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Thompson is a city in north-central Manitoba, Canada, the largest city and most populated municipality in Northern Manitoba. [6] Situated along the Burntwood River, Thompson is located 210 kilometres (130 mi) north of Lake Winnipeg and 761 km (473 mi) north of the City of Winnipeg. Originally founded in 1956 as a mining town, it is one of the ...
UTC-6 ( CST) • Summer ( DST) UTC-5 ( CDT) Area codes. 204 and 431. Thompson is a rural municipality (RM) in the Pembina Valley Region of Manitoba, Canada. It had a population of 1,259 according to the Canada 2006 Census . The RM was incorporated on 1 November 1908. It took its name from an early settler and its first postmaster, William Thompson.
Northern Manitoba. Northern Manitoba (also known as NorMan or Nor-Man) [1][2][3] is a geographic and cultural region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Originally encompassing a small square around the Red River Colony, the province was extended north to the 60th parallel in 1912. [4][5] The region's specific boundaries vary, as "northern ...
The community of South Indian Lake is located on the southeast shore, about 130 kilometres (81 mi) (by air) north of the city of Thompson. It had a population of 767 in 2011 and is the main settlement of the O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation, a First Nations band government. [6] Southern Indian Lake is on the Fidler map of 1814. [7]
South Indian Lake. South Indian Lake is an Indian settlement located on the southeast shore of Southern Indian Lake in northern Manitoba, Canada, about 130 km (81 mi) north of the city of Thompson by air. [1] It had a population of 981 in 2016, and is the main settlement of the O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation, a First Nations band government.
Notes. ^ The cities of Dauphin, Flin Flon, Morden, Portage la Prairie, Selkirk, Steinbach, Thompson and Winkler were formerly incorporated as towns. ^ The former cities of St. Boniface, East Kildonan, Transcona, and West Kildonan (all amalgamated into the City of Winnipeg in 1972) were also formerly incorporated as towns prior to becoming cities.
Demographics of Manitoba. Manitoba is one of Canada's 10 provinces. It is the easternmost of the three Prairie provinces. Manitoba's capital and largest city (containing over half its population) is Winnipeg. Other important cities and towns include Brandon, Thompson, Dauphin, Swan River, Churchill, The Pas, Selkirk, Portage la Prairie, Gimli ...
Burntwood River. Coordinates: 56.13°N 96.55°W. Planned Churchill Diversion. The east-west part of the diversion follows the Burntwood and the north-south part the Rat River .The headwaters of the Burntwood are near Kississing Lake, which is the lake west of Thompson and south of the Churchill. The Burntwood River is a river in northeast ...