A typical abbreviation for Atikameg Lake: Atikameg Lk.
Time Zone: Atikameg Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: CST- Heure Normale du Centre (HNC), CDT- Heure Avancée du Centre (HAC).
Note: If you travel west from Atikameg Lake (for example, toward Cumberland House (SK)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Central Standard Time Zone (CST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Atikameg Lake was in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Manitoba & Saskatchewan.
When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 204 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 431 or 584. New phone numbers in the Atikameg Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 204, 431 or 584. As a result, placing a call in the Atikameg Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.