Swan Lake First Nation

Indian Reserves 7A, 8, and 8A

Land area65.40 km²Population (2021)^[1]On reserve408Off reserve1053Total population1461Government^[1]ChiefJason DanielsCouncil

Michael Esquash, Francine Meeches, Sean D. McKinney and Craig Soldier

Websiteswanlakefirstnation.com

The Swan Lake First Nation (Ojibwe: Gaa-biskigamaag,^[2] meaning The lake that is curved) is a Saulteaux band government located along Swan Lake in the Pembina Valley Region of Manitoba, Canada.

Its main reserve is Swan Lake 7, which is surrounded by the Municipality of Lorne; the First Nation also has economic initiatives located at their reserve nearby the Rural Municipality of Headingley (IR 8A).

Reserve lands

Indian reserve

49°23′09″N 98°57′18″W / 49.3858131°N 98.9550057°W / 49.3858131; -98.9550057Area

• Land27.72 km² (10.70 sq mi)Population

(2016)^[3]

• Total347

Swan Lake First Nation divided into 4 reserve lands:^[1]

Swan Lake 7 (IR 7) — surrounded by the Municipality of Lorne (Swan Lake); totalling 36.35 km² (8,982 acres) in size, this is the First Nation's main reserve
Forest Hills (IR 7a) — located by Carberry; totalling 26.36 km² (6,514 acres) in size, it consists of residential and commercial developments
Indian Gardens (IR 8) — located by Rathwell; totalling 2.6 km² (640 acres) in size, most (75%) of this land is under agricultural lease
Headingley (IR 8a) — located by the RM of Headingley; totalling 100,000 m² (25 acres) in size, this location is planned to consist of mainly commercial developments

External links

Map of Swan Lake 7 at Statcan Archived 2013-07-02 at the Wayback Machine^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "About Swan Lake First Nation – Swan Lake First Nation".
^ Andy Thomas Thomas, Florence Paynter. The Significance of Creating First Nation Traditional Names Maps. Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc. https://mfnerc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/The-Significance-of-Creating-First-Nation-Traditional-Names-Maps.pdf Archived 2022-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
^ Statistics Canada (2012), 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-142-XWE, Ottawa, Ontario (published October 24, 2012), archived from the original on July 2, 2013, retrieved February 16, 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Swan Lake Development | Developing the comminity, archived from the original on May 22, 2016, retrieved February 15, 2017
Swan Lake First Nation - Band History^{[dead link]}

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