Granville Lake, Manitoba
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Granville Lake is an Indian settlement
Indian settlement
An Indian settlement is a census subdivision outlined by the Canadian government Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada for census purposes. These areas have at least 10 Indian people who live, more or less, permanently in the given area...
in northern
Northern Region, Manitoba
The Northern Region is a region in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is situated on the Canadian Shield and includes Manitoba's Hudson Bay coastline. The major economic activities are mining and tourism. The region is composed of four census divisions: 19 and 21–23...
Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
. The community does not have all-weather road access; rather the community relies on ice roads in the winter and the lake-river system in the summer.
In 2006, according to Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada
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census data, Mystery Lake had a population of 98 living in 16 dwellings
House
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, a 42.0% increase from 2001. The Indian Settlement has a land area of 2.33 km² (0.899618029520607 sq mi) and a population density
Population density
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of 42 /km2.