Air service at Brochet Airport 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, depending on road conditions.

Founded as a Hudson's Bay Company trading post and Roman Catholic mission, the community was originally called Fort du Brochet, first appearing on maps in 1883.

The community's name was shortened in 1924 to Brochet, which is the French name of the northern pike, commonly known in Manitoba as the "jackfish.

Nearby locations of this type include Le Pensie, also known as Sandy Hills, which closed in 1930.