Snow Lake, Manitoba
Snow Lake | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 54°52′53.05″N 100°1′21.68″W / 54.8814028°N 100.0226889°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Northern |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Incorporated | 1976 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ron Scott |
| • MLA | Tom Lindsey |
| Elevation | 271 m (890 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,088 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central (CDT)) |
| Postal code | |
| Area code | 204 |
| Website | Town of Snow Lake |
Snow Lake is a town in Manitoba, Canada, located 685 km (426 mi) north of Winnipeg at the end of Provincial Road 392. The main industry is, and always has been, mining; currently with one mine producing Zinc, and another lithium. The official Town of Snow Lake is a very large, overwhelmingly rural area that is centered about the urban community of Snow Lake, which lies very near its geographical center. The Town is as large in area as a typical rural municipality in the more southern parts of Manitoba.
Possibly named for a local family (Rudnyckyj) or because early settlers "found the water in the lake as soft as the melted snow" (Files, Manitoba Department of Natural Resources).