Keewatin
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United States- Keewatin, MinnesotaKeewatin, MinnesotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 1,164 people, 522 households, and 306 families residing in the city. The population density was 473.7 people per square mile . There were 550 housing units at an average density of 223.8 per square mile...
, USA, a city
Canada
- Keewatin, Ontario, a town amalgamated with the towns of Kenora and Jaffray Melick to form Kenora
- District of Keewatin, Northwest TerritoriesDistrict of KeewatinThe District of Keewatin was a territory of Canada and later an administrative district of the Northwest Territories.The name "Keewatin" comes from Algonquian roots—either kīwēhtin in Cree or giiwedin in Ojibwe—both of which mean north wind in their respective languages...
- Keewatin Region
- Keewatin Region, Northwest TerritoriesKeewatin Region, Northwest TerritoriesThe Keewatin Region was a region of the Northwest Territories, in use as an administrative and statistical division until the creation of Nunavut in 1999...
, partially overlapped the District of Keewatin, but was a distinct entity - Keewatin Region, Nunavut - alternative name of Kivalliq Region, a Nunavut region mostly coterminal with the above
- Keewatin Region, Northwest Territories
Other uses
- Diocese of Keewatin, Anglican Church of Canada diocese straddling the Manitoba-Ontario border
- Vicariate Apostolic of KeewatinVicariate Apostolic of KeewatinThe Vicariate Apostolic of Keewatin was a Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction in northern Canada which included the northern half of the Province of Saskatchewan, and was bounded on the north by the Arctic regions, on the south by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface, on the east...
, Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction which extended into northern Saskatchewan - SS KeewatinSS KeewatinThe SS Keewatin is a passenger liner that once sailed between Port Arthur / Fort William and Port McNicoll in Ontario, Canada. She carried passengers between these ports for the Canadian Pacific Railway's Great Lakes Steamship Service...
, Canadian Pacific Railway steamship which sailed the Great Lakes between Port McNicoll and Fort William/Port Arthur, Ontario. - Keewatin RailwayKeewatin RailwayThe Keewatin Railway Company is a First Nations-owned rail line that operates in Northern Manitoba, between The Pas, and Pukatawagan. The railway company currently operates a line formerly owned by Hudson Bay Railway, and used by Via Rail passenger trains....
a first nations owned shortline in northern ManitobaManitobaManitoba 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...
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