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POPULATION

Citizens3, 783
Community Residents2, 108

LANGUAGES

Linguistic AffiliationAlgonkian
Mother TongueOjibwa/Potawatomi
Spoken LanguageEnglish(85%)
 Aboriginal(11%)
 English & Aborignal(7%)
 French & Other(1%)

COMMUNITY LAND AREA

23,472 ha./58,000 acres ("Without Prejudice to Pending & Future Land Claims")
43% Class 1-3 Agricultural Land
30% World Class Wetlands

ISLANDS

Walpole, Squirrel, St. Anne, Seaway, Bassett and Potawatomi

AFFILIATIONS

Independent 

ELECTORAL RIDINGS

FederalKent, Lambton, Middlesex
OntarioLambton

GOVERNMENT

Walpole Island First Nation
The Council of Three Fires
R.R.3 Wallaceburg,
Ontario N8A 4K9
Tel.  (519) 627-1481
Fax. (519) 627-0440		Band Office

INDUSTRIES

Nearly all of the households on Walpole Island are directly or indirectly involved with hunting, fishing and trapping activities. Recreational tourism is the number one industry. The second largest industry is agriculture.
In 1971 Tahgahoning Enterprise was established with 200 acres. Today, Tahgahoning Inc. operates a 4,400 acre cash crop farm and dryer/storage facility. The third ranking and fastest growing sector is government services.

The remainder are involved in manufacturing, trade industries, transportation, communications and other utility industries, and miscellaneous commercial activities. Local facilities include an economic development and industrial-training complex, and the newly constructed Thunderbird Mall.

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES

Early Childhood EducationBkejwanong Children's Centre. Infants to Pre-School, Before and After Care School Program
PrimaryWalpole Island Elementary School, JK-8 (First Nation Operated)
SecondaryStudents bused to Wallaceburg, Chatham and Sarnia
Post-Secondary

Adult classes offered through Lambton College,
Adult Literacy Program


COMMUNITY SERVICES

  •   Fire hall, full
      time chief and   volunteers
  •   Anglican and United
      Churches,   Evangelistic Centre,
      Faith Tabernacle
      Church
  •   Traditional sweat   lodges
  •   Community centre and restaurant
  •   Health clinic with two nurses and dental offices
  •   Nin.Da.Waab.Jig / Heritage Centre
  •   Algonkin, senior citizens apartments (20 units)
  •   Home makers program, social services and counselling
      services
  •   Ontario First Nations Policing Arrangements - six   constables
  •   Library
  •   Commercial Mall

RECREATIONAL SERVICES

  •   Arena: ice hockey, figure skating, public skating, minor
      hockey system, recreational leagues
  •   Highbanks Park
  •   Ball diamonds (6), playgrounds
  •   Tennis Courts
  •   Camp grounds and boat launches
  •   Chematogen Trailer Park & Campgrounds
  •   Nature trails
  •   Miles of natural shoreline and beaches

COMMUNICATIONS

  •   Access to major non-Native radio and television   stations and newspapers is available to the community;
      telephone service is provided by Bell   Canada
  •   Community radio station CFRZ FM 91.5

COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

  •   JIBKENYAN (bi-weekly)
  •   NIN.DA.WAAB.JIG News
  •   Ganaadmaadmi (monthly)
  •   Katzehjigkidwinan ("Elders News")
  •   SHIKIMNOYAAWIN NIIGAAN NIKEYAA "A New Better
      Life Heading Toward the Future" Better Beginnings,
      Better Futures Program
  •   BINOOJEENYAG MEENWAA
      GITZEEMWAAN-MZININGAN Parent/Child Support   Progam

UTILITIES

  •   Water: community pumphouse and chlorination   treatment facility with reservoir and some individual   wells
  •   Sewage: no community sewage system (septic   systems)
  •   Waste: landfill site / recycling depot
  •   Energy/Electricity: Ontario Hydro
  •   Public Works Department

NATURAL HERITAGE

  •   30 sites of critical natural areas
  •   Approx. 17,000 acres of World Class Wetlands
  •   Approx. 6,400 acres of Carolinian Forests
  •   5 plants found nowhere else in Canada
  •   Rare oak-savanna sites
  •   Tallgrass prairie
  •   58 species of butterflies - 7 rare in Ontario
  •   138 species of birds - 7 rare bird species
  •   108 provincially rare plants
  •   27 flora and fauna species on the Canadian Endangered
      Species List
  •   Over 800 recorded species of vascular plants
  •   28 species of Reptiles and Amphibians - 5 rare
  •   28 species of mammals

CULTURAL EVENTS

  •   WEEN GUSHK CELEBRATION - Annual Pow Wow third   Saturday in July
  •   Bkejwanong Community Celebration, Victoria Day   Weekend
  •   Bkejwanong Childrens Centre Mini Pow Wow, Third   Friday of July

OTHER EVENTS

  •   Fall Fair
  •   Arts and Crafts Show
  •   New Year's Feast

ACCESS

  •   Bridge to mainland Ontario
  •   Daily Ferry service to Algonac, Michigan (weather   permitting)
  •   Airport: Sarnia via Toronto, service provided by Air   Ontario (Air Canada partner) and PEM AIR
 
 
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