Moose Deer Point First Nation
Moose Point 79 | |
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| Moose Point Indian Reserve No. 79 | |
  Moose Point 79 | |
| Coordinates: 44°42′N 79°18′W / 44.700°N 79.300°WCoordinates: 44°42′N 79°18′W / 44.700°N 79.300°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Ontario |
| District Municipality | Muskoka |
| First Nation | Moose Deer Point |
| Area | |
| • Land | 2.67 km2 (1.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 210 |
| • Density | 78.7/km2 (204/sq mi) |
| Website | moosedeerpoint.com |
Moose Deer Point First Nation is a Potawatomi First Nation in the District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario. It has a reserve called Moose Point 79. The reserve is located along .
Members of Moose Deer Point are descended from settlers from the American Mid-West whom arrived in Southern Ontario (Beausoleil Island on Georgian Bay) in the 1830s and later arrived in the area.[2] The reserve was surveyed in 1917.[2]
Government[]
The reserve is led by band council consisting of a Chief and four councilors.[3] The council is supported by an administrator, finance officer and clerical staff.
Services[]
Basic services offered to reserve residents include:[4]
- Children Services
- Elders Services
- Health Services
- Education
- Social Services
- Recreation
- Economic Development
- Water Services
- Fire Services - one station with man by volunteers in Gordons Bay; supported by two fire trucks
- Maintenance
For more advance medical services are available from in Penetanguishene, Ontario or in Huntsville, Ontario.
Transportation[]
Twelve Mile Bay Road is the main road in the reserve and makes connections to Ontario Highway 400.
Local roads on reserve:
- Williams Wharf Road
- Ogemawahj Road
- Mitawbik Road
- Moose Deer Point Marina Road
- Bloody Bay Road
- Harrison Trail
- Lagoon Road
Water access to the area are made by boats from Moose Deer Point Marina.
Communities[]
- King Bay - residential area located near Big David Bay
- Isaac Bay - residential area along Twelve Mile Bay
- Gordons Bay - main hub with commercial, recreational and administration services along Twelve Mile Bay
Nearby[]
- - a non-operating provincial park (closed to public use)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Moose Point 79 census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Moose Deer Point".
- ^ "Moose Deer Point".
- ^ "Departments".
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