ... within the new territory, while a strip on the region's west side remaining in the NWT was transferred to Fort Smith Region. Kivalliq continues to be referred to as "''Keewatin Region, Nunavut''" in some circumstances, such as by Statistics Canada. The regional seat of the Keewatin Region was Rankin Inlet. Further reading * Anawak, Caroline, and Meryl Cook. ''Keewatin Suicide Prevention and Intervention Study''. Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.: Kivalliq Consulting, Manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kivalliq Region
The Kivalliq Region (; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ) is an Region, administrative List of regions of Nunavut, region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of the portion of the mainland to the west of Hudson Bay together with Southampton Island and Coats Island. The regional centre is Rankin Inlet. The population was 11,045 in the 2021 Canadian census, an increase of 6.1% from the 2016 Canadian census, 2016 census. Before 1999, the Kivalliq Region existed under slightly different boundaries as Keewatin Region, Northwest Territories. Although the Kivalliq name became official in 1999, Statistics Canada continued to refer to the area as the Keewatin Region in publications such as the Census in Canada, Census until 2021. Most references to the area as "Keewatin" have generally been phased out by Nunavut-based bodies, as that name was originally rooted in a region of northwestern Ontario derived from a Cree dialect, and only saw application onto Inuit-inhabited lands because of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keewatin, Minnesota
Keewatin ( ) is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 984 at the 2020 census. U.S. Highway 169 serves as a main route in Keewatin. Students from the Keewatin area attend Nashwauk Keewatin High School. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 1,068 people, 475 households, and 265 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 546 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 95.8% White, 0.5% African American, 1.3% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.3% of the population. There were 475 households, of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.7% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 6. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keewatin Air
Keewatin Air (IATA: FK) is an airline that operates from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The airline was started by Frank Robert May (who had been a pilot for Lamb Air) and his wife Judy Saxby in 1971, in the Keewatin Region, then part of the Northwest Territories. It was formed as "Keewatin Air Limited" to provide charter services to the region. It was the first airline to have a permanent base in Nunavut (then known as the Keewatin Region of the Northwest Territories). In 1987 it expanded to include medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) services, to what would become the Kivalliq Region, using a fleet of aircraft that began with a Tradewind aircraft - a multi-modified Beech 18 with a turbine engine and tricycle gear. This aircraft was followed by a Westwind, another modified Beech 18 with turbine engines and eventually these were replaced by Merlin IIA aircraft that had the added benefit of being pressurized and had turboprops. The MEDEVAC service is now known as "Nunavut Lifeline". Currentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University College Of The North
University College of the North (UCN)—formerly Keewatin Community College—is a post-secondary institution located in Northern Manitoba, Canada, with two main campuses in The Pas and Thompson, Manitoba, Thompson, respectively. UCN has a student body of approximately 2,400 annually and a staff of approximately 400. History Northern Manitoba Vocational Center, later named Keewatin Community College, was established in The Pas, The Pas, Manitoba, in 1966. The school would go on to open a campus in Thompson, Manitoba, Thompson in the early 1980s. On July 1, 2004, University College of the North was established with the passage of the ''University of the North Act'' in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, as the successor to Keewatin Community College. Locations UCN has two main campuses, in The Pas and Thompson, Manitoba, Thompson. There are 12 regional centres, 9 of which are in First Nations communities: Churchill, Manitoba, Churchill, Cross Lake, Manitoba, Cross Lake (Pim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Keewatin
SS ''Keewatin'' is a passenger liner which once travelled between Port Arthur/ Fort William (now Thunder Bay) on Lake Superior and Port McNicoll on Georgian Bay (Lake Huron) in Ontario, Canada. She carried passengers between these ports for the Canadian Pacific Railway's Great Lakes steamship service. ''Keewatin'' also carried packaged freight goods for the railway at these ports. ''Keewatin'' is the largest of the remaining Edwardian era passenger steamers remaining in the world, along with , and the lake steamer (1913), currently still operational in New Zealand. Description ''Keewatin'' is a passenger liner that when built, measured and . The ship has a length between perpendiculars of and a beam of with a draught of . The vessel was powered by four coal-fired scotch boilers, each by , providing steam to a quadruple expansion steam engine turning one screw creating nominal. This gave the ship a maximum speed of and a cruising speed of . The ship had 108 stateroom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kewadin (other)
Kewadin may refer to: * Kewadin, Michigan Kewadin ( ) is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located in Milton Township, Antrim County, and is located on the northern shore of Elk Lake, roughly northeast of the village of Elk Rapids. As an uni ... * Kewadin Casinos * Kewadin Casino, Hotel and Convention Center See also * Keewatin (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keewaydin, Minneapolis
Keewaydin ( ) is a neighborhood in the Nokomis community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its boundaries are Minnehaha Parkway to the north, 34th Avenue to the east, 54th Street to the south, and Cedar Avenue to the west. The neighborhood contains the majority of Lake Nokomis. It is located both in Ward 11 and Ward 12 of the Minneapolis City Council, currently represented by councilmembers Emily Koski and Aurin Chowdhury, respectively. Keewaydin shares a neighborhood organization with the Minnehaha, Morris Park, and Wenonah neighborhoods, which are collectively referred to as Nokomis East and served by the Nokomis East Neighborhood Association (NENA). References External links Minneapolis Neighborhood Profile - KeewaydinNokomis East Neighborhood Association {{Geographic Location , Center = Keewaydin , North = Ericsson (), commonly known as Ericsson (), is a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Keewatin
The Diocese of Keewatin was a diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada. As of 1 August 2014, it no longer had any territorial jurisdiction, but it continued to exist as a legal entity until 30 September 2015, when it was formally closed. Formerly, the diocese straddled the border of the civil provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, comprising over 900,000 square kilometres. The diocese was geographically isolated, consisting of mainly small, and mostly First Nations, communities. The largest of these, Kenora, Ontario, was also the diocese's See city. There were just over 11,000 Anglicans on forty-eight parish rolls. The diocese was established by the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land in 1902, and it was a major focus for missionary activity among the indigenous peoples there. The last bishop (the diocese's ninth) was Archbishop David Ashdown. Elected Bishop of Keewatin in 2001, he was subsequently elected Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land in June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Keewatin–Le Pas
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Keewatin–Le Pas () is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes parts of the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Ontario and has the suffragan diocese of Roman Catholic Diocese of Churchill-Baie d'Hudson, Churchill-Baie d'Hudson. Prior to 2018, it included as suffragan dioceses the Roman Catholic Diocese of Labrador City-Schefferville, Diocese of Labrador City-Schefferville dissolved in 2007 and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moosonee, Diocese of Moosonee dissolved in 2018. As of 2006, the archdiocese contains 49 parishes, 3 active diocesan priests, 15 religious priests, and 42,000 Catholics. It has 3 religious nuns. The seat of the diocese is at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cathedral in The Pas. History This largely barren land of lakes and forests, possessing timber and mineral resources but sparsely inhabited by First Nations in Canada, First Nations, Métis people (Canada), Métis and a few Europeans, was first visited by pioneer mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
