Noh-thest An-gul | Northwest Angle No.33 First Nation
Community Profile
- The Northwest Angle No.33 First Nation is a small Indigenous community situated in the boreal forest region of Northwestern Ontario, with a rich history of traditional land use and connection to the natural environment.
- Last Updated 2025-05-09 02:27:14 UTC
- Name: Northwest Angle No.33 (ISC Code: 151)
- Former Names: Angle First Nation, Northwest Band
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Boreal Forest
- Indigenous Language: Anishinaabemowin
- Number of Registered Members: 704
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 08/26/2026
- CHIEF: DARLENE COMEGAN
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:6
- DARLENE COMEGAN
- MELVIN RUSSELL BLACKHAWK
- NORMA JEAN GIRARD
- DAMON CHRISTIAN SANDY
- DAVID PAUL JR.
- DIANE CELENE SANDY
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: /nations/106-northwest-angle-no-33
- PHONE NUMBER: (807) 733-2200
- FAX NUMBER: (807) 733-3148
- ADDRESS: BOX 1490, KENORA, ON
- EMAILS:
- Chief DARLENE COMEGAN:
- Councillor MELVIN RUSSELL BLACKHAWK:
- Councillor NORMA JEAN GIRARD:
- Councillor DAMON CHRISTIAN SANDY:
- Councillor DAVID PAUL JR.:
- Councillor DIANE CELENE SANDY:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2012 - Northwest Angle No.3320122013.pdf
- 2011 - Northwest Angle No.3320112012.pdf
- 2010 - Northwest Angle No.3320102011.pdf
- 2009 - Northwest Angle No.3320092010.pdf
- 2008 - Northwest Angle No.3320082009.pdf
- 2007 - Northwest Angle No.3320072008.pdf
- 2006 - Northwest Angle No.3320062007.pdf
- 2005 - Northwest Angle No.3320052006.pdf
- 2004 - Northwest Angle No.3320042005.pdf
- 2003 - Northwest Angle No.3320032004.pdf
- 2002 - Northwest Angle No.3320022003.pdf
- 2001 - Northwest Angle No.3320012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 6272
NORTHWEST ANGLE 33B
1335.0 Hectares
6 KM E/E OF/DE MANITOBA BOUNDARY
[53.7608608, -98.81387629999999] -
ISC Code: 6273
WHITEFISH BAY 33A
1251.0 Hectares
E/E OF/DE WHITEFISH BAY 34A
[43.1133444, -87.9000856] -
ISC Code: 6240
AGENCY 30
379.0 Hectares
AULNEAU PENINSULA IN LAKE OF THE WOODS 28 MI SOUTHERLY FROM KENORA KENORA DISTRICT
[49.7670416, -94.4893924]
Northwest Angle Traditional Territory
- Located in the boreal forest region of Northwestern Ontario
- Encompasses areas around Kenora and Lake of the Woods
- Traditional hunting, fishing, and gathering lands
- Key waterways include Lake of the Woods and surrounding rivers
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Trudeau won’t be able to keep his promise on clean water for First Nations, human rights groups warn
- A Community Grapples with Cancer
- Ojibwe sisters are hockey champs again
- The growing movement of Indigenous leaders across Northern Ontario opposing nuclear waste dump
- Northwest Angle #33 declares state of emergency over drinking water problems
- 'Why has it taken 134 years?': First Nations in Manitoba, Ontario move closer to flood compensation
- 60s Scoop survivors say cases of 'pretendians' make reconnecting with community even harder
- First Nations designer from Manitoba included in Toronto fashion show
- The boy from Northwest Angle 37
- How one cosmetics company is highlighting Indigenous representation
- This remote First Nation pays lofty power costs. Forced to use U.S. source, they want to be on Ontario grid
- Man charged with missing Indigenous man's murder in northern Ontario
- Indigenous Leaders: Representation matters for this cosmetics creator
- Competing Claims for Construction Holdback – Whose Money is it, anyway?
- Indigenous entrepreneurship: Making a business case for reconciliation
- Ojibway chief shocked to learn her First Nation in Ontario pays U.S. price for Manitoba power
- A First Nations cry for help gets little government attention: Star investigation
- How art and spirituality are defining the 'water protectors'
- Opinion: Cheekbone Beauty’s Jenn Harper draws from her Indigenous roots to disrupt the industry
- No more 5 a.m. boat rides and border crossings for students from northern Ontario First Nation
- First Nations declare opposition to nuclear waste project
- This is what access to clean water looks like for a First Nation in a remote corner of Ontario
- A look at Wab Kinew's journey to become Manitoba's 1st Anishinaabe premier
- First Nations declare opposition to nuclear waste project
- Contaminated water, poor health care and high cancer rates have plagued this remote First Nation. It’s now on the verge of disappearing
- Phyllis Girard Obituary - Kenora, ON
- ‘Our people have seen plagues before.’ An Indigenous school in northern Ontario is facing the challenge of COVID
- Feds introduce bill to set drinking water standards in First Nations
- New Anishinaabe immersion school opens in Kenora, Ont.
- Phyllis Zhingoshikwe Ann Girard Obituary - Kenora, ON
- Community copy of Treaty 3 believed to be last in existence on display at human rights museum
- Interlake First Nations leaders call new $15M fund connected to flood channel 'a slap in the face'
- First Nations get flood relief
- Canada and Ontario invest over $14.2 million in five community and Indigenous education broadband infrastructure projects across Northern Ontario
- Long lineups for treaty annuities at The Forks spark discussion about 'insulting' $5 payment
- Water operator interns from several First Nations begin training
- Northwest Angle #33 First Nation receives funding for recreation
- Calls for change to Winnipeg's treaty annuity payment event after feds underestimate attendance
- Cancer and rashes causing concern for members of Northwest Angle 33B in Ontario
- Drinking water advisories lifted in Northwestern Ontario First Nation
- New funding for First Nations water projects an 'important step' minister says
- Police charge 3 with weapons, gun offences
Academic Research
Academic Research
- ARCHEOLOGY AND NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGION
- Projects and People; Ontario Indian Research and Related Projects.
- Continuous exhumation of mantle-derived rocks at the Southwest Indian Ridge for 11 million years
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Ojibwe Morning Prayer
- Northern Plains and Woodland Indians Individual Star Names and Traditions
- An exploration of First Nations reserves and access to cash
- Identifying financially remote First Nations reserves
- A Path Forward? Community Perspectives on the First Nations Land Management Regime in the Context of Renewable Energy Planning
- Native villages and groupings of the Columbia Basin
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Identifying financially remote First Nations reserves
- Aboriginal Language Standardisation Project. Progress Report.
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
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