La RongeYou can List Your La Ronge Home for Sale for FREE with Snap Up Real Estate. Real Estate in La Ronge is very affordable as average Canadian prices go. Single family homes start well below $100,000 and the most prestigious lakefront homes top out at about $400,000. This is very affordable when compared to larger centers such as Regina, Saskatoon, and Edmonton. Of course La Ronge is a little more out of the way then most people would like to travel. With on about 2,700 residents La Ronge does lack some of the necessities that people have come to love. La Ronge is a small community in Northern Saskatchewan, about 250 km north of Prince Albert. The town lies on the western shore of Lac La Ronge and is adjacent to Lac La Ronge Provincial Park. The town derives its name from the French indicative "la" and the surname of Johannes von Rönge, a Catholic priest and the co-founder of German Catholicism. In 1844 he was excommunicated, and lived in England from 1849 to 1861 as a political refugee. The rest of his family and close followers scattered to Canada, the USA and Southern Africa as Protestant Missionaries. La Ronge began as a fur trading post and meeting place but with the decline of hunting and the fur market La Ronge has diversified into other areas. Several mining companies, government agencies, and airlines now keep offices in La Ronge and many other businesses have started to support the staff and their families. La Ronge is surrounded by several first nations communities and has a rich cultural heritage. The community is also home to the La Ronge Ice Wolves junior "A" hockey team. View a Map of La Ronge, SK with Google Maps.
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