- Neskantaga First Nation
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Coordinates: 52°11′29″N 88°02′11″W / 52.191402°N 88.03638°W
- Lansdowne House, Ontario redirects here. For the community in Southern Ontario, see Lansdowne, Ontario.
Neskantaga (also known as Lansdowne House, Ontario), is a remote First Nations reserve number 239 in the northern reaches of the Canadian province of Ontario, situated along the shore of Attawapiskat Lake. The town is linked to the rest of Ontario by the Lansdowne House Airport, and by winter roads and ice roads to points south, via the Northern Ontario Resource Trail. It has a total aboriginal population of 316 people.
Neskantaga is policed by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal based service.
It is located in the District of Kenora.
Northern Light Mission Trips have been conducted for the children of the community by members of the Tintern Church of Christ in Beamsville, Ontario.
In 2010 the new community complex was built after a fire destroyed the former community complex
Neskantaga Education Centre is the reserve's local elementry and highschool students are sent to Thunder Bay for highschool
Nishnawbe Aski Nation Independent First Nations Alliance Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council Matawa First Nations Aroland • Constance Lake • Eabametoong • Ginoogaming • Hornepayne • Long Lake 58 • Marten Falls • Neskantaga • Nibinamik • Webequie
Mushkegowuk Council Attawapiskat • Chapleau Cree • Fort Albany • Kashechewan • Missanabie Cree • Moose Cree • Taykwa Tagamou • Weenusk
Shibogama First Nations Council Wabun Tribal Council Beaverhouse • Brunswick House • Chapleau Ojibway • Flying Post • Matachewan • Mattagami • Wahgoshig
Windigo First Nations Council Bearskin Lake • Cat Lake • Koocheching • North Caribou Lake (Weagamow Lake) • Sachigo Lake • Slate Falls • Whitewater
independent NAN communities Mishkeegogamang • Mocreebec Council • Sandy Lake
Categories:- Nishnawbe Aski Nation
- Anishinaabe reserves in Ontario
- Communities in Kenora District, Ontario
- Northern Ontario geography stubs
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