Swan Lake First Nation

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.

Swan Lake First Nation
Band No. 293

People	Saulteaux
Treaty	Treaty 1
Land[1]
Main reserve	Swan Lake 7
Other reserve(s)	Indian Reserves 7A, 8, and 8A
Land area	65.40 km2
Population (2021)[1]
On reserve	408
Off reserve	1053
Total population	1461
Government[1]
Chief	Jason Daniels
Council	Michael Esquash, Francine Meeches, Sean D. McKinney and Craig Soldier
Website
swanlakefirstnation.com

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

Swan Lake 7
Indian reserve
Coordinates: 49.3858131°N 98.9550057°W / 49.3858131; -98.9550057
Area
• Land	27.72 km2 (10.70 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	347

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

1. "About Swan Lake First Nation – Swan Lake First Nation".
2. 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
3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
4. 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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