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The name “La Ronge” comes from the lake itself, although the actual origin of the name is uncertain. The French verb ronger translates as “to gnaw”, with at least one explanation theorising that 17th- and 18th-century French fur traders referred to the lake as la ronge (literally, the chewed) due to the abundant beaver population along the lake’s shoreline.
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (Woods Cree: ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ, romanized: mistahi-sâkahikanihk [2]) is a Woodland Cree (Sakāwithiniwak) First Nations in northern Saskatchewan. It is one of the ten largest Cree ( Nîhithaw ) band governments in Canada, the largest First Nation in Saskatchewan, with the administrative centre ...
Island on Lac la Ronge. Lac La Ronge Provincial Park [5] extends around the lake on three sides, starting at La Ronge and ending along the east shore. [6] The park contains four RV parks, two of which are on the west shore of the lake, one is in the town of Missinipe (Missinipe is the Woodland Cree name for the Churchill River which is on the south-west shore of Otter Lake, which flows through ...
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He was killed during an argument with Peter Pond in 1782 at Lac La Ronge. [1] He came to Canada as a soldier then worked in the fur trade until his death. Jean-Étienne Waddens remained in Switzerland until at least 1755, however by 1757, he was serving in the colonial regular troops of New France. In May of that year, he renounced Calvinism.
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Grandmother's Bay 219 (Woods Cree: ᑯᐦᑯᒥᓈᓂᕽ, romanized: kohkominânihk) is an Indian reserve of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band in Saskatchewan. [1] [4] Located on Otter Lake, part of the Churchill River system, it is about 77 kilometres (48 mi) north-east of Lac la Ronge.
James Myles Venne (died November 28, 2007) was a northern Saskatchewan First Nations leader. He served as chief of the Lac La Ronge First Nation from 1971 to 1983 and then again from 1985 to 1987.