Kinoosao () is an isolated community in northern

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, Canada on the east side of

Reindeer Lake Reindeer Lake is a large lake in Western Canada located on the border between north-eastern Saskatchewan and north-western Manitoba, with the majority in Saskatchewan. The name of the lake appears to be a translation of the Algonquian name. ...

. It is accessible by road only over

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and Saskatchewan Highway 994, coming from the closest town, over away,

Lynn Lake, Manitoba Lynn Lake is a town in the northwest region of Manitoba, Canada, approximately from Winnipeg. The town is the fourth-largest town in Manitoba in terms of land area. It is centred on the original urban community of Lynn Lake. The town was named ...

. Kinoosao is one of two communities in Saskatchewan accessible by road solely by first entering a neighbouring

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(Manitoba), the other being

Sturgeon Landing Sturgeon Weir 205 is an Indian reserve of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. It is adjacent to the east side of Sturgeon Weir 184F. Sturgeon Weir primarily corresponds to the settlement of Sturgeon Landing, located directly next ...

. It is wide in size and is located in Division 18 in Saskatchewan. It is at . A total of 60 people lived there in May 2006, within 16 dwellings. The name "Kinoosao" is the

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term for "fish". Two other towns in Canada have names derived from the Cree word:

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, and

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. Kinoosao is one of eight communities of the

Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (Rocky , Asinîskâwitiniwak) is a Woodland Cree First Nation in northern Saskatchewan consisting of eight communities: Denare Beach (Amisk Lake), Deschambault Lake, Kinoosao, Pelican Narrows, Prince Albert ...

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

. Mail service to the community began in 1954, when they received it twice-monthly from

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Services

No restaurants, hotels, or campgrounds exist in the community off the coast off

External links

Map of Kinoosao-Thomas Clarke 204 at Statcan

References

Division No. 18, Saskatchewan Indian reserves in Saskatchewan Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation {{SKDivision18-geo-stub

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