Walpole Island is an island and Indian reserve in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the border between Ontario and Michigan in the United States. It is located in the mouth of the St. Clair River on Lake St. Clair, approximately thirty miles (50 km) northeast of Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario. In addition to Walpole Island itself, the reserve also includes Squirrel, St. Anne, Seaway, Bassett, and Potawatomi Islands. It is unceded territory and is inhabited by the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa peoples of the Walpole Island First Nation, who call it Bkejwanong, meaning "where the waters divide."It is part of Lambton County, and adjoins the municipality of Chatham-Kent and the township of St. Clair. Across the St. Clair River to the west are the city of Algonac, Michigan, and Clay Township, Michigan, as well as Harsen's Island, also unceded Anishinaabe territory, now on the west side of the international border line after it was redrawn following disputes between Great Britain and the United States, oblivious to interests and rights of the Indigenous Peoples living on and using this land. It is the land that is the resting place of Tecumseh (Leader of the Native American People called Shawnee).
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http://www.bkejwanong.com/
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Chief
Federal riding
Prov. riding
Densidad de población (por km²)
13.700000
Población total
1878
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