Webequie First Nation

Webequie
Webequie
Indian reserve
	Webequie Indian Reserve
	Webequie
	Coordinates: 52°57′N 87°22′W / 52.950°N 87.367°W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Kenora
First Nation	Webequie
Area
• Land	303.41 km2 (117.15 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	1,300
• Density	2.0/km2 (5/sq mi)
Website	www.webequie.ca

Webequie First Nation is located on the northern peninsula of Eastwood Island on Winisk Lake, 540 km (336 mi) north of Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada. Webequie is a fly-in community with no summer road access. The primary way into the community is by air to Webequie Airport or winter road, which connects to the Northern Ontario Resource Trail.

Location[edit]

Webequie is located on the northern peninsula of Eastwood Island on the Winisk Lake, 540 kilometers north of the city of Thunder Bay, or 450 kilometers north of the town of Sioux Lookout.

Access is only by air or a seasonal winter road. There is no year-round road access. The nearest year-round road access is the town of Pickle Lake, 250 km to the southwest, or the town of Nakina, 320 km to the southeast. Charter air service to Webequie is available from both of these communities.^[2]

The First Nation have the 34,279 ha Webequie Indian reserve. The Webequie or Webiqui Indian Settlement also have reserve status. Webequie First Nation is a member of the Matawa First Nations, a Regional Chiefs' Council and a member of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation.

Population[edit]

The registered population of Webequie was 1320 persons in September 2015, of which the on-reserve population was over 900.^[3] The reserve is entirely surrounded by territory of the Unorganized Kenora District.

Webequie is policed by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal-based service.

History[edit]

When the Treaties were created between the Canadian government and the Aboriginal people of Canada, Webequie was mistakenly listed as part of the community of Fort Hope. They lived under this error until May 1985, when they were recognized as a distinct band. Despite this, the people of Webequie had to fight until February 15, 2001, to achieve full reserve status.^[4]

The name "Webequie" comes from the Anishinini word webikwe meaning "shaking head."

The community is profiled in the 2016 short documentary film The Road to Webequie.^[5]

In 2017, the provincial government of Ontario pledged support for the construction of a road that would connect Webequie, Nibinamik and the Northern Ontario Ring of Fire to Ontario Highway 599 at Pickle Lake.^[6]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Webequie census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
^ "Webequie First Nation - Webequie, Ontario". www.webequie.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ "Webequie Assessment Report" (PDF). North-South Partnership for Children. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
^ "The Founding of Webequie". Webequie First Nations. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
^ "TIFF Short Docs: ‘Hand. Line. Cod’, ‘The Road to Webequie’". Point of View, October 3, 2016.
^ "Ontario pledges 'support' for year-round road access to 3 remote First Nations". CBC Thunder Bay, August 21, 2017.

External links[edit]

[cp2011-1] "Webequie census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

[2] "Webequie First Nation - Webequie, Ontario". www.webequie.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-16.

[about2-3] "Webequie Assessment Report" (PDF). North-South Partnership for Children. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

[about1-4] "The Founding of Webequie". Webequie First Nations. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

[5] "TIFF Short Docs: ‘Hand. Line. Cod’, ‘The Road to Webequie’". Point of View, October 3, 2016.

[6] "Ontario pledges 'support' for year-round road access to 3 remote First Nations". CBC Thunder Bay, August 21, 2017.

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v t e Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Independent First Nations Alliance	Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Lac Seul Muskrat Dam Pikangikum Whitesand
Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council	Deer Lake Fort Severn Keewaywin McDowell Lake North Spirit Lake Poplar Hill
Matawa First Nations	Aroland Constance Lake Eabametoong Ginoogaming Hornepayne Long Lake 58 Marten Falls Neskantaga Nibinamik Webequie
Mushkegowuk Council	Attawapiskat Chapleau Cree Fort Albany Kashechewan Missanabie Cree Moose Cree Taykwa Tagamou Weenusk
Shibogama First Nations Council	Kasabonika Lake Kingfisher Wapekeka Wawakapewin Wunnumin Lake
Wabun Tribal Council	Beaverhouse Brunswick House Chapleau Ojibway Flying Post Matachewan Mattagami Wahgoshig
Windigo First Nations Council	Bearskin Lake Cat Lake Koocheching North Caribou Lake (Weagamow Lake) Sachigo Lake Slate Falls Whitewater
Independent NAN Communities	Mishkeegogamang Mocreebec Council Sandy Lake

v t e Kenora District, Ontario
Cities	Dryden Kenora
Towns	Red Lake Sioux Lookout
Townships	Ear Falls Ignace Machin Pickle Lake Sioux Narrows–Nestor Falls
First Nations	Animakee Wa Zhing 37 Asubpeeschoseewagong Attawapiskat Bearskin Lake Big Grassy Buffalo Point Cat Lake Deer Lake Eabametoong Eagle Lake Fort Albany Fort Severn Iskatewizaagegan 39 Kasabonika Lake Kashechewan Keewaywin Kingfisher Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Lac Seul Marten Falls Mishkeegogamang Muskrat Dam Lake Naongashiing Naotkamegwanning Neskantaga Nibinamik Niisaachewan North Caribou Lake North Spirit Lake Northwest Angle 33 Obashkaandagaang Bay Onigaming Pikangikum Poplar Hill Sachigo Lake Sandy Lake Shoal Lake 40 Slate Falls Wabaseemoong Wabauskang Wabigoon Lake Wapekeka Wauzhushk Onigum Wawakapewin Webequie Weenusk Wunnumin Lake
Indian reserves	Agency 30 Attawapiskat 91 Attawapiskat 91A Bearskin Lake Cat Lake 63C The Dalles 38C Deer Lake Eagle Lake 27 English River 21 Fort Albany 67 (part) Fort Hope 64 Fort Severn 89 Kasabonika Lake Kee-Way-Win Kenora 38B Kingfisher 2A Kingfisher 3A Kingfisher Lake 1 Kitchenuhmaykoosib Aaki 84 Lac Seul 28 Lake of the Woods 31B Lake of the Woods 31C Lake of the Woods 31G Lake of the Woods 35J Lake of the Woods 37 Lake of the Woods 37B Marten Falls 65 Muskrat Dam Lake Naongashing 35A Neskantaga North Spirit Lake Northwest Angle 33B Northwest Angle 34C & 37B Obabikong 35B One Man Lake 29 Osnaburgh 63B Pikangikum 14 Poplar Hill Rat Portage 38A Sabaskong Bay 35C (part) Sabaskong Bay 35D Sabaskong Bay 35F (part) Sachigo Lake 1 Sachigo Lake 2 Sachigo Lake 3 Sandy Lake 88 Shoal Lake 31J Shoal Lake 34B1 Shoal Lake 34B2 Shoal Lake 37A (part) Shoal Lake 39 (part) Shoal Lake 39A (part) Shoal Lake 40 (part) Swan Lake 29 Wabaseemoong Wabauskang 21 Wabigoon Lake 27 Wapekeka 1 Wapekeka 2 Wawakapewin Weagamow Lake 87 Webequie Winisk 90 Whitefish Bay 32A Whitefish Bay 33A Whitefish Bay 34A Wunnumin 1 Wunnumin 2 Yellow Girl Bay 32B
Indian settlements	Kashechewan Kee Way Win Lansdowne House McDowell Lake Peawanuck Slate Falls Summer Beaver
Unorganized areas	Unorganized Kenora
Local services boards	Greater Oxdrift KeeMan Melgund Minaki Pellatt, Pelican, Umbach, Gidley Redditt Round Lake Wabigoon
Unincorporated communities	Balmertown Borups Corners Central Patricia Cochenour Dyment Eagle River Eton–Rugby Hudson Jaffray–Mellick Keewatin Madsen McKenzie Island Minnitaki Nestor Falls Norman Oxdrift Pickle Crow Rat Portage Sioux Narrows Starratt–Olsen Superior Junction Vermilion Bay
See also Communities in Kenora District Census divisions of Ontario

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