Assabaska

Assabaska
Assabaska
District
First Nations	Big Grassy, Onigaming
Area
• Land	10.98 km2 (4.24 sq mi)

Assabaska is a Saulteaux First Nation reserve^[1] in northwestern Ontario on Lake of the Woods. It is shared between the Big Grassy First Nation and the Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation.

The Assabaska reserve was created in 1999 as a part of a land claim settlement in 1999.^[2]

History

The lands that are now part of the Assabaska reserve were originally intended to become Reserve No. 35E for the Assabaska First Nation under the terms of Treaty 3, signed in 1873. Because the land was never surveyed and through negligence and lack of consultation, the reserve was never created and the land was transferred from the federal to the provincial government in 1958. In 1967, these lands became part of the mainland portion of the Lake of the Woods Provincial Park. Its campground was a loss leader, losing thousands of dollars per year.^[3]

In 1977, the First Nations of Mishkosiiniiziibing (Big Grassy River) and the Ojibways of Onigaming (successors to the Assabaska First Nation) filed a land claim, which was settled in the late 1990s. As part of the settlement, the mainland portion of the provincial park was deregulated, and converted into the Assabaska Reserve. It remains a campground, now known as Assabaska Ojibway Heritage Park.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada profile
^ "Settled land claims and other agreements". www.ontario.ca. Ontario Ministry of Indigenous Affairs. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
^
ISBN 9780889206939. Archived
from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

^ Coyle, Michael (March 2005). "Addressing Aboriginal Land and Treaty Rights in Ontario: An Analysis of Past Policies and Options for the Future" (PDF). www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

External links

Canada Land Survey System

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[INAC-1] Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada profile

[2] "Settled land claims and other agreements". www.ontario.ca. Ontario Ministry of Indigenous Affairs. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

[circles-3] 
ISBN 9780889206939. Archived
from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[4] Coyle, Michael (March 2005). "Addressing Aboriginal Land and Treaty Rights in Ontario: An Analysis of Past Policies and Options for the Future" (PDF). www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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v t e Rainy River District, Ontario
Towns	Fort Frances Rainy River
Townships	Alberton Atikokan Chapple Dawson Emo La Vallee Lake of the Woods Morley
First Nations	Animakee Wa Zhing 37 Big Grassy Couchiching Lac La Croix Mitaanjigamiing Naicatchewenin Naongashiing Nigigoonsiminikaaning Onigaming Rainy River Seine River
Indian reserves	Agency 1 Assabaska Big Grassy River 35G Big Island 31D Big Island 31E Big Island 31F Big Island 37 Big Island Mainland 93 Couchiching 16A Lake of the Woods 31H Lake of the Woods 34 Long Sault 12 Manitou Rapids 11 Naongashing 31A Neguaguon Lake 25D Rainy Lake 17A Rainy Lake 17B Rainy Lake 18C Rainy Lake 26A Rainy Lake 26B Rainy Lake 26C Sabaskong Bay 32C Sabaskong Bay 35C (part) Sabaskong Bay 35F (part) Sabaskong Bay 35H Saug-a-Gaw-Sing 1 Seine River 23A Seine River 23B Sturgeon Falls 23
Unorganized areas	Unorganized Rainy River
Unincorporated communities	Arbor Vitae Barwick Bergland Black Hawk Blue Burditt Lake Calm Lake Crilly Devlin Finland Flanders Gameland Glenorchy Government Landing Kawene McGinnis Creek Minahico Mine Centre Morson Off Lake Corner Pinewood Rocky Inlet Sapawe Shenston Sleeman Stratton
See also Communities in Rainy River District Census divisions of Ontario