- Kinoosao, Saskatchewan
Kinoosao is an isolated town in northern
Saskatchewan ,Canada . It is only accessible byManitoba Provincial Road 394 andSaskatchewan Highway 994 , coming from the closest town, 60 miles away,Lynn Lake, Manitoba . Kinoosao is the northernmost town in Saskatchewan accessible by road, and it is the only one accessible solely by first entering a neighbouring province (Manitoba). It is 4.004 miles wide in size and is located in Region 18 in Saskatchewan. It is at 57.081993°N and 102.01934°W.A total of 60 people lived there in
May 2006 , within 16 dwellings.cite web|url=http://broadband.ic.gc.ca/demographic_servlet/community_demographics/7339|title=Community Demographics - Kinoosao, SK|work=Canadian Government|accessdate=2007-10-22]The name, "Kinoosao" is the
Cree term for the word "fish".cite web|url=http://www.worldwidefishing.com/manitoba/b2844/index.html?page_type=fresh&state_page=saskatchewan&company=Grand+Slam+Lodge|title=Information|work=Grand Slam Lodge|accessdate=2007-10-22]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 alongReindeer Lake .cite web|url=http://communities.dev.kcdc.ca/profiles/kinoosao.php|title=Community Profiles - Kinoosao, SK|work=Canadian Government|accessdate=2007-10-23] Mail service to the community began in1954 , when they received it twice-monthly from La Ronge.cite web|url=http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/northern/search_metadata.php?status=search&ID=16317&MediaLimit=all&&bool1=&field1=FileItemReference&search1=General%20files.%20Kinoosao&match1=phrase&MediaLimit=all&]
Services
No restaurants, hotels and campgrounds exist in the town off the coast off
Reindeer Lake . The only services in town are the Grand Slam Lodge, the only accommodations, and the Kinoosao Co-op Store, which supplies gas, groceries, tackle and rain gear.References
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