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Berens River First Nation
Berens River First Nation
Berens River, Manitoba
R0B 0A0
Phone: (204) 382-2161
Fax: (204) 382-2297
Internet: www.berensriver.ca
- Location: Approximately 270 air kilometres north of Winnipeg on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg at the mouth of the Berens River and 391 kilometers by road on Provincial Road #304 (a few kilometers south is a more isolated reserve, Pigeon River No. 13A which, in the past, has been used as a collection point for logging operations).
- Reserve: I.R. No.13 and 13A
- Area: 6,907 acres
- Language: Saulteaux/Ojibway
- Economic Base: Band Office, Commercial, Fishing, Trapping and Forestry
- Population:
- On-reserve - 1,762
- Off-reserve - 1,003
- Total Population - 2,765 (as of March 31, 2009)
- Transportation: Access is by air. There is a 2,900 foot gravel airstrip maintained in the community. Perimeter Aviation and Warm Air provide scheduled service. Berens River is also accessible during the Winter Road Season (offically opens around January 15th to March 15th).
Commercial Businesses and/or Services:
- Berens River Band Office
- Meemeesipii Inc.
- Berens River Logg Inn
- Berens River School (Frontier School Division: Nursery to Grade 9)
- Berens River Daycare
- Berens River Nursing Station/Chief Jacob Berens Mino-Ayaawin Centre
- Berens River Training & Employment Program
- Berens River Tug Boat/Barge
- Berens River Pumphouse (Water and Sewage)
- Oshetoon Building Supplies
- Neil Disbrowe's Woodworking
- Linda & Valerie's Video Shop
- Christine's Coffee Shop
- Berens River Store
- Northern Store
- Hubert Boyd (Store)
Off Reserve:
- Barra Inn
- John Alex Enterprises Ltd.