Gods Lake
The area was featured in season 7 of the reality television series Ice Road Truckers. Richard Wagamese writes about Gods Lake in chapter 5 of Indian Horse.
Settlements
The First Nations communities of Gods Lake Narrows, Gods Lake (God's Lake 23), and Gods River are located on the shores of the lake.
Gods Lake Narrows is in the southern portion of Gods Lake where the lake narrows. The community is built on an island in the narrows of the lake and on the west and east shores. Gods Lake Narrows consists of the northern community of Gods Lake Narrows (a designated place in the 2011 Canada Census) with a population of 85 and God's Lake 23, a God's Lake First Nation community of 1,341 people.
At the mouth of Gods River on the northern end of the lake is the primary settlement of the Manto Sipi First Nation community of Gods River (God's River 86A) with 596 people.
See also
- List of lakes of Manitoba
- Animism: The God's Lake, a Canadian TV series
- Indian Horse (film)
References
- ^ "Gods Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "Google Earth". Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Google Maps Distance Calculator". Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "World Lake Database (Gods Lake)". Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
- ^ "Manitoba – Lake Areas and Elevation (lakes larger than 400 square kilometres)". The Atlas of Canada – Lakes. Natural Resources Canada. June 24, 2008. Archived from the original on November 8, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2014.