Patuanak (Sask.)
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Name (Latin)
Patuanak (Sask.)
Coordinates
-107.703 -107.703 55.895 55.895 (gooearth )
W1074305 W1074305 N0555501 N0555501 (geonames )
Associated country
Canada
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 55°55ʹ01ʺN 107°43ʹ05ʺW)
- Jarvenpa, R. The trappers of Patuanak, 1980 (subj.)t.p. (Patuanak) p. iii (Sask.)
- NLC 9/18/81(AACR 2: Patuanak (Sask.))
Wikipedia description:
Patuanak (Woods Cree: ᐘᐹᒋᐘᓈᕽ, romanized: wapâciwanâhk)is a community in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is the administrative headquarters of the Dene First Nations reserve near Churchill River and the north end of Lac Île-à-la-Crosse. In Dene, it sounds similar to Boni Cheri (Bëghą́nı̨ch’ërë). The community consists of the Northern Hamlet of Patuanak with 64 residents governed by a mayor and 2 councillors and the adjoining Wapachewunak 192D Indian reserve of the English River First Nation with 482 residents (Canada Census 2011). The reserve is governed by a Chief and six councillors. Patuanak is about 92 km (57 mi.) north of Beauval at the end of Highway 918.
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