Welcome to Siikuunsiiwan ...
Although we found mention of Siikuunsiiwan during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Siikuunsiiwan was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Siikuunsiiwan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Siikuunsiiwan, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Siikuunsiiwan might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).
Communities near Siikuunsiiwan ...
We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Siikuunsiiwan.
- Mistassini
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Baie du Poste
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mistissini
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chibougamau
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Siikuunsiiwan and then turned west". While Siikuunsiiwan could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Siikuunsiiwan as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Siikuunsiiwan could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |