Garson Lake, Saskatchewan
Encyclopedia
Garson Lake is a hamlet
in Saskatchewan
. It is located near the Alberta border and can be reached by the Garson Lake Road or Highway 956
off of Highway 155 . A winter road connects it to Fort McMurray , Alberta in the winter months.
The Garson River which flows into the La Loche River was once also known as the Whitefish, the Pembina and the Kimowin River.
Mgr. Grandin the oblate priest writes in 1880 that there are 200 people at La Loche Lake and Whitefish Lake.
In 1895 Father Penard of La Loche writes that there is a settlement of fifty people at Whitefish Lake.
In the Piercy Report of 1944 the settlement was called Garson Lake or Whitefish Lake. The village had seventeen families with 50 children under the age of 18. The village had no services of any kind and was not accessible by road.
Hamlets of Saskatchewan
Hamlets are designated by the council of a municipal district or county when a community has a generally accepted name and boundary. Hamlets can contain non-residential areas within their boundaries, and are administered by the municipal districts...
in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
. It is located near the Alberta border and can be reached by the Garson Lake Road or Highway 956
Saskatchewan Highway 956
Highway 956, also known as the Garson Lake Road, is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from the Alberta border until Highway 155. The highway is 44 km long....
off of Highway 155 . A winter road connects it to Fort McMurray , Alberta in the winter months.
History
The lake was once called Swan Lake and also Whitefish Lake (Lac Poisson Blanc in french). In 1911 the lake was called Garson Lake after a HBC post manager at Onion Lake,Saskatchewan.The Garson River which flows into the La Loche River was once also known as the Whitefish, the Pembina and the Kimowin River.
Mgr. Grandin the oblate priest writes in 1880 that there are 200 people at La Loche Lake and Whitefish Lake.
In 1895 Father Penard of La Loche writes that there is a settlement of fifty people at Whitefish Lake.
In the Piercy Report of 1944 the settlement was called Garson Lake or Whitefish Lake. The village had seventeen families with 50 children under the age of 18. The village had no services of any kind and was not accessible by road.