wa-bi-goon | Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation

Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation is an Indigenous community situated in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, with a strong connection to traditional Ojibway territories and cultural practices.

POPULATION

1,168

Rank #302 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

52.1 KM²

Rank #206 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

09/20/2025

Term Expiration

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Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-08-01 04:43:23 UTC

Name

Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (ISC Code: 157)

Former Names

Wabigoon Lake First Nation

Band Style

First Nation

Cultural Area

Northwestern Ontario

Indigenous Language

Ojibway

Number of Registered Members

1168

Band Website

https://www.wabigoonlakeon.ca/

Phone Number

(807) 938-6684

Fax Number

(807) 938-1166

Address

RR 1, SITE 115, PO BOX 300, DRYDEN, ON

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

HENRY CLAYTON WETELAINEN

Term Expires

09/20/2025

Number of Council Members

HENRY CLAYTON WETELAINEN

Chief

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LOUIE "MAC" RICHARD PITCHENESE

Councillor

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LAUREL MARGARET SPALDING

Councillor

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RONALD WILLIAMS

Councillor

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TYSON JAMIE WILLIAMS

Councillor

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

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Band Financial Statements

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Band Council Remuneration

2024 - Report Not Available

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2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

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2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

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Band Owned Corporations

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Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

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Intergovernmental Agreements

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Active Court Cases

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Downloadable Court Records

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Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6290
WABIGOON LAKE 27
5209.2 Hectares
19 KM SE/SE OF/DE DRYDEN
[49.6215675, -92.4764469]

News Coverage Summary

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Media Reports

Hydro One seeks approval to build Waasigan Transmission Line

NWMO Siting Process Fails to Achieve its Goal – Nuclear Free North

Wabigoon settles century-old flood dispute

Busy year for Pow Wows

Ontario town starts voting today on willingness to host 'forever' nuclear waste storage site

Minister’s Five-Year Report on the English and Wabigoon Rivers Remediation Funding Act, 2017

Northern Ontario First Nation says yes in referendum on possible nuclear waste site

Federal Court Sides With First Nation, Puts Chalk River Nuclear Waste Dump on Hold

Suites hotel development on tap for Dryden this spring

Man convicted of manslaughter after throwing trailer hitch at Indigenous woman gets sentenced today

First Nations and allies resist proposed radioactive waste repository

First Nation announces Dryden hotel project

Nuclear waste project in Ontario must wait for First Nations consent

Canada selects nuclear waste repository site

First Nations declare opposition to nuclear waste project

Bill C-45 draws attention on World Water Day

How an Ontario paper mill poisoned nearby First Nations

Wabigoon Lake says yes to nuclear willingness

Day 1 at the First Nations Major Projects Coalition’s Annual Conference

First Nation members can apply for money from 'milestone payment'

Reduced charges for man who struck First Nations woman with trailer hitch spark outrage from chiefs

Northwestern Ontario First Nations energy project funding

Nuclear Waste Management Organization appoints new Indigenous, transportation rep

Wabigoon Lake Pow Wow starts this weekend

Advocates call for more input on northwest Ontario nuclear repository

Wabigoon Lake Donates $23,000 To Dryden Native Friendship Centre

Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation officially selected by NWMO as hosts for Deep Geological Repository

Acting police chief, city councillors among attendees at funeral for First Nations woman hit by trailer hitch

First Nation in Ontario challenging selection of underground nuclear waste site in court

First Nations leaders continue to oppose Ontario nuclear waste burial projects

NWO Indigenous opposition to nuclear waste storage site highlighted in report

Justice for Barbara Kentner: Statement on the sentencing of Brayden Bushby

Indigenous leaders show support for Kentner family after 8-year sentence for Brayden Bushby

Canada’s first deep geological repository site is selected

Sentencing for man who threw trailer hitch at Indigenous woman to hear statements from victim's family

Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation Gives Sizeable Donation To Dryden Friendship Centre

Agreement In Principle Executed With Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation For Mavis Lake

Updated: NWMO picks Northern Ontario to store nuclear fuel waste

Opposition to nuclear waste facility at ground level

Karen Drake

NWMO responds to Land Defence Alliance protest

'A great big smile' vs. disappointment in southern Ontario where nuclear waste bid lost

Ont. First Nation challenging underground nuclear waste site in court

Opposition strong to NWMO Proposal

Eagle Lake has a bone to pick with the NWMO

No Ring of Fire mining without consent, First Nations alliance demands

Racism killed Barbara Kentner, says Thunder Bay group rallying outside trial of man accused of killing her

Indigenous Leaders: Peter Collins to lead new economic era for First Nations

Equity partnership with transmission provider reflects what treaty stands for, says chief

‘In our culture, water is so much more. It’s sacred.’ New wave of Indigenous operators look to tackle drinking-water woes

Hydro One Networks Awards EPC Contract for Waasigan Transmission Line Project

2016 Census Aboriginal Community Portrait – Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation

Hydro One breaks ground on Waasigan Transmission Line

Eagle Lake First Nation to challenge nuclear waste repository

Canada’s nuclear waste could go to northwestern Ontario

Ignace is the place for a nuclear waste storage site

Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository

Eagle Lake says community will be impacted by underground nuclear waste repository

Eagle Lake First Nation challenges NWMO in court

Historic deal will see spent nuclear fuel buried in Northern Ontario

THE NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION SELECTS SITE FOR CANADA'S DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY

The fight's not over, anti-nuclear First Nations leaders say

Fort William Chief Peter Collins to helm new construction company

Indigenous Leaders: Peter Collins to lead new economic era for First Nations

Indigenous women react to the Brayden Bushby verdict

Photos: Summer updates in Wabigoon Lake

Impact statements focus on racism, lawyers argue length of imprisonment during Bushby sentencing hearing

Man who threw trailer hitch at Indigenous woman found guilty of manslaughter

One family’s fight to protect an Anishinaabe grave house

Trial begins for Thunder Bay man accused in trailer-hitch death of First Nations woman

Hydro One seeks approval to build Waasigan Transmission Line

Man convicted of manslaughter after throwing trailer hitch at Indigenous woman gets sentenced today

National Indigenous Peoples Day Events/Information

Ignace council votes in favour of potential nuclear waste repository

Meet the First Nations TikTok creators from northern Ontario making waves online

Saugeen Ojibway Nation wants the nuclear waste issue dealt with

Ontario sites short-listed for nuclear waste storage

Nishnawbe Aski Nation opposes possible site for storage of nuclear waste

Onigaming chief resigns from Treaty 3 panel

Man Who Threw Trailer Hitch at Barbara Kentner, an Indigenous Woman, Convicted of Manslaughter

Clean Water bill ‘just the first step,’ NAN grand chief says

After years of hauling water, a Treaty 3 First Nation celebrates lifting of long-term boil water advisory

NWMO reaffirms safety of Canada's 1st nuclear waste repository but there's still heavy pushback

Moving nuclear waste through traditional territories could face opposition, Ontario First Nation says

The growing movement of Indigenous leaders across Northern Ontario opposing nuclear waste dump

Ontario Partnering with Indigenous Communities to Advance Economic Development

Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation supports moving forward to host a DGR

NWMO to proceed with Site Characterization Process in Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation Territory

Opposition to potential nuclear waste storage site in northwestern Ontario mounts as decision nears

The fight's not over, say anti-nuclear First Nations

Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and Ignace to Lead Long-Term Nuclear Waste Management Project

Northwestern Ontario communities chosen for Canada's nuclear waste storage site

Tensions with First Nations threaten to delay nuclear waste facility

First Nations declare opposition to nuclear waste project

First Tee program aims to improve skills and attract diverse communities to game

‘A bit of anger, a bit of sadness’: First Nations in Northwest Ontario don’t want Canada’s nuclear waste but will be getting it anyway (probably)

Canada Selects Northwestern Ontario for Deep Geological Repository for Nuclear Waste

NexGold signs First Nation 'relationship' pact on northwestern mine project

Wabigoon Lake votes to potentially support nuclear waste dump

Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation votes to move forward with potential nuclear waste site in Ignace area

Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation votes to move forward with nuclear waste storage site process

Ontario First Nation challenging selection of underground nuclear waste site in court

Nuclear industry selects site in northwestern Ontario for waste disposal amidst regional opposition

NexGold Mining and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation Sign New Relationship Agreement for Goliath Gold Complex

Canada picks a site for a deep geologic repository

Academic Research

“Where the Moose Were”: Fort William First Nation's Ancestral Land, Two–Eyed Seeing, and Industrial Impacts

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

Passing on Ojibway Lifeways in a Contemporary Environment

Ojibway plant taxonomy at Lac Seul First Nation, Ontario, Canada

Ojibwa Powwow World

Food Production in the Wabigoon Basin: The First Nine Thousand Years

… : Confronting environmental contamination in the traditional territories of Asubpeechoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows) and Wabauskang First Nation

The River, the City, and the Yellow Line: Reimagining Associative Landscapes in Post-War Northwestern Ontario.

The Mercury Contamination of the English-Wabigoon River System And Its Consequences on the

Indigenous peoples in and beyond the state

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

Notes on the Aborigines of the Province of Ontario

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

Food Production in the Wabigoon Basin: The First Nine Thousand Years

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

History of the Ojibway nation

History of the Ojibway people

Human-wetland relations in an agricultural landscape: Ojibway and non-Indigenous perspectives from the Swan Lake region, Manitoba

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

History of the Ojibway nation

History of the Ojibway people

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

History of the Ojibway nation

History of the Ojibway people

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

History of the Ojibway nation

History of the Ojibway people

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

History of the Ojibway nation

History of the Ojibway people

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

History of the Ojibway nation

History of the Ojibway people

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

History of the Ojibway nation

History of the Ojibway people

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

History of the Ojibway nation

History of the Ojibway people

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

History of the Ojibway nation

History of the Ojibway people

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

History of the Ojibway nation

History of the Ojibway people

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

History of the Ojibway nation

History of the Ojibway people

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

History of the Ojibway nation

History of the Ojibway people

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

History of the Ojibway nation

The Ojibway Nation: A Study in Primitive Environment

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

History of the Ojibway nation

The Ojibway Nation: A Study in Primitive Environment

Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names

Band Publications

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Third Party Reports

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