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Fort Severn First Nation
P.O. Box 149
FORT SEVERN, ON
POV 1WO

Chief David Matthews
Ph: (807) 478-2572/2515
Fax: (807) 478-1103
davidpaulmatthewssr@knet.ca
On-Reserve Population:  305 ( INAC, 1991)
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Land Base: 3959 ha

Languages
Linguistic Affiliation: Algonkian (Cree)
Mother Tongue:

  • English 30%
  • Aboriginal 68%
  • English & Aboriginal 0%
  • French & Other 2%

    • Affiliations
    TC: None
    PTO: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation

    Electoral Ridings
    (F) Kenora - Rainy River
    (P) Lake Nipigon

     
    Historical Notes

    The Fort Severn reserve is within the boundaries of the territory described by the 1929-30 Adhesion to the James Bay Treaty of 1905 - Treaty No. 9. Fort Severn surrendered its original reserve land and relocated to its present site in 1973. Full reserve status was achieved on January 11th, 1980. Situated on the coast of Hudson's Bay, Fort Severn is the most northerly community in northwestern Ontario.
     
     

    Industries

    Half of the labour force is involved in government services. Local industries include The Bay store.

     
     

    Educational Facilities

    Elementary

    • Mistikwospwogan School, K-8 (First Nation Operated)

    Secondary

    • students board in Sioux Lookout
    • WAHSA Distance Education Program (secondary education from Sioux Lookout via Wawatay radio)
     
     

    Community Services and Facilities

    • fire hall and some firefighting equipment
    • one Roman Catholic, one Anglican and one Pentecostal church
    • health clinic with two Community Health representatives (satellite station operating out of nursing station in Big Trout Lake)
    • access to Sioux Lookout Zone Hospital
    • fly-in courts are held four times a year
    • Child and Family Services worker provided through Tikinagan Child and Family Services in Sioux Lookout
    • Ontario First Nation Policing Arrangements - one constable
    • O.P.P. Central Patricia Detachment
    • Northern Air Patrol from Sioux Lookout
     
     

    Communications

    • telephone - Bell Canada
    • radio - community radio station, Wawatay Network
    • newspapers - Wawatay News
    • television - service not available
     
     

    Utilities

    • water - reservoir feeds watermain system with pumphouse and chlorination treatment facility
    • sewage - private septic tanks
    • other waste - no disposal site available
    • energy/electricity - Ontario Hydro, also experimental windmill generator
     
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