Bakers Narrows, Manitoba
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| Unincorporated Community | |
Bakers Narrows, Little Athapap, and the North Arm, as seen from the south
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 Bakers Narrows
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| Coordinates: 54°40′38″N 101°39′37″W / 54.67722°N 101.66028°W | |
| Canada |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Manitoba
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| Region | Northern Region |
| Census division | 21 |
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| • MLA (Flin Flon) | Clarence Pettersen (NDP) |
| • MP (Churchill) | Niki Ashton (NDP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.45 km2 (0.56 sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC−6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) |
| Postal code | R8A 1M6 |
| Area code(s) | 204 |
| Founder | William Baker |
| Highways | PTH 10 |
Bakers Narrows, Manitoba, is a small residential community approximately 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Flin Flon on Lake Athapapuskow. There are five subdivisions located near the lakeshore with a total of approximately 150 cottages, many of which are permanent residences.
The community consists of both winterized homes and seasonal cottages. It straddles the North Arm and Little Athapap sections of Lake Athapapuskow and lies within Bakers Narrows Provincial Park. It is the location of the Flin Flon Airport and the Flin Flon/Bakers Narrows Water Aerodrome.
The remote community is surrounded by Precambrian boreal forest, a mixed forest of coniferous and deciduous trees of the Canadian Shield. There are stands of black spruce, jack pine, white spruce, and trembling aspen. The area is home to moose, black bear, lynx, wolf, and beaver. Bird species include raven, common loon, spruce grouse, bald eagle and hawk owl. There is some trapping and hunting, and recreational fishing is popular.
The narrows have been inhabited since prehistoric times. Archaeological digs at Bakers Narrows Provincial Park revealed pottery, arrowheads, and other artifacts indicating regular habitation by the "Shield Archaic Culture", who hunted caribou in the area as far back as 7000 years ago. They were eventually supplanted by the Woodland Cree who were nomadic hunters in this region. The narrows were a seasonal camp for Cree families who would gather during the summer before heading to their individual hunting grounds jn the autumn.
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