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Garden River First Nation
7 Shingwauk Street
GARDEN RIVER, ON
P6A 6Z8

Chief Lyle Sayers
Ph: (705) 946-6300
Fax: (705) 945-1415
sayers@gardenriver.org
On-Reserve Population:  901 (INAC, 1991)
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Land Base: 14 901ha, 10% Class 1-3 Agricultural Land

Languages
Linguistic Affiliation: Algonkian (Ojibway)
Mother Tongue:

  • English 93%
  • Aboriginal 1%
  • English & Aboriginal 6%
  • French & Other 0%

Affiliations
TC: Mamaweswen North Shore Tribal Council
PTO: Union of Ontario Indians - Robinson - Huron Region

Electoral Ridings
(F) Algoma
(P) Algoma
 
Historical Notes

The Garden River reserve was set aside for the Garden River Band from the land ceded in the Robinson-Huron Treaty of 1820, after the Chiefs and Principal Men of that Band Signed the Treaty on September 9, 1850. The reserve was first surveyed in 1852, and in subsequent years (1859, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1877, 1882, and 1887) the Band surrendered portions of its land for sale.
 
 

Industries

Half of all workers are involved in the service sector, three fifths of these in government services. Manufacturing accounts for an additional one fifth, with others concentrated in forestry, construction, transportation, communications and other utilities, trade industries, and miscellaneous commercial industries. Local industries include: three confectioneries, gas bar, and ten and trailer campground.

 
 

Educational Facilities

Elementary

  • students bused to Sault Ste. Marie

Secondary

  • students bused to Sault Ste. Marie
 
 

Community Services and Facilities

  • fire hall, fire truck
  • library, park, community centre
  • health clinic with Community Health Representative
  • homemakers program, home support program
  • Ontario First Nations Policing Arrangements - three constables
 
 

Communications

  • telephone - Bell Canada
  • radio - CFYN-AM, CHBX-AM, CHAS-FM, Q104-FM
  • newspapers - one daily and one weekly from Sault Ste. Marie
  • television - CJIC (CBC affiliate), CHBX (CTV affiliate)
 
 

Utilities

  • water - reservoir feeds water main system with pumping station; also community wells
  • sewage - private septic tanks
  • other waste - landfill site on reserve
  • energy/electricity - Great Lakes Power Corporation
 
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