About Us
Recognized as a community in 1971, South Indian Lake incorporated in the fall of 1999. In Manitoba, South Indian Lake serves as the largest water reservoir for provinical hydro-electric power.
The Cree peoples of the South Indian Lake/Churchill River Region have been documented as far back as the 16th century, trading with their surrounding neighbours. Archeological artifacts have generally been quite distinctive and are limited in distribution to this Northern Manitoba region where they are part of the Kame Hills Complex, an archaeological culture dating to between 250 and 1100 years ago and believed to be ancestral to the Cree people who inhabit this region to this very day.
70 sets of human remains have been found at 40 sites in the surronding region, most of them near a lake or river. In all cases, the remains are either left undisturbed, or removed for analysis and reburial later. The excavations are done with great sensitivity and only with the explicit permission of First Nations. One of the most fascinating finds in recent years was the discovery of a gravesite with remains 6,500 years old. The ancient grave site was 50 miles north of Thompson, Manitoba.
