Goulais Bay 15A is a

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, Ontario, Canada. It lies on

Goulais Bay Goulais Bay is a bay of Ontario in Canada. It is part of Whitefish Bay which in turn is a large bay of Lake Superior. Goulais Point, on the southernmost tip of the peninsula that separates the bay from Batchawana Bay just to the north and from W ...

(of

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), encompassing most of the unincorporated community of Goulais Mission, and is one of the reserves of the

Batchewana First Nation The Batchewana First Nation () is an Ojibwe First Nation in southern Ontario. Their traditional lands run along the eastern shore of Lake Superior, from Batchawana Bay to Whitefish Island. They were reserved this land in the 1850 Robinson Huron ...

History

This area has been a centre for the

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fishery since time immemorial. After the expropriation of Whitefish Island from the First Nation in 1902, most residents were forced to move to Goulais Mission. On 8 January 1979, the band council paid the Crown $365.20 to purchase 6.47 km² of land in and around Goulais Mission. It encompasses all of Goulais Mission, except for three parcels of waterfront property. One of these parcels of land is owned by the

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and houses The Lady of Sorrows church, built by Bishop Kohler around 1860.

External links

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada profile

References

{{authority control Ojibwe reserves in Ontario Communities in Algoma District Batchewana First Nation