Peawanuck

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Peawanuck is an isolated Cree community in the Kenora District, Ontario, Canada. It is located near the confluence of the Winisk and Shamattawa rivers, about 35 km from the Winisk River's end in Hudson Bay. Its population is 237.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Ontario

• Attawapiskat
  188.7 mi away · pop. 1,550
• Big Trout Lake
  197.4 mi away · pop. 904
• Kingfisher Lake
  224.9 mi away
• Ogoki
  234.5 mi away
• Bearskin Lake
  234.8 mi away
• Fort Hope
  259.7 mi away
• Sachigo Lake
  282.6 mi away
• Pickle Lake
  314.4 mi away · pop. 500
• Cat Lake
  347.9 mi away
• North Spirit Lake
  355.1 mi away · pop. 264
• McDowell Lake
  356.3 mi away
• Armstrong
  358.8 mi away · pop. 4,815

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Peawanuck

Peawanuck

Brian Feherty · 2006

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Atlantis Fritillary

Argynnis atlantis

Seen 2026-09-02

cloudberry

Rubus chamaemorus

Seen 2026-07-31

Arctic Butterbur

Petasites frigidus

Seen 2025-10-06

green alder

Alnus alnobetula

Seen 2025-10-03

One-eyed Sphinx

Smerinthus cerisyi

Seen 2025-07-10

White-spotted Sawyer

Monochamus scutellatus

Seen 2025-07-09

Great Sundew

Drosera anglica

Seen 2025-07-09

Hooded Ladies' Tresses

Spiranthes romanzoffiana

Seen 2025-07-09

Bogbean

Menyanthes trifoliata

Seen 2025-07-09

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).