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Little Grand Rapids First Naton
Little Grand Rapids First Nation
Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba
R0B 0V0
Phone: (204) 397-2264
Fax: (204) 397-2340
- Location: 268 air kilometers northeast of Winnipeg, on the shores of Family Lake near the Manitoba/ Ontario border. The reserve is spread out over an eight kilometer stretch along the lake shore.
- Reserve: I.R. No. 14
- Area: 4,956 acres
- Language: Saulteaux/Ojibway
- Economic Base: Band Office, Commercial, Fishing, Trapping and Seasonal Rice Harvesting
- Population:
- On-reserve - 1,129
- Off-reserve - 287
- Total Population - 1,416 (as of March 31, 2009)
- Transportation: There is a 3,000 foot airstrip on provincial crown land across the lake from Little Grand Rapids. Access from the airport is restricted to boat or float plane during the summer months. During the freeze up and spring thaw the site is only accessible by helicopter. There is no permanent access road to Little Grand Rapids. Little Grand Rapids is accessible during the Winter Road Season (officially opens around January 15th to March 15th).
Commercial Businesses and/or Services:
- Little Grand Rapids Band Office
- Clarence & Jemima's Family Lake Pool Hall/Canteen
- Owens Cash & Carry
- General Merchants
- Kitagas Group Home
- Northern Store
- Little Grand Rapids Airport
- Sanitation Service
- Nursing Station
- Water Treatment Plant
- Headstart Program
- Daycare Program