Manigotagan | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Flag Size: | 120x80px |
Pushpin Map: | Manitoba |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba |
Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
Subdivision Type3: | Census subdivision |
Established Title: | Settled |
Area Land Km2: | 37.06 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 173 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Manigotagan is a settlement in the Canadian province of Manitoba.[2] [3] It is located near the mouth of the Manigotagan River at Lake Winnipeg.
From circa 1887 to circa 1893, the Hudson's Bay Company operated a fur trade outpost here, called Bad Throat Post, and functioned as an outpost for Fort Alexander. The exact date that it was abandoned is unknown.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Manigotagan had a population of 173 living in 69 of its 273 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 176. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]