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Brochet, Manitoba

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Brochet, Manitoba is located in Manitoba
Brochet, Manitoba
Location of Brochet in Manitoba

Brochet is an unincorporated community located in Northern Manitoba near the Saskatchewan border (57°52′47″N 101°40′16″W / 57.87972°N 101.67111°W / 57.87972; -101.67111). There is no year round road service to the mostly Cree people. A winter road is in place only a few months a year. Air service is the main link outside the community. It takes roughly one hour to reach Brochet from Thompson, Manitoba by air, and approximately 4 to 6 hours via winter road from Lynn Lake, Manitoba depending on road conditions.

In Northern Manitoba there are a few unincorporated communities aside from Brochet. They are Granville Lake and South Indian Lake. There are also several First Nations and Aboriginal communities. They are: Barren Lands First Nation, Northlands First Nation, Sayisi Dene, Split Lake Cree, Fox Lake, Shamattawa, and Mathias Colomb

The climate of Brochet is extremely variable. The hottest temperature ever recorded was 33.5 C on August 11, 1991 and the lowest being -51.7 C on February 15, 1966. [1] [2]