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Cree Geographical Location and Historical Background
June 6, 2007

Chapleau Cree First Nation is situated 5 kilometres southwest of the town of Chapleau. The dimension of the Fox Lake Reserve is approximately 2560 acres or 4 square miles. Chapleau Cree First Nation is based at the bottom of the Arctic Watershed, which also embodies the largest Crown game preserve in North America, the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve.

Brunswick House Historical Notes


After the arrival of the Europeans in the 17th century, the Ojibway economy, which had been based on hunting, fishing and gathering, expanded to include trapping for trade as well as for subsistence purposes. During the fur trade era, trading posts became part of the cycle of movements for Indian people, and some groups of Bands became associated with particular trading posts.

Ojibwe First Nations History


The people of Chapleau Ojibwe First Nation (COFN) live on the only Ojibway based reserve in the Chapleau area. Their historical kinship and relationship with the land therefore draws them west to the shores of Lake Superior and south to the shores of Lake Huron, rather than north into Cree territory to the shores of James Bay.

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