The Anishinabeg of the Lake Nipigon Region

Lake Nipigon, located in northwestern Ontario approximately one hundred and seventy kilometers northwest of the present day community of Thunder Bay has been the focal point of the local Indigenous community from time immemorial. Including the Cree, the Assiniboine, the Metis and the Ojibway or the Anishinabeg, the Lake Nipigon area has provied for the well-being of Indigenous community over an extended period of time.

At various times also known as Alimibeg, Alimigegong, Alempigon, Aminipigon, and Lake St. Ann, the Lake area is approximately 484,800 hectacres, 110 kilometers long and 60 kilometers wide.16 It is home to some forty-six species of fish. It is the southern limit of the range of woodland caribou. It forms a portion of the migration route for numerous types of birds, including geese and mergansers. Its shores are the habitat for everything from beaver to bear and the local vegetation ranges from birch to spruce to jackpine with an abundance of berries in between. It is a bountiful area in many ways and it is the

bounty of the land that has provided for the well-being of the Indigenous community.

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