Wasauksing First Nation

Parry Island First Nation
Indian reserve
Parry Island First Nation Indian Reserve
Aerial view of Parry Island, with the town of Parry Sound visible at the top.
Parry Island First Nation
Coordinates: 45°17′N 80°09′W / 45.283°N 80.150°W / 45.283; -80.150Coordinates: 45°17′N 80°09′W / 45.283°N 80.150°W / 45.283; -80.150
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Parry Sound
First Nation	Wasauksing
Area^[1]
• Land	72.36 km² (27.94 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	419
• Density	5.8/km² (15/sq mi)
Website	www.wasauksing.ca

Wasauksing First Nation (formerly named as Parry Island First Nation) is an Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi First Nation band government whose reserve is located near Parry Sound in Ontario, Canada.

Their reserve constitutes the Parry Island in Georgian Bay. The island is about 19,000 acres (77 km²) with 78 miles (126 km) of lakeshore, making it one of the larger islands in the Great Lakes. The Wasauksing First Nation now occupies the entire island, although the ghost town of Depot Harbour on the island was historically a non-aboriginal settlement.

Community

The reserve is home to a community radio station, CHRZ-FM, and the Aboriginal magazine Spirit.

Transportation

The reserve's main road crosses to the mainland via the Wasauksing Swing Bridge, connecting to Rose Point Road in Seguin Township south of Parry Sound. The road continues to Parry Sound itself, becoming Emily Street at the municipal boundary of Parry Sound and Seguin.

People

Dick King, Potawatomi, photographed in 1928 on Parry Island. King is holding a war club and dance rattles, both now in the NMAI Collection.^[2]

Notable people from the Wasauksing First Nation include Francis Pegahmagabow, the most highly decorated aboriginal soldier in Canadian military history.^[3]

References

1 2 "Parry Island First Nation census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
↑ Further information and photos at NMAI
↑ (CBCnews online 02-Aug-2014|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/legendary-ojibwa-sniper-unsung-hero-of-ww-i-1.2725241)

http://www.anishinaabe.ca/index.php/2006/09/10/florence-adelette-partridge-tabobondung/

External links

Carling, McDougall
Parry Sound

Parry Sound

Georgian Bay

Seguin

Wasauksing First Nation

The Archipelago (south part)

Waabnoong Bemjiwang Association of First Nations

Dokis Henvey Inlet Magnetawan Nipissing Wahnapitae Wasauksing

Union of Ontario Indians

Lake Superior Region	Biinjitiwabik Zaaging (Rocky Bay) Fort William Long Lake 58 Michipicoten Namaygoosisagagun Pays Plat Pic Mobert Pic River (Heron Bay) Red Rock (Lake Helen)

Lake Huron Region	Atikameksheng (Whitefish Lake) Aundeck Omni Kaning (Sucker Creek) Dokis Garden River Henvey Inlet Magnetawan M'Chigeeng (West Bay) Mississauga Nipissing Sagamok Serpent River Sheguiandah Sheshegwaning Thessalon Wahnapitae Wasauksing (Parry Island) Whitefish River Wikwemikong Zhiibaahaasing (Cockburn)

Southwest Region	Aamjiwnaang (Sarnia) Kettle & Stony Point Munsee-Delaware Thames Chippewa

Southeast Region	Alderville Beausoleil (Christian Island) Curve Lake Georgina Island Scugog Island Moose Deer Point Pikwàkanagàn

Parry Sound District, Ontario

Towns	Kearney Parry Sound Powassan

Townships	The Archipelago Armour Callander Carling Joly Machar Magnetawan McDougall McKellar McMurrich/Monteith Nipissing Perry Ryerson Seguin Strong Whitestone

Villages	Burk's Falls South River Sundridge

First Nations	Dokis Henvey Inlet Magnetawan Shawanaga Wasauksing

Indian reserves	Dokis 9 French River 13 Henvey Inlet 2 Magnetawan 1 Naiscoutaing 17A Parry Island Shawanaga 17

Local services boards	Britt and Byng Inlet Laurier Loring, Port Loring and District Restoule

Unorganized areas	Centre North East

See also Communities in Parry Sound District Census divisions of Ontario

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