| Shamattawa First Nation | |||||||||||||||||
| Native Name: | ᑭᓭᒫᑖᐘ kisêmâtâwa | ||||||||||||||||
| Settlement Type: | Indian reserve | ||||||||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Manitoba | ||||||||||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Manitoba | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 55.8531°N -92.0864°W | ||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Name: | Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Province | ||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Manitoba | ||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Region | ||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Northern | ||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division | ||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Name3: | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||||||||||||
| Area Footnotes: | [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 21.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Elevation M: | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| Population Total: | 1,019 | ||||||||||||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||||||||||||
| Timezone1: | Central Time Zone | ||||||||||||||||
| Utc Offset1: | -6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Timezone1 Dst: | Central Time Zone | ||||||||||||||||
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||||||||||||
| Postal Code: | R0B 1K0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Area Code: | 204, 431 | ||||||||||||||||
| Blank Name: | GNBC Code | ||||||||||||||||
| Blank Info: | GAYWF | ||||||||||||||||
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The Shamattawa First Nation (Cree: ᑭᓭᒫᑖᐘ, kisêmâtâwa) (55.8583°N -92.0961°W) is a remote First Nations community in northern Manitoba, Canada, located in the reserve of Shamattawa 1.[4]
Shamattawa 1 is located on the banks of the Gods River where the Echoing River joins as a right tributary. The population was 1,019, an increase of 2.1% over the 2011 figure of 998.
As a remote, isolated community,[5] Shamattawa for part of the year is only connected to the rest of the province by winter and ice roads − temporary roads over frozen water. Winter roads also extend east of the community towards Fort Severn, and Peawanuck, Ontario. It can also be reached via Shamattawa Airport. It has only one grocery store.
A polar bear was sighted in Shamattawa in August 2010, 400km (200miles) south of its typical range.[6]
Shamattawa has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc) with mild summers and severely cold winters. Precipitation is moderate, but is significantly higher in summer than at other times of the year. Due to its proximity to the Hudson Bay, storm systems often blow ashore with little warning.[7]