Southend () is a community in north-eastern

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...

, Canada. It is situated on Big Island at the southern end 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. ...

— the ninth largest lake in Canada. The community is the terminus of Highway 102 and is about north-east of

La Ronge La Ronge is a List of municipalities in Saskatchewan, northern town in the boreal forest of Canada, boreal forest of Saskatchewan, Canada. The town is also the namesake of the larger #Population centre, La Ronge population centre, the largest ...

. The community consists of the

northern settlement Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include incorporated municipalities, unincorporated communities and First Nations communities. Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and n ...

of Southend with a population of 35 and Southend 200, an

Indian reserve In Canada, an Indian reserve () or First Nations reserve () is defined by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." ...

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 ...

, with a population of 904.

History

Fur trade The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern period, furs of boreal ecosystem, boreal, polar and cold temperate mammalian animals h ...

posts were established at or near the community as early as 1792. Reindeer River Post (1792, 1795) at Southend was a

North West Company The North West Company was a Fur trade in Canada, Canadian fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in the regions that later became Western Canada a ...

Post. Reindeer Lake Post (or Clapham House) (1798–1892) at Southend was a

Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), originally the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading Into Hudson’s Bay, is a Canadian holding company of department stores, and the oldest corporation in North America. It was the owner of the ...

post. South Reindeer Lake Post (1936–1941) was a Hudson's Bay Company post located south of Southend on the

Reindeer River The Klondike River () is a tributary of the Yukon River in Canada that gave its name to the Klondike Gold Rush and the Klondike region of the Yukon Territory. The Klondike River rises in the Ogilvie Mountains and flows into the Yukon River at ...

. In February 1980, two sounding Black Brant 5B rockets were launched from Southend. They reached an altitude of about 156 kilometres.

Demographics

The population of Southend 200, IR Saskatchewan was 904 in 2011.

Cree The Cree, or nehinaw (, ), are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people, numbering more than 350,000 in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada, First Nations. They live prim ...

was the mother tongue chosen by 465 residents followed by English with 425 and

Dene The Dene people () are an Indigenous group of First Nations who inhabit the northern boreal, subarctic and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Athabaskan languages and it is the common Athabaskan word for "people". The term ...

with 5. Almost all residents also spoke

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

Transportation

* Highway 102 *

Southend/Hans Ulricksen Field Aerodrome Southend/Hans Ulricksen Field Aerodrome is located west-northwest of Southend, Saskatchewan, Canada. The airport, which was formerly operated by H. Ulricksen, was closed, then reopened in 2016. See also * List of airports in Saskatchewan ...

* Southend Water Aerodrome

Media

* CBKA-FM

References

{{Authority control Division No. 18, Unorganized, Saskatchewan Northern settlements in Saskatchewan Former northern hamlets in Saskatchewan Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation