Whitefish Lake 6 is a

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. It is inhabited by the

Ojibwa 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 ...

Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation Atikameksheng Anishnawbek (Anishinaabe language: ''Adikamegosheng Anishinaabeg'', syncoped as ''Dikmegsheng Nishnaabeg''), formerly known as the Whitefish Lake First Nation, is an Ojibway First Nation in northern Ontario, Canada. Its reserve i ...

. It is immediately south of the community of

Naughton Naughton ( or ) is an Irish Gaelic surname derived from the name Ó Neachtain meaning 'descendant of Nechtan'. A Sept of the Dal gCais of the same stock as Quinn and Hartigan where located in Inchiquin Barony, County Clare. Another O'Neachtai ...

Greater Sudbury Sudbury, officially the City of Greater Sudbury is the largest city in Northern Ontario by population, with a population of 166,004 at the 2021 Canadian Census. By land area, it is the largest in Ontario and the List of the largest cities and to ...

, and is considered part of Greater Sudbury's

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. In the Canada 2011 Census, the community of Whitefish Lake had a population of 394 living on the reserve. It is bordered by both Greater Sudbury and the

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. In 2010, the community was selected as the host community for Building Homes and Building Skills, a project by television personality

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to train First Nations people in construction and building trades."Whitefish Lake First Nation scores Mike Holmes project"
'' Northern Life'', December 23, 2010.

Notable members

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, singer and songwriter

References

External links

Map of Whitefish Lake 6 at Statcan
Anishinaabe reserves in Ontario Communities in Sudbury District {{Ontario-IndianReserve-stub