Wasauksing First Nation (formerly named as Parry Island First Nation, oj, Waaseyakosing, ''meaning: "Place that shines brightly in the reflection of the sacred light"'') is an Ojibway,

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and Pottawatomi First Nation

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whose reserve is located near Parry Sound in Ontario, Canada. Their reserve constitutes the Parry Island in Georgian Bay. The island is about with 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 Depot Harbour is a ghost town on Wasauksing First Nation, in the Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. It was once the western terminus of the Canada Atlantic Railway and a busy port on Georgian Bay. Formation and rise In 1891, the Ottawa, Arn ...

on the island was historically a non-aboriginal settlement.

Community

The reserve is home to a community radio station,

CHRZ-FM CHRZ-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 91.3 FM in Wasauksing, Ontario near Parry Sound. Branded as Rez 91, the station airs a First Nations community radio format. History It is unknown when the station originally began broadcas ...

, the Indigenous magazine ''MUSKRAT'', and discontinued Indigenous 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.

Notable members

Dick King, Potawatomi, Parry Island, Ontario

Basil Johnston Basil H. Johnston (13 July 1929 – 8 September 2015) was a Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) and Canadian writer, storyteller, language teacher and scholar. Biography Johnston was born July 13, 1929 on the Parry Island Indian Reserve to Rufus and Mary (n ...

, historian and cultural essayist *

Francis Pegahmagabow Francis Pegahmagabow MM & two bars (; March 9, 1891 – August 5, 1952) was a Canadian First Nations soldier, politician and activist. He was the most highly decorated Indigenous soldier in Canadian military history and the most effective snipe ...

, the most highly decorated Indigenous soldier in Canadian military history,"Legendary Ojibwa sniper unsung hero of WW I"
CBC News Indigenous, August 1, 2014. *

Waubgeshig Rice Waubgeshig Isaac Rice is an Anishinaabe writer and journalist from the Wasauksing First Nation near Parry Sound, Ontario, in Canada.

, writer and broadcaster"Waubgeshig Rice has to tell real aboriginal stories"
''

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'', November 17, 2015.

References

External links

Wasauksing First Nation
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