Neskantaga | |
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| Neskantaga Indian Reserve | |
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  Neskantaga | |
| Coordinates: 52°12′N 88°02′W / 52.200°N 88.033°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Ontario |
| District | Kenora |
| First Nation | Neskantaga |
| Area | |
| • Land | 8.30 km2 (3.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 244 |
| Website | neskantaga.com |
Neskantaga First Nation (formerly known as Lansdowne House Indian Band) is a remote Ojibway First Nation band government in the northern reaches of the Canadian province of Ontario, situated along the shore of Attawapiskat Lake in the District of Kenora.
The First Nation is a signatory to Treaty 9 (originally as part of the Fort Hope Band) and has reserved for itself the 831.50 hectares (2,054.7 acres) Neskantaga Indian reserve, containing the main community of Lansdowne House Indian Settlement on Attawapiskat Lake, on the west side of the lake, which is currently the community's water source. Associated with the Neskantaga First Nation is the Summer Beaver Indian Settlement, which is shared with Nibinamik First Nation. The Lansdowne House is linked to the rest of Ontario by the Lansdowne House Airport, and by winter roads and ice roads to points south, via the Northern Ontario Resource Trail. As of November 2011, there is a total registered population of 414 people, of whom 304 people live on their own reserve.
Neskantaga is a fly-in community and is therefore not accessible by year-round road.[4]
- ^ "Neskantaga census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "Neskantaga census profile". 2016 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ Statistics Canada. 2022. (table). Census Profile. 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2021001. Ottawa. Released April 27, 2022. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed June 21, 2022).
- ^ "Neskantaga evacuees to return home in December but still won't have access to drinking water". APTN National News. Nov 12, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2021.