BOX 131
Manitoba R0B 0A0
Phone: (204) 382-2161
Fax: (204) 382-2297
- Chief Norman McKay
- Councillor Roland Whiteway
- Councillor Gerald Kemp
- Councillor Glen Boulanger
- Councillor Paul Disbrowe
- Councillor Tracy Berens
- Councillor Lindsay Ross
Location
Approximately 270 air kilometres north of Winnipeg on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg at the mouth of the Berens River and 391 kilometers by road on Provincial Road #304 (a few kilometers south is a more isolated reserve, Pigeon River No. 13A which, in the past, has been used as a collection point for logging operations).
Band No: 266
Reserve: I.R. No.13 and 13A
Area: 2546.9 Hectares
Language: Anishinabe
Economic Base: Fishing, trapping and forestry
Population
Off-reserve – 1,185
On-reserve – 2,125
Total Population – 3,310 (Effective, March 9, 2016)
Businesses
- Berens River Band Office
- Meemeesipii Inc.
- Berens River Log Inn
- Berens River School
(Frontier School Division: Nursery to Grade 9) - Berens River Daycare
- Berens River Nursing Station/Chief Jacob Berens
- Mino-Ayaawin Centre
- Berens River Training & Employment Program
- Berens River Tug Boat/Barge
- Berens River Pumphouse (Water and Sewage)
- Oshetoon Building Supplies
- Neil Disbrowe’s Woodworking
- Linda & Valerie’s Video Shop
- Christine’s Coffee Shop
- Berens River Store
- Northern Store
- Hubert Boyd (Store)