Obadjiwan 15E is a
First Nations
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First Nations, first nations, or first peoples may also refer to:
Indigenous groups
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reserve in
Algoma District
Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario.
The name was created by an American ethnologist, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793–1864), who was appointed Indian agent to the Ojibwe ...
, Ontario. It consists of two non-contiguous parcels of land on Batchewana Bay (
Lake Superior
Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater. Lake Michigan–Huron has a larger combined surface area than Superior, but is normally considered tw ...
), and is one of the reserves of the
Batchewana First Nation.
History
The land was originally set apart for the
Department of Marine and Fisheries to build the Corbeil Point Lighthouse by
order in council
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on 29 May 1874.
On 23 January 1964, the
Department of Transportation and Communication gave these two parcels of land to the
Department of Indian Affairs
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
* Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
, which was made into a reserve on 6 December 1966.
External links
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada profile
References
Ojibwe reserves in Ontario
Communities in Algoma District
Batchewana First Nation
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