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[[Image:Soo Locks-Sault-Ste Marie.png|thumb|250px|right|Aerial view of the [[St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario)|St. Marys River]]; Whitefish Island is just to the left of the rapids.]]▼
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Whitefish Island
| official_name = Whitefish Island Indian Reserve
| settlement_type = [[Indian reserve]]
| image_skyline = Soo Locks-Sault-Ste Marie.png
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| pushpin_map = Canada Ontario
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| pushpin_mapsize = 200
| coordinates = {{coord|46|31|N|84|21|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{ON}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[Census divisions of Ontario|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Algoma District|Algoma]]
| subdivision_type3 = First Nation
| subdivision_name3 = [[Batchewana First Nation|Batchewana]]
| established_title =
| established_date =
| government_type =
| area_land_km2 = 0.17
| population_total = 0
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = 0
| timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone (North America)|EST]]
| utc_offset = -5
| timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST = -4
| website = [http://www.batchewana.ca/ www.batchewana.ca]
| footnotes =
{{Designation list |embed=yes |designation1=NHSC |designation1_offname=Whitefish Island National Historic Site of Canada |designation1_date=1981 }}
}}
'''Whitefish Island''' is an island in the [[St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario)|St. Marys River]], just south of [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie]], in [[Ontario]]
==History==
It was an ancestral fishing station to the [[Anishinaabe|Anishenabek]] of the [[Great Lakes region]] for over 2,000 years. It was reserved for the use of Chief
Nebenaigoching and his band in the [[Robinson Treaty|Robinson Huron Treaty, 1850]] with the British Crown. In 1895, it became part of the west side of the [[Sault Ste. Marie Canal]].
After it was taken in a series of expropriations from 1902 to 1913 for railway purposes, it became a park in the Parks Canada national inventory. The island was designated a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]] in 1981.<ref>{{CRHP|14945|Whitefish Island|July 29, 2011}}</ref>
[[Category:Geography of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario]]▼
[[Category:Islands of Ontario]]▼
A land claim was filed in 1982 by the Batchewana Indian Band, of the [[Batchewana First Nation]], for the {{convert|22|acre|m2|adj=on}} island. After years of unsuccessful negotiations, hereditary Chief Edward James Sayers Nebenaigoching occupied the island from 1989 until the claim was settled in 1992. $3.5 million in damages were paid to the tribe, and the island was returned to Indian reserve status in 1997.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
<gallery>
File:Welcome to White Fish Island.JPG|Welcome to White Fish Island
File:Fishing weir at Whitefish Island 2.JPG|Ancient fishing weir
File:Birch bark longhouse (Whitefish Island) 2.JPG|Birch bark longhouse
File:Whitefish Island in winter 2.JPG|Longhouse in winter
File:Birch bark lodge, Whitefish Island 4.JPG|Birch bark lodge
File:Whitefish Island flooded boardwalk with 7 flood control gates open.JPG|Boardwalk with 7 [[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)#Other works|flood control gates]] open (equivalent).
File:Sault Ste Marie waterfront from Whitefish Island.jpg|[[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie]] waterfront, as seen from Whitefish Island
File:Eddy in St Mary's Rapids.jpg|St. Marys Rapids
File:Beaver dams, Whitefish Channel.JPG|[[Beaver dam]]s along Whitefish Channel
File:Mezereon flowers (Whitefish I) 13.JPG|[[Daphne mezereum|February daphne]] flowers
File:Montane blue-eyed grass (Whitefish I).JPG|[[Sisyrinchium angustifolium|Narrow-leaf blue-eyed grass]] flowers near the St. Marys Rapids
File:Spiranthes cernua (St Mary's Rapids) 1.jpg|[[Spiranthes cernua|Nodding ladies'-tresses]]
File:Small purple fringed orchid (Whitefish I) 3.JPG|[[Platanthera psycodes|Small purple fringed orchid]]
File:Trout lily (Whitefish I) 3.JPG|[[Erythronium americanum|Trout-lily]] flower in early spring
File:Wild leeks (Whitefish I) 1.JPG|[[Allium tricoccum|Wild leek]] in early spring
File:Viburnum cassinoides fruit (Whitefish Island) 1.JPG|[[Viburnum cassinoides|Wild raisin]] in fruit
File:Rainbow trout 'Steelhead' (St. Mary's Rapids) 2.JPG|[[Rainbow trout|Steelhead trout]] caught in the St. Marys Rapids (introduced species)
</gallery>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Whitefish Island|position=left}}
* [https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/RVDetail.aspx?RESERVE_NUMBER=09350&lang=eng Indigenous and Northern Development Canada profile]
{{Geographic ___location
| Center = Whitefish Island
| North = [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie]]<br>''[[Sault Ste. Marie Canal]]''
| East = ''[[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|St. Marys River]]''
| South = ''[[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|St. Marys Rapids]]'', ''[[Soo Locks]]''<br>{{flagicon|US}}{{flagicon|MI}} [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]]
| West = ''[[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|St. Marys River]]''
}}
{{SaultOntario}}
{{Algoma District}}
{{NHSC}}
{{Clear}}
[[Category:National Historic Sites in Ontario]]
[[Category:Ojibwe reserves in Ontario]]
[[Category:Sault Ste. Marie]]
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