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Notes The Walpole Island reserve area has been inhabited for centuries by the Pottawatomi, Ottawa and Ojibway groups (who together comprised a political confederacy known as the Council of the Three Fires), and it has been administered as reserve land for over 150 years. The Ottawa and Ojibway gradually moved into southwestern Ontario, and the Pottawatomi settled permanently on Walpole Island after 1836. Walpole Island was omitted from a large land cession in the 19th century that saw the surrender of most of the Indian lands in southwestern Ontario. Walpole Island's status as a reserve was confirmed by the Surveyor General in 1939. Its boundaries have never clearly established and it remains unceded land. |
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Industries Almost half of all workers are involved in the service sector, divided roughly equally between government and non-government services. A further one quarter are employed in manufacturing, and an additional one sixth in construction. The remainder are involved in agricultural activities, trade industries, transportation, communications and other utility industries, and miscellaneous commercial activities. Local industries include an economic development industrial complex. |
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