Sherridon, Manitoba
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Sherridon, Manitoba is a community in Manitoba
, Canada.
Sherridon originated as the service centre for the nearby Sherritt Gordon nickel mines. The mine closed in 1952, resulting in the equipment and many of the workers and families relocating to Lynn Lake. In 1949 the first house from Sherridon was sleighed to Lynn Lake, Manitoba
as a test run over the 160 miles of cat train trails. Over the next three years, 208 buildings were moved to Lynn Lake from Sherridon. Houses, stores, banks and churches were loaded on sleighs and pulled by caterpillar tractors over the ice and snow to Lynn Lake.
A recent gold mine, operated by Pioneer Metals at Puffy Lake, closed in 1989. The community is located on the Omnitrax rail line to Lynn Lake about 156 km north of The Pas. Pukatawagan Reserve is 72 km further north of Sherridon. A 78 km community-access gravelled road was constructed as part of the Puffy Lake Mine development, and the community is now connected to PTH #10 between Cranberry Portage
and Flin Flon.
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...
, Canada.
Sherridon originated as the service centre for the nearby Sherritt Gordon nickel mines. The mine closed in 1952, resulting in the equipment and many of the workers and families relocating to Lynn Lake. In 1949 the first house from Sherridon was sleighed to Lynn Lake, Manitoba
Lynn Lake, Manitoba
Lynn Lake is a small town in the northwest region of Manitoba, Canada, 1,071 km from Winnipeg. The town was named after Lynn Smith, chief engineer of Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd. There are numerous outfitters in the Lynn Lake area...
as a test run over the 160 miles of cat train trails. Over the next three years, 208 buildings were moved to Lynn Lake from Sherridon. Houses, stores, banks and churches were loaded on sleighs and pulled by caterpillar tractors over the ice and snow to Lynn Lake.
A recent gold mine, operated by Pioneer Metals at Puffy Lake, closed in 1989. The community is located on the Omnitrax rail line to Lynn Lake about 156 km north of The Pas. Pukatawagan Reserve is 72 km further north of Sherridon. A 78 km community-access gravelled road was constructed as part of the Puffy Lake Mine development, and the community is now connected to PTH #10 between Cranberry Portage
Cranberry Portage, Manitoba
Cranberry Portage, located in the Rural Municipality of Kelsey, Manitoba, was an important part of the pre-European contact trade routes of the Cree and Assiniboine peoples...
and Flin Flon.