Turnor Lake

Turnor Lake is a community on the southern shore of Turnor Lake. From Highway 155 it is accessible by Highway 909. The community includes the Northern Hamlet of Turnor Lake and Turnor Lake 193B of the Birch Narrows First Nation.

This article is about the community. For the lake, see Turnor Lake (Saskatchewan).
Turnor Lake
Turnor Lake, Saskatchewan

The combined population was 598 in the 2011 Canada Census. Turnor Lake had 179 people[1] and Birch Narrows (Turnor Lake 193B) had 419 people.[2]

History

The lake was once called Island Lake (Lac des Isles). In 1895, Birch Narrows had 5 families or 25 people in residence.
Father Penard of La Loche mentions in his letter of 1911 [3] that there were six or seven families living at "le Detroit du Bouleau" (Birch Narrows) 35 miles east of La Loche.

In 1938, Father Ducharme had a chapel built in the community.

In 1966, the people of Clear Lake were relocated to Turnor Lake. (Clear Lake had about 60 people in 1944 according to the Piercy Report.)

Birch Narrows Dene Nation

As of June 2012, Birch Narrows Dene Nation had 409 members living on reserve and 299 members living at locations off reserve.[4] It is affiliated with the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC).[5]

Birch Narrows Dene Nation has territory at three sites:

See also

References
  1. "Corrections and updates". Statistics Canada. August 13, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
  2. "Statistics Canada 2011 Community Profiles (Turnor Lake 193B)". Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  3. "Peel's Prairie Provinces (Peel 7848)". Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  4. "AANDC (Birch Narrows First Nation)". Archived from the original on 2013-07-07. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  5. "Meadow Lake Tribal Council". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  6. "AANDC Reserves/Settlements/Villages". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  7. "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SASKATCHEWAN (list of forts in Northern Saskatchewan)". Retrieved 2012-10-12.


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