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Whitefish Lake [1] is a lake in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is on the western side of the province immediately east of the border with Saskatchewan in the Porcupine Hills of the Manitoba Escarpment. The lake is in Manitoba's Porcupine Provincial Forest, which is a boreal forest. [2] Accessed is on the east side from Provincial Road ...
The communities of West River, Willisville and Whitefish Falls are located directly within the range; the town of Espanola and the municipality of Killarney are located nearby, however they can be seen (from some vantage points) as far away as Manitoulin Island. Ontario Highway 6 is the principal transportation route through the range.
Whitefish River First Nation (Ojibwe: Adikamegoshii-ziibiing) [2] is an Ojibwe First Nation in Manitoulin District, Ontario. It is a member of the United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin. Its reserve is located at Whitefish River 4. The reserve is one of the few subdivisions of Manitoulin District that is not on Manitoulin Island or its ...
Whitefish Falls lies on Highway 6, and is approximately 20 kilometres south of Espanola and 25 kilometres north of Little Current. Whitefish Falls is situated around the mouth of the Whitefish River at Lake Huron, just downstream from a picturesque waterfall. It is a popular tourist destination in the summer months, and is also the site of the ...
[4] [5] It is a member of the United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin. An Odawa and Ojibwe community located in the Manitoulin District , the First Nation has two distinct parcels of land. [ 2 ] The first, on Manitoulin Island and legally designated as Zhiibaahaasing 19A , [ 1 ] had a population of 55 in the 2011 Canadian Census [ 6 ] and 55 ...
Lake Manitou is the largest lake on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. With an area of 104 square kilometres (40 sq mi), [ 1 ] it is the largest lake on a lake island in the world. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Reaching depths of up to 162 ft, it is also the deepest of the 108 lakes on Manitoulin Island. [ 4 ]
In the Canada 2016 Census, the community of Whitefish Lake had a population of 386 living on the reserve, a decrease of 2.0% from 2011. [2] Atikameksheng membership have hunting and fishing rights within the Robinson-Huron Treaty Area. An annual pow-wow is held in July each year. The current chief of the First Nation is Craig Nootchtai.
Killarney's established community was founded in 1820 by Étienne De La Morandière (although indigenous peoples were living there prior), a French Canadian originally from Varennes, Quebec and a fur trader in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, along with his wife Josette Sai Sai Go No Kwe, an indigenous woman from Michigan and a close relative of Chief Kitchi, meaning Big Gun.