Bkejwanong Territory
- Walpole Island Indian Reserve No. 46 , , ON , N8A 4K9
- RR 3 , Wallaceburg, , ON , N8A 4K9
- 519.628.5700
- 519.628.4185
- https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Canada_First_Nations
- https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/FNP/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=170&lang=eng
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpole_Island_First_Nation
- http://www.anishinabe-history.com/first-nation/walpole-island.shtml
- https://www.walpoleislandfirstnation.ca
- https://geo.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/cippn-fnpim/index-eng.html
- https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/FNP/Main/Search/SearchFN.aspx?lang=eng
- https://kids.kiddle.co/Indigenous_peoples_in_Canada
About
Bkejwanong Territory or Walpole Island is an island and First Nation reserve in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the border between Ontario and Michigan in the United States. It is located in the mouth of the St. Clair River on Lake St. Clair, about 121 kilometres (75 mi) by road from Windsor, Ontario, and 124 kilometres (77 mi) from Detroit, Michigan.
It is unceded territory and is inhabited by the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa peoples of the Walpole Island First Nation, who call it Bkejwanong, meaning "where the waters divide" in Anishinaabemowin. The population in 2016 was 1,585.
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Bkejwanong Territory or Walpole Island is an island and First Nation reserve in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the border between Ontario and Michigan in the United States. It is located in the mouth of the St. Clair River on Lake St. Clair, about 121 kilometres by road from Windsor, Ontario, and 124 kilometres from Detroit, Michigan.
Province : Ontario
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Charles Sampson
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