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Country
  
Canada

First Nation
  
Moose Deer Point

Population
  
210 (2011)

District Municipality
  
Muskoka

Website
  
moosedeerpoint.com

Province
  
Ontario

Moose Deer Point First Nation

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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 Twelve Mile Bay.

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Members of Moose Dee 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. The reserve was surveyed in 1917.

Government

The reserve is led by band council consisting of a Chief and four councilors. The council is supported by an administrator, finance officer and clerical staff.

Services

Basic services offered to reserve residents include:

  • 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 Georgian Bay General Hospital in Penetanguishene, Ontario or Huntsville District Memorial Hospital 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

  • O'Donnell Point Provincial Nature Reserve - a non-operating provincial park (closed to public use)
  • References

    Moose Deer Point First Nation Wikipedia