Migisi Sahgaigan | Eagle Lake First Nation
Community Profile
- The Eagle Lake First Nation is an Ojibway community situated in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, with a reserve located near Ear Falls.
- Last Updated 2025-04-28 01:40:47 UTC
- Name: Eagle Lake (ISC Code: 148)
- Former Names: Migisi Sahgaigan
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Boreal Forest/Canadian Shield
- Indigenous Language: Anishinaabemowin
- Number of Registered Members: 676
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 10/07/2026
- CHIEF: BERNADETTE WABANGE
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:6
- BERNADETTE WABANGE
- TIMOTHY JAMES RICHARD KAVANAUGH
- TRISHA ANNE KAVANAUGH
- LLOYD ALEXANDER CHARLES NAPISH
- SHELDON SCOTT ADAMS
- LLOYD ALEXANDER NAPISH
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.eaglelakefirstnation.ca/
- PHONE NUMBER: (807) 755-5526
- FAX NUMBER: (807) 755-5696
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 1001, MIGISI SAHGAIGAN, ON
- EMAILS:
- Chief BERNADETTE WABANGE:
- Councillor TIMOTHY JAMES RICHARD KAVANAUGH:
- Councillor TRISHA ANNE KAVANAUGH:
- Councillor LLOYD ALEXANDER CHARLES NAPISH:
- Councillor SHELDON SCOTT ADAMS:
- Councillor LLOYD ALEXANDER NAPISH:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2012 - Eagle Lake20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Eagle Lake20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Eagle Lake20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Eagle Lake20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Eagle Lake20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Eagle Lake20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Eagle Lake20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Eagle Lake20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Eagle Lake20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Eagle Lake20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Eagle Lake20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Eagle Lake20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 6266
EAGLE LAKE 27
3592.0 Hectares
13 KM SW/SO OF/DE DRYDEN
[49.7433728, -93.0377664]
Traditional Territory Details
- Encompasses area around Ear Falls, Ontario
- Traditional hunting and fishing grounds in boreal forest region
- Territory spans multiple watersheds in Northwestern Ontario
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- One dead after plane goes down in Eagle Mountain Lake
- Chico State Enterprises Returns Eagle Lake Field Station Land to Susanville Indian Rancheria
- 4 without home after Virginia Beach house goes up in flames
- South Bruce watches as Eagle Lake First Nation launches court challenge against NWMO
- Ontario First Nation challenging selection of underground nuclear waste site in court
- Watershed Restoration is the Cornerstone of Eagle Lake's Fishy Business -
- Deceased man found near Lone Eagle Peak after being reported missing at Brainard Lake
- Science Institute News | Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout
- Calls for action after report finds unnatural death rates in some First Nations over triple Ontario average
- Chico State Enterprises transfers Eagle Lake Field Station to Susanville Indian Rancheria in historic ancestral land return
- Update: Dryden councillor offers condolences to Eagle Lake over social post
- First Nations leaders in Temagami region declare ban on herbicide spraying after glyphosate spill
- Man to Plead Guilty in Eagle ‘Killing Spree’ on Flathead Indian Reservation to Sell Feathers on Black Market
- Bald eagle being nursed back to health after Indian Lake rescue
- Man Who Killed Eagles on Flathead Indian Reservation Gets Nearly 4 Years in Prison
- Army joins hands with NGOs to create lake at Bengaluru’s 515 Army Base Workshop
- Stocking Haymock Lake with lake trout flies in face of preserving wild native fish
- Yukon First Nations blast gov't, industry after 'catastrophic' slide at Eagle mine
- A sacred fire burns in the heart of Ontario Treaty 3 territory for survivors of sexual violence
- Eagle Lake First Nation Elder maintains hunger strike to protest 'oppressive' child welfare system
- The lake that left town: why is this California community drying up?
- Bengaluru’s Eagle’s Nest Lake restored by Indian Army with NGO and CSR support
- Ancient Native Americans were among the world's first coppersmiths
- “Bad River” documentary combines historical treatment of indigenous people with the fight to protect Lake Superior
- For Petaluma outdoorsman, a real-life fish story years in the making
- Red Lake chair doubles down on return of tribal lands, including Upper Red Lake
- Feds make it easier for Native Americans to collect eagle feathers, but Utes fear change could go too far
- 'The fulfillment of a dream.' Lake Mansfield volunteers plant over 400 shrubs and trees to restore its eroded shoreline
- Only in Louisiana: Native American names of Louisiana’s hotspots
- Healing Forests taking root throughout the country
- Pamajewon Case
- 50 bags of hockey gear gifted to Eagle Lake First Nation youth
- Leonard Skye remembered for bringing Indigenous language and culture into classrooms
- Eagle Lake First Nation challenges NWMO in court
- Prehistoric Native American artifacts from 6,000 BC were found in a Mississippi alligator's stomach
- Northwestern Ontario ‘heartbroken’ to lose longtime Ojibway chief and role model
- Benjamin "Coach" Wade in photos
- Eagles fly high even after death; National Eagle Repository supplies feathers to Native Americans
- Pit River Indians use of ancient stone traps fed tribes for centuries
- Eagle Lake First Nation wants area where artifacts found to be off limits to loggers
- How did artifacts, thousands of years old, turn up in a Mississippi alligator's stomach?
- Melissa Eagleshield went missing 5 years ago. Thousands more Indigenous people have vanished since
- Indian Valley Reservoir open again
- New social media challenge sees mermen surface from First Nations across Manitoba
- Non-native Lake Trout Induce Cascading Changes in the Yellowstone Lake Ecosystem
- Canada’s unequal health system may make remote Indigenous communities more vulnerable to the coronavirus
- Research advancing sustainable wild rice harvesting on First Nations
- How Lil Bands grew from a 'ragtag' start to become a major First Nations hockey tournament
- Sacred fire a beacon of light for sex abuse victims in Treaty 3
- Paranormal investigation includes village
- The First Native Americans were Among the First Metal Miners in the World
- Hydro One and Gwayakocchigewin LP enter agreement for Waasigan Transmission Line
- What the return of bald eagles to the Great Lakes can teach us
- 'Where is our humanity?': A Minnesota man is on a mission to keep Native burial customs alive during the pandemic
- Native American tribe in Wyoming gains permission to kill bald eagles
- Read the full story and comment on Tbnewswatch.com
- Busy year for Pow Wows
- Sex assault rate 10 times higher in Treaty 3 First Nations than national average
- Teaching history, making history: Why Leonard Skye has dedicated his life to educating Canadians through an Indigenous lens
- Northern Ontario First Nation, conservationists seek logging ban on Farabout Peninsula
- Menominee Indian High School (Keshena, WI) Girls Varsity Basketball
- Eagle Lake filmmaker Victoria Anderson-Gardner awarded grant
- Bald eagle nest found in Toronto for 1st time in recorded history, conservation authority says
- The 'contrary warrior': Born in Red Lake, Adam Fortunate Eagle is bound for the history books
- Eagle’s Nest Lake located inside Army premises restored
- Kotkajärve Metsaülikool calls for Estonians to be recognised as indigenous people
- The never-ending fight to save one Ontario forest
- Outpouring of support for kids as the North Bay Battalion host first Indigenous Youth Day
- Busy year for Pow Wows
- 25 years since Elijah Harper said 'no' to the Meech Lake Accord
- Push to change name of Colonization Ave. in Dryden, Ont., gains traction
- Naming the Lakes of the Eckford Chain -
- Muskies released by the thousands into Michigan lakes by DNR
- Rainbow Gathering to be Held Near Antelope Lake
- Eagle Lake First Nation challenges NWMO in court
- RLF NATIVE TODD KNOTT NAMED NATIONS TOP MEN’S HOCKEY ASSISTANT COACH
- South Bruce watches as Eagle Lake First Nation launches court challenge against NWMO
- The Texanist: Is There Really Only One Natural Lake in Texas?
- 1,000 year-old artifacts found inside massive alligator killed at Eagle Lake
- 1,000 year-old artifacts found inside massive alligator killed at Eagle Lake
- Eagle Lake’s Kayla Gardner Inducted Into Hall Of Fame
- Eagle Lake’s Kayla Gardner Inducted Into Hall Of Fame
- Non-native Lake Trout Induce Cascading Changes in the Yellowstone Lake
- Non-native Lake Trout Induce Cascading Changes in the Yellowstone Lake
- How Fishing in Texas Got So Good—and Kind of Weird
- How Fishing in Texas Got So Good—and Kind of Weird
- Indigenous carver shares Creator’s gift with learners
- Blackfeet wildland fire lawsuit not settled
- ‘I can’t breathe, I know there’s something wrong’: Family says Anishinaabe woman denied treatment after surgery
- Amid Drought Conditions, CDFW Modifies Spawning Operations to Perpetuate Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout
- College instructor honoured for 'building bridges'
- Eagle Lake has a bone to pick with the NWMO
- Eagle Lake First Nation to challenge nuclear waste repository
- Zebra mussels confirmed in Clitherall Lake in Otter Tail County, Eagle Lake and Turtle Lake in Becker County
- First Nations Bill 197 lawsuit advances as Ontario makes empty offers to consult, lawyer says
- Tragedy on Standley Lake: Famous baby bald eagle dies after its nest collapses
- Indian Lake, Experienced Battle Again in Virginia Derby
- Indian Lake Gets Easy Win In Bald Eagle Derby At Pimlico
- Native Sun News: Film brings Native philosophy to mainstream
- Native North Americans Were Making Copper Tools in 7,500 BC
- Indigenous Leaders: Peter Collins to lead new economic era for First Nations
- Canada’s unequal health system may make remote Indigenous communities more vulnerable to the coronavirus
- Hydro One breaks ground on Waasigan Transmission Line
- Remove Nick Beyak from council to ‘promote unity’: Chief
- Connecting communities: Rogers and Agnico Eagle bring fast and reliable wireless service to 180km of rural highway in Cochrane area
- Resources boost B.C., Alberta Indigenous communities: study
- First-ever Indigenous owned internet service provider launches in Saskatchewan
- Historical Land Transfer Restores Ancestral Land back to Susanville Indian Rancheria
- Beltrami County Historical Society pushes to return sacred Indigenous artifacts to communities
- Award-winning youth filmmaker Morningstar rooted in Eagle Lake First Nation
- 'Considerable' study this summer to determine if mercury leaching upstream from Grassy Narrows, Ontario says
- Columbus teen shot dead in early morning shooting
- First of its kind animal health and wellbeing gathering examines issues through an Indigenous lens
- First Nation in Ontario challenging selection of underground nuclear waste site in court
- A Tale of Two Forests: A Tour Through Canada’s Boreal
- Muskie Insider - 56.5 incher caught! – Ontario Opener Tips – Big Giveaway | MuskieFIRST
- Dean's Update - August 2022
- Birchwater launches his new book on the Chilcotin
- Eagle feather blessed to help RCMP and Indigenous relationships
- Why Ontario’s first modern-day treaty is set up to fail
- Rankin Inlet team finishes in top four at national Indigenous hockey tournament
- Fish Species Reared at Crystal Lake Hatchery
- Eagle Lake First Nation chief has died
- Boise angler spent months chasing native trout in the West. Here’s what he learned.
- Lake View native Shaquille Leonard signs with Philadelphia Eagles
- Ont. First Nation challenging underground nuclear waste site in court
- Eagle Lake Chiefs Runner Ups At Saskatoon Tournament
- Resources boost B.C., Alberta Indigenous communities: study
- Original Tsilhqot’in place names restored for lakes, mountains, river west of Williams Lake
- Eagle Lake Powwow a huge success
- Ice Dogs gearing up to host Truth and Reconciliation game in Dryden
- FedNor investing over $8.2 million in Indigenous-led projects across Northern Ontario
- Rankin Inlet team finishes in top four at national Indigenous hockey tournament
- Rankin Inlet team finishes in top four at national Indigenous hockey tournament
- Nuclear waste project in Ontario must wait for First Nations consent
- First Nations, foreign recruits bolster gold miner Agnico Eagle's workforce
- Ice Dogs gearing up to host Truth and Reconciliation game in Dryden
- Canada 150: When a man with an eagle feather thwarted the high and mighty
- A conservation success story: bald eagle released at Indian Lake
- 'Surreal moment': Philadelphia Eagles rookie from Crystal Lake to make Super Bowl appearance
- Rapid Housing Initiative aims to build 85 homes in seven northwestern Ontario Indigenous communities
- NWO Indigenous opposition to nuclear waste storage site highlighted in report
- Native American grads earn eagle feathers in Detroit Lakes
- 'All Of Crystal Lake Is Cheering': CL Native Headed To Super Bowl
- Super Bowl Appearance 'Surreal' For Crystal Lake Native Trevor Keegan
- Timeline From The Past: Winona Lake History
- The 2025 federal candidates in brief: Kenora—Kiiwetinoong riding
- Chico State Enterprises transfers Eagle Lake Field Station to Susanville Indian Rancheria in historic ancestral land return
- Chico State transfers ancestral Eagle Lake land to Susanville rancheria
- Eagle Lake FN moves to establish child welfare agency as hunger strike continues
- Tsilhqot’in place names adopted for five geographical features
- MiCorps training aids in early detection of invasive species
- Eagle River Man Perishes in Big Lake ATV Accident
Academic Research
Academic Research
- The Eagle has Fallen
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- THE EAGLE HAS LANDED
- Eagle soaring on the emergent winds of indigenous legal authority
- What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
- Feathers, fasting, and the eagle complex: A contemporary analysis of the eagle as a cultural resource in the northern plains
- Fencing off the eagle and the condor, border politics, and Indigenous peoples
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- The Eagle Said," I will Take You Home Again": Reclaiming Indigenous Histories from the Geological Survey of Canada, c. 1870–1910
- Moontime in Eagle Creek: stories for sustainability
- What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- Two sides of an eagle's feather: Co-constructing ECCD training curricula in university partnerships with Canadian First Nations communities
- What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
- What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- Two sides of an eagle's feather: University of Victoria partnerships with Canadian First Nations communities
- What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- Two sides of an eagle's feather: University of Victoria partnerships with Canadian First Nations communities
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- Two sides of an eagle's feather: University of Victoria partnerships with Canadian First Nations communities
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- Indigenous-based approaches to territorial conservation: a case study of the Algonquin Nation of Wolf Lake
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- Through their eyes: A community history of Eagle, Circle, and Central
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- Through their eyes: A community history of Eagle, Circle, and Central
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- Through their eyes: A community history of Eagle, Circle, and Central
- Athapaskan Migrations: The Archaeology of Eagle Lake, British Columbia
- Through their eyes: A community history of Eagle, Circle, and Central
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