The Saugeen Ojibway Nation Territory ( Ojibwe : Saukiing Anishnaabekiing ), also known as Saugeen Ojibway Nation , SON and the Chippewas of Saugeen Ojibway Territory , is the name applied to Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation and Saugeen First Nation as a collective, represented by a joint council. The collective First Nations are Ojibway ( Anishinaabe ) peoples located on the eastern shores of Lake Huron on the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario , Canada. Though predominantly Ojibway , due to large influx of refugees from the south and west after the War of 1812 , the descendants of the Chippewas of Saugeen Ojibway Territory also have ancestry traced to Odawa and Potawatomi peoples.
24-976: Saugeen may refer to the following in Ontario, Canada: Chippewas of Saugeen Ojibway Territory , the name applied to Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation and Saugeen First Nation as a collective Ojibway Nation of Saugeen First Nation , Ojibwa First Nation Saugeen First Nation , Ojibway First Nation located along the Saugeen River and Bruce Peninsula Saugeen Kame Terraces , 431 hectare provincially significant Earth Science Area of Natural and Scientific Interest Saugeen River , tributary of Lake Huron Saugeen Shores , town in Bruce County Saugeen Shores Winterhawks , senior hockey team based out of Saugeen Shores Saugeen Tract Agreement , signed August 9, 1836 between
48-522: A lawsuit against the Town, to be heard in court no earlier than 2018. Sauble Beach is the permanent year-round home to approximately 2,000 people. The cottage owners add thousands of seasonal community members. Cottage owners are uniquely split between those who own property outright and those with cottages on Native lands. (Years earlier, the Saugeen First Nation had successfully reclaimed
72-858: A member of the Council of Three Fires of the Ojibway, Odawa and Potawatomi Nations. The Confederacy came to help in the Battle of Skull Mound and in the Battle of Blue Mountain . Though the Council of Three Fires often fought against the Iroquois Confederacy (or the Naadowe as they are called in the Anishinaabe language ), the Chippewas of Saugeen Ojibway Territory peacefully shared
96-533: A population of 9,137 living in 4,148 of its 7,093 total private dwellings, a change of 8.6% from its 2016 population of 8,416 . With a land area of 530.61 km (204.87 sq mi), it had a population density of 17.2/km (44.6/sq mi) in 2021. Population trend prior to amalgamation: Mother tongue (2021): The main tourist attractions for the area are Sauble Beach, Wiarton Willie ( Groundhog Day ), and fishing locations on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. The region has many annual festivals such as
120-666: A result of the American Indian Removal Policies of the 1830s more people came from Michigan and Wisconsin . Some were on their way to the Manitoulin Island project. Some moved from Coldwater on the Narrows. Others came from the Toronto and Niagara regions after European and Loyalist newcomers affected their territory. Due to these influxes of people from other areas, the history of
144-548: Is a town at the base of the Bruce Peninsula of Ontario , Canada , in Bruce County between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay . It was formed on January 1, 1999, when the town of Wiarton, the village of Hepworth, and the townships of Albemarle and Amabel were amalgamated. The new municipality was created to provide necessary political representation, administrative support, and necessary municipal services on behalf of
168-682: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chippewas of Saugeen Ojibway Territory Consequently, though only two First Nation governments are successors apparent, there are seven different First Nation communities who lived, fished, hunted and traded in Saugeen Ojibway Territory. The story of each of their communities from past to present realities are best told by their own people. Oral tradition carries those stories and their descendants are still alive . At one time, both by oral history and archaeological evidence, all of
192-506: The Saugeen River watershed. Thus, places such as Tobermory, Meaford , Goderich, Cape Croker, Owen Sound and Orangeville are located in the traditional Saugeen Ojibway Nation Territory. The permanent settlement at the outlet of the Saugeen River which lent its name to the region and its people was called Zaagiing , meaning "at the river's outlet," i.e. "at the mouth of the river. The Chippewas of Saugeen Ojibway Territory are
216-689: The Saugeen Surrenders , due to development pressures of the European Canadians, mainly in the form of farming, the Saugeen and Owen Sound Indian Reserve was ceded to The Crown . However, five smaller areas were reserved for the Chippewas of the Saugeen Ojibway Territory. The major Successor Inherent to the original people of the Chippewas of Saugeen Ojibway Territory is that of the Saugeen First Nation , as told in
240-752: The Clerk's Division, By-Law Enforcement and Animal Control, and the Building Division. The Parks & Recreation Department services parks, playgrounds, athletic fields, ball diamonds, arena, aquatic programs and various programs. The town has Fire stations but policing is provided by the Ontario Provincial Police from the Wiarton Detachment. There is one hospital in the town: Wiarton Hospital with emergency and ambulance services, with 22 beds. Nearby, though outside
264-597: The Crown and Indigenous peoples, the Royal Proclamation of 1763 stated "Indian land" could only be sold to the Crown. However, the document did not differentiate between those who were the original resident of the land cession in question and those who settled as part of the refugee migration, which has caused long-held animosity among the Anishinaabe communities located in the Saugeen Ojibway Territory. In
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#1732776664425288-825: The Saugeen Ojibwa and Ottawa and the government of Upper Canada Saugeen–Maitland Hall , co-ed students' residence at the University of Western Ontario in London Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Saugeen . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saugeen&oldid=650892407 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
312-916: The Wiarton Willie Festival, held each February; the William Wilfred Campbell Poetry & Arts Festival in June; the Wiarton Rotary Village Fair, held on Civic Holiday weekend each August; the Oliphant Regatta, held each summer; Sauble Sandfest, held each August; and the Wiarton Fall Fair, held each September. The Bruce Trail , the oldest and longest marked hiking trail in Canada, with over 440 km of side trails, runs up
336-528: The cottagers and the Saugeen First Nation remains in effect until April 30, 2021. Some years ago, the Saugeen First Nation successfully reclaimed the land that "runs south from the Sauble Beach sign toward Southampton, 18 kilometres away", according to one news report. The beach area to the south of Main St. in the community is referred to by the band as Sauble Park or South Sauble Beach Park. In addition to
360-507: The eastern side of the Bruce Peninsula. Isaac Lake Management area is north of Wiarton, Ontario . An elected mayor, deputy major and three councilors provide the municipal government, guided by provincial legislation. A number of Committees and local Boards assist Council. "Council establishes policies and budgets for programs and services delivered by the Town of South Bruce Peninsula." The Legislative Services Department includes
384-443: The land that "runs south from the Sauble Beach sign toward Southampton, 18 kilometres away", according to one news report.) A lease relationship exists between the Saugeen First Nation, the "Chippewas of Saugeen", and cottagers who built seasonal homes on leased land in the a lakeside area between urban Southampton, Ontario and Sauble Beach. They pay an annual fee to the Saugeen First Nation. The current land lease agreement between
408-544: The modern Bruce Peninsula (or the "Saugeen Peninsula" as referred by the Ojibway) was home to the Chippewas of Saugeen Ojibway Territory. From time immemorial, hunting and fishing were plentiful in this area. Archaeologist are able to find artifacts from Early Woodland Period (1000 BCE to 1000 CE) calling the culture that left artifacts in the Saugeen Ojibway Territory as the Saugeen Culture . Other than pottery,
432-571: The original Chippewas of Saugeen Ojibway Territory is often confused with that of other Anishinaabeg who settled in Saugeen Ojibway Territory after the American Revolution . In addition, often confused together are the histories of those Anishinaabeg who settled in Cape Croker in 1854 with the history of the original Chippewas of Saugeen Ojibway Territory. One of the earliest documents recognizing Nation to Nation relations between
456-657: The projectile points called Saugeen Point are typical characteristics of the Saugeen culture. Consequently, associated with both the Chippewas of Saugeen Ojibway Territory and the Saugeen Culture peoples were winter camps around Owen Sound , Cape Croker and the Collingwood area, as well as summer camps in Walkerton , Wiarton , Goderich , Tobermory and Red Bay . Traditional territory also included all of
480-500: The residents. Tourism, particularly cottage rental and providing services to visitors, is the major industry in the area. Many cottages are found along Sauble Beach (North and South). The town comprises a number of villages and larger communities. These include the following: The administrative centre of the region is found in Wiarton. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , South Bruce Peninsula had
504-405: The south Sauble Beach, Ontario area, the Saugeen First Nation claims the rights to another stretch of the public beach, approximately 2 km long, west of Lakeshore Boulevard extending to a point between 1st St. South and 6th St. North. This claim has been in litigation since 1990 when the federal government started an action on behalf of the Saugeen First Nation, stating that the area is part of
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#1732776664425528-495: The stories of the community that is known as Chippewa Hill . Today, the Saugeen First Nation includes the people living in the communities of Chippewa Hill, Scotch Settlement , French Bay and Chief's Point . Although there are shared histories, contemporary history of the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation have a separate story from that of the Saugeen First Nation. Red Bay, Ontario South Bruce Peninsula
552-747: The territory with the Wyandotte/Wendat Nation who also made the area their home. The Ojibway Nation called the Wendat peoples Nii'inaa-Naadowe ("The 'Nadowe' within our homeland"), but the French referred to them as "Huron" and lent their name to the Lake . People from many nations moved into Saugeen Ojibway Territory after the War of 1812 . They came from Ohio and from the State of New York . As
576-563: The town, is the Grey-Bruce Regional Health Centre in Owen Sound . The latter is larger and is the regional referral centre for Grey and Bruce counties with over 50 specialists on staff. There has been some friction between the Town and the Saugeen First Nation because of continuing land claims in the Sauble Beach area. A settlement was mediated in 2014 but was subsequently rejected by South Bruce, leading to
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