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Encyclopedia > La Ronge, Saskatchewan

La Ronge is a town in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, 250 km north of Prince Albert. The town lies on the western shore of Lac La Ronge and is adjacent to Lac La Ronge Provincial Park.


Community profile

According to the 2001 Statistics Canada census:

Population: 2,727 (-8.0% from 1996)
Land area: 11.78 kmē
Population density: 231.5 people/kmē
Median age: 26.6 (males: 26.8, females: 26.5)
Total private dwellings: 1,069
Median household income: $44,672



North:
West: Beauval La Ronge East: Flin Flon
South: Prince Albert National Park

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La Ronge (388 words)
La Ronge is the largest community in Northern Saskatchewan with over 3500 people residing in the town itself and about 2000 people on the adjacent First Nations lands of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and some 1000 people residing in the bordering settlement of Air Ronge.
La Ronge is situated on the southwest shore of the lake that gives it its name, a lake that is a major tributary to the Churchill River system.
The Aboriginal forbearers have left their legacy in and on the people of La Ronge and many other northern centers, while the early trappers, traders and explorers have had their names attached to the geography of many of the locales and also in some number to the surnames of many of the present day population.
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