Brochet, Manitoba

Brochet is an unincorporated community located in Northern Manitoba near the Saskatchewan border (coord|57|53|22|N|101|40|45|W). There is no year round road service to the mostly Cree people. A winter road is in place only a few months a year. Air service is the main link outside the community. It takes roughly one hour to reach Brochet from Thompson, Manitoba by air, and approximately 4 to 6 hours via winter road from Lynn Lake, Manitoba depending on road conditions.

In Northern Manitoba there are a few unincorporated communities aside from Brochet. They are Granville Lake and South Indian Lake. There are also several First Nations and Aboriginal communities. They are: Barren Lands, Northlands, Sayisi Dene, Split Lake Cree, Fox Lake, Shamattawa, and Mathias Colomb

The climate of Brochet is extremely variable. The hottest temperature ever recorded was 33.5 C on August 11, 1991 and the lowest being -51.7 C on February 15, 1966. [http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climateData/monthlydata_e.html] [http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climateData/monthlydata_e.html]