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P.O. Box 298
EABAMET LAKE, ON
POT 1LO		 Chief Solomon Atlookan
Ph: (807) 242-7361
Fax: (807) 242-1440
atlookan44@hotmail.com
On-Reserve Population:  813 (INAC, 1991)
Land Base: 25 900 ha
Languages
Linguistic Affiliation: Algonkian (Ojibway)
Mother Tongue: N/A 		 
Affiliations
TC: Matawa First Nations Management Inc.
PTO: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
Electoral Ridings
(F) Cochrane - Superior
(P) Lake Nipigon
 
Historical Notes

The Fort Hope reserve is within the boundaries of the territory described by the James Bay Treaty of 1905 - Treaty No. 9. The reserve was established on the site of a former Hudson's Bay Company trading post on the south shore of the Albany River and relocated to its present site across the river in 1962. The Treaty No. 9 Commissioners' report noted the importance of the trading post, situated on the shore of Lake Eabamet, which served as the meeting point for upwards of 700 native people who had hunting grounds on both sides of the Albany River and as far as the headwaters of the Winisk River.
 
 
Industries

Local Industries include: confectionery store, tourist outfitter (Ojibway camps), coffee shop, petroleum distributor, inn / restaurant, and sawmill for local purposes.
 
 

Educational Facilities

Elementary

  • J.C. Yesno Elementary School, K-8 (federally operated)

Secondary

  • J.C. Yesno Elementary School, Grade 9 (federally operated)
  • grades 10-12 students board in Geralton, Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie
 
 

Community Services and Facilities

  • fire hall, triple pumper fire truck, fire hydrants and some firefighting equipment
  • one Roman Catholic and one Angilcan Church
  • community hall, pool room, resource centre
  • home support program
  • nursing station with two full-time nurses and a Community Health Representative
  • access to Sioux Lookout Zone Hospital
  • Child and Family Services worked provided through Tikinagan Child and Family Services in Sioux Lookout
  • Ontario First Nations Policing Arrangements - two constables
  • O.P.P. Central Patricia Detachment
 
 

Communications

  • telephone - Bell Canada
  • radio - community radio
  • newspapers - Wawatay News
  • television - CBC, TVOntario
 
 

Utilities

  • water - community system pipes water to most residences
  • sewage - collective gravity main, also sewage lagoon
  • other waste - refuse site on reserve
  • energy/electricity - Fort Hope Power Authority (First Nation operated)
 
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