Wa-sha-ga-mis | Washagamis Bay First Nation
Community Profile
- Washagamis Bay First Nation is an Anishinaabe community located in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, situated near Keewatin. The community is part of the Treaty 3 territory.
- Last Updated 2025-05-10 06:44:23 UTC
- Name: Washagamis Bay (ISC Code: 235)
- Former Names: Washagamis Bay Indian Band
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Boreal Forest Region
- Indigenous Language: Ojibwe
- Number of Registered Members: 367
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 08/31/2025
- CHIEF: Not Applicable
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:3
- DOLORES SINCLAIR
- BRENDA GAIL CHARTRAND
- AMBER MICHELLE SINCLAIR
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: /nations/189-washagamis-bay
- PHONE NUMBER: (807) 543-2532
- FAX NUMBER: (807) 543-2964
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 625, KEEWATIN, ON
- EMAILS:
- Councillor DOLORES SINCLAIR:
- Councillor BRENDA GAIL CHARTRAND:
- Councillor AMBER MICHELLE SINCLAIR:
- 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
- 2011 - Washagamis Bay20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Washagamis Bay20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Washagamis Bay20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Washagamis Bay20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Washagamis Bay20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Washagamis Bay20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Washagamis Bay20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Washagamis Bay20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Washagamis Bay20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Washagamis Bay20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Washagamis Bay20012002.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: 6240
AGENCY 30
379.0 Hectares
AULNEAU PENINSULA IN LAKE OF THE WOODS 28 MI SOUTHERLY FROM KENORA KENORA DISTRICT
[49.7670416, -94.4893924] -
ISC Code: 6271
RAT PORTAGE 38A
3237.5 Hectares
ON NORTHERN PENINSULA AND MAINLAND IN NORTHERN PORTION OF LAKE OF THE WOODS
[49.6868998, -94.5979661]
- Encompasses northwestern Ontario watershed regions
- Traditional hunting and fishing territories around Keewatin
- Includes parts of the Boreal Forest ecosystem
- Historically used lands around Washagamis Bay and surrounding watersheds
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
- First Nations take City of Kenora, Government of Canada to court over Anicinabe Park lands
- Ontario cottagers hope for dialogue with First Nation that is denying them road use
- Taking Back the Land Where Landback Began: A Call for Justice
- Marilyn Sinclair Obituary - Kenora, ON
- 'Weighs on your mind': Kenora-area property owners want to talk with First Nation about its road closure
- A league of their own: How First Nations in northern Ontario strengthen community through baseball
- Busy year for Pow Wows
- Mitaanjigamiing First Nation, Canada and Ontario reach settlement on Treaty Three Flooding Claim
- All female chief and council elected in Washagamis Bay
- New Anishinaabe immersion school opens in Kenora, Ont.
- Lake of the Woods cottagers stranded after FN ends road use
- Grand Council Treaty #3
- Kenora-area First Nations agree to allow Highway 17 twinning to start
- First Nations leaders, candidates reach out to mobilize Indigenous voters
- Kenora-area First Nations agree to allow Highway 17 twinning to start
- First Nations Communities Limiting Access Could Impact Local Cottagers
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Filter to Retrieve Articles Related to Indigenous Peoples of Ontario from the Ovid MEDLINE Database
- Rehabilitation challenges for Aboriginal clients recovering from brain injury: A qualitative study engaging health care practitioners
- Cost-effective indoor air quality and energy efficiency recommendations for First Nations housing
- Aboriginal Language Standardisation Project. Progress Report.
- … : HOUSING AS A HEAL HOUSING AS A HEALTH DETERMINANT IN TH DETERMINANT IN THE FIRST NA THE FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITY OF TIONS …
- Storying Design Practice with Five Indigenous Design Paradigms
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Gambling and problem gambling in First Nations communities
- Suffering an excessive burden: Housing as a health determinant in the First Nations community of Northwestern Ontario
- From health care to home community: An Aboriginal community-based ABI transition strategy
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
- Aboriginal Ontario: Historical perspectives on the first nations
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