South Indian Lake


South Indian Lake is a community located on the southeast shore of Southern Indian Lake in Manitoba Canada, about 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.

Access

The lake and the settlement are accessed by the South Indian Lake Airport and Manitoba Provincial Road 493. Pr493. a gravel road, begins at Leaf Rapids on the Pr391 and runs northeast to its terminus at South Indian Lake. The nearest city, Thompson, is by road.

History

In the 1970s the level of Southern Indian Lake was raised by as part of the Churchill River Diversion and the settlement was relocated at a higher level.