Sandy Lake is a small community in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of 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...

. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Harrison

Harrison, Manitoba

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 along PTH 45

Manitoba Highway 45

Provincial Trunk Highway 45 is a provincial highway in the southwest region of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from PTH 16 and PTH 83 in the town of Russell to PTH 10 five kilometers north of the village of Erickson....

 approximately 10 miles west of PTH 10

Manitoba Highway 10

Provincial Trunk Highway 10 is a north-south highway that runs from the North Dakota border at the International Peace Garden near Boissevain, north through Brandon, Dauphin, Swan River, and The Pas to the Saskatchewan boundary at Flin Flon. The speed limit is 100 km/h...

. Sandy Lake is a small town with a dwindling population, the elementary school was closed down and purchased by the Nowell family in 2006. The main industry in Sandy Lake is agriculture.

The town grain elevator was purchased by the Lewandoski family.

Sandy Lake's population swells during the summer months with the arrival of cottagers who own lakefront property, and use the lake for recreational purposes. A nine hole golf course is another summer attraction.