The Magnetawan First Nation ( oj, Magnetawan Atik Anishnaabe) is an

Ojibwe The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains. According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...

First Nation Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

community in

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, Canada. The community is situated on reserve lands in

Britt, Ontario Britt is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the unincorporated township of Wallbridge in the Parry Sound District. The community is located on the north shore of the Magnetawan River at Byng Inlet, approximately five kil ...

Magnetawan Indian Reserve No. 1

Magnetawan No. 1 is a First Nation reserve 6 km east of

Georgian Bay Georgian Bay (french: Baie Georgienne) is a large bay of Lake Huron, in the Laurentia bioregion. It is located entirely within the borders of Ontario, Canada. The main body of the bay lies east of the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island. To ...

, south of Sudbury,

, with an area of 47 km², occupied by the Magnetawan First Nation, an

band. As of 2008/2009, its resident registered population is 233; 92 band members live on the reserve. Although the mother tongue is

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is the most commonly spoken.

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