Saddle Lake

Location of Saddle Lake Alberta

Saddle Lake is a settlement in central Alberta. It is located on the Saddle Lake 125 Indian Reserve and is governed by the Saddle Lake Cree Nation.

The Saddle Lake Nation is a Treaty 6 nation, from the Cree language group. The nation was created in 1953 by merging the former Little Hunter (Saddle Lake), James Seenum, and Blue Quill Bands.^[1]

The Saddle Lake reserve is located on Highway 652, approx 2 hour drive Northeast of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, west of St. Paul and north of Vegreville. According to a 2009 Alberta Municipal Affairs estimate, the on-reserve population of the First Nation is 5,883 making it the second most populous First Nation in Alberta (after the Blood Tribe).^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.saddlelake.ca/Saddlelake1.html
2. ^ http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/images/2008pop(2).pdf

[edit] External links

• Official website

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Coordinates: 53°58′37.15″N 111°41′47.64″W / 53.9769861°N 111.6965667°W / 53.9769861; -111.6965667 (Saddle Lake)

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