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Henvey Inlet First Nation
368 Pickerel River Rd,
Pickerel ON,
P0G 1J0

Chief Wayne McQuabbie
Ph: (705) 857-2331
Fax: (705) 857-3021
Email: N/A

On-Reserve Population:  135 (INAC, 1991)
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Land Base: 12 158 ha (9 613inhabited)
6% Class 1-3 Agricultural Land

Languages
Linguistic Affiliation: Algonkian (Ojibway)
Mother Tongue:
English 73%
Aboriginal 0%
English & Aboriginal 27%
French & Other 0%

Affiliations
TC: None
PTO: Union of Ontario Indians - Robinson-Huron Region

Electoral Ridings
(F) Parry Sound - Muskoka
(P) Parry Sound

 
Historical Notes

The Henvey Inlet and French River reserves are within the boundaries of the territory described by the Robinson-Huron Treaty of 1850. The Henvey Inlet reserve was first surveyed in 1852.
 
 

Industries

No local industry.

 
 

Educational Facilities

Elementary

  • students bused to Britt

Secondary

  • students bused to Parry Sound
 
 

Community Services and Facilities

  • Roman Catholic church on Henvey Inlet reserve
  • baseball field, playground, outdoor rink
  • hospital services available in Parry Sound and Sudbury
  • ambulance service available from Parry Sound
  • home support program, homemakers program
  • O.P.P. Still River Detachment
 
 

Communications

  • telephone - Bell Canada
  • Radio - CHNO-AM, CKSO, CBC
  • newspapers - one daily from Parry Sound
  • television - CBC, TVOntario, service from Sudbury and Parry Sound
 
 

Utilities

  • water - community system with community wells and pumping station
  • sewage - private septic tanks
  • other waste - landfill site on reserve
  • energy/electricity - Ontario Hydro
 
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