Sandy Bay | |
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Location of Sandy Bay in Saskatchewan | |
Coordinates: 55°18′54″N 102°11′10″W / 55.315°N 102.186°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
District | Northern Saskatchewan Administration District |
Census division | 18 |
Time zone | CST |
Area code | 306 |
Sandy Bay is a northern village in the boreal forest of northern Saskatchewan, Canada.[1] It is located on the Churchill River about 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of the community of Pelican Narrows and 190 kilometres (120 mi) northwest of Creighton and Flin Flon via Highway 135 and the Hanson Lake Road. The community consists of two parts the Northern Village of Sandy Bay and the Wapaskokimaw 202 reserve of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation.
The community has a health clinic, community resource centre, pre-school, K-12 school, and a day-care. Sandy Bay has a population of about 1,200, of whom about one quarter are members of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation.