Neyaashiinigmiing, formerly Cape Croker, is a reserve within

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, Ontario. It is one of the parcels of land administered by the

Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation () is an Anishinaabek First Nation from the Bruce Peninsula region in Ontario, Canada. Along with the Saugeen First Nation, they form the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. The Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First N ...

Etymology

The name Neyaashiinigmiing is loosely translated from

Ojibwe The Ojibwe (; Ojibwe writing systems#Ojibwe syllabics, syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: ''Ojibweg'' ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (''Ojibwewaki'' ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the Great Plains, n ...

as "point of land surrounded on three sides by water", which describes the location of Neyaashiinigmiing 27.

Points of interest

Cape Croker Lighthouse

The Cape Croker Lighthouse is located on the south-east corner of Neyaashiinigmiing. It was first built in 1898, but was replaced in 1902 with the current lighthouse. The lighthouse was the first of its type and was the first to have an electrically ran light and foghorn. The lighthouse is an octagonal lighthouse, with a height of 18 meters/53 feet. The original lighthouse was a wooden lighthouse. The lighthouse has a

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light and its range is 24 km.

Cape Croker Park

Cape Croker Park is a 520-acre park located in Neyaashiinigmiing. Surrounding Sydney Bay. It offers camping and hosts the Neyaashiinigmiing Annual Traditional POWWOW.

Bruce Trail

The

Bruce Trail The Bruce Trail is a hiking trail in southern Ontario, Canada, from the Niagara River to the tip of Tobermory, Ontario. The main trail is more than long and there are over of associated side trails. The trail mostly follows the edge of the Nia ...

goes through Neyaashiinigmiing and on some of the bluffs on Neyaashiinigmiing.

Others

The reserve Neyaashiinigmiing is also home to two bluffs the Jones Bluff and the Sydney Bay Bluff, the Bruce trail goes on both of the bluffs.

Demographics

References

Ojibwe reserves in Ontario Communities in Bruce County Unceded territories in Ontario Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation {{Ontario-IndianReserve-stub Populated places on Lake Huron in Canada