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    • Part 1: First Nations of the Peace River Region
    • Part 2: The Fur Trade Era
    • Part 3: Transportation and Communication
    • Part 4: Old Timers and the Price of Land
    • Part 5: Dawson Creek: The Story of the Community
    • Part 6: Mysteries, Adventures and Indian Legends
    • Part 7: Arts, Crafts and Recreation
    • Part 8: Agriculture
    • Part 9: Church Histories
    • Part 10: Schools
    • Part 11: Health Care
    • Part 12: Industries and Enterprises
    • Part 13: Policing the Peace
    • Part 14: Pouce Coupe, Rolla, and Other South Peace Communities
    • Part 15: Chetwynd and the Fort St. John Area
    • Part 16: The Alberta Peace
    • Part 17: Natural History of the Peace River Region
    • Part 18: Interviews with Old Timers
    • Part 19: Remembering Our Veterans

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01-124: Locations and Tribal Affiliations of Indian Reserves, 1965

From an unnumbered map published by the Surveys and Mapping Branch of the Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, and compiled by the Indian Affairs Branch of the Dept. of Citizenship and Immigration.

 

In the Peace River area of Alberta:

Cree Bands Fort Chipewyan – Lake Athabasca
Cree – Lac Clair
Little Red River – on Wabisca River
Fort Vermilion – near Fort Vermilion
Fort McMurray – on Athabasca River
Wabasca – Lake Wabisca
Whitefish Lake – North of Lesser Slave Lake
Lubicon Lake – North of Lesser Slave Lake
Duncan’s – near Peace River Town
Grouard – Lesser Slave Lake
Sucker Creek – Lesser Slave Lake
Drift Pile – Lesser Slave Lake
Swan River – Lesser Slave Lake
Sawridge – Lesser Slave Lake
Sturgeon Lake – Sturgeon Lake
Beavers Horse Lake and Clear Hills – north of Peace River near Worsley

also at Horse Lake near Pouce Coupe

Heart Lake – near Athabasca
Chipewyan Fort McMurray –
Fort McKay –
Chipewyan – north of Athabasca Lake
Chipewyan – south of Athabasca Lake
Fitz-Smith – part at Ft. Fitzgerald
Fitz-Smith – part at Ft. Smith on the Athabasca
Fond du Lac – near Uranium City on Lake Athabasca [in Sask.]
Snowdrift – east end Athabasca Lake
Janvier – on Christina River east of Wabisca
Slaves 4 bands called “Slaves of Upper Hay River” – NW corner of Province
Sarcees (offshoot of Beaver) – near Calgary

 

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LOCATION OF INDIAN BANDS OF B.C.
Crees mixed with several other bands

Beavers Hudson’s Hope Band – Moberly Lake
Hudson’s Hope Band – up Halfway River
Fort St. John – Doig River
Fort St. John – Blueberry River
Slaves Fort Nelson – at Fort Nelson
Ojibwa, called Saulteau – Moberly Lake

 

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Other statistics are not segregated for the Peace River Area, and any attempts to get such information to date (Oct. 1973) concerning B.C. have met with no success, being shuttled from Department to Department.

 

From: Schedule of Indian Reserves and Settlements

Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1972

 

Reserve No. Band Location Acreage (Approx.)
Beatton River 204 Fort St. John Peace River District; on the Beatton River south of mouth of the Blueberry River; NTS 94 A/10W; at 56o 44’N, 120o 48’W.

 

883
Blueberry River 205 Fort St. John Peace River District; on the Blueberry River, north of the Peace River Block: NTS 94 A/11E; at 56o43’N, 121o 06’W.

 

2,838
Doig River 206 Fort St. John Peace River District; on the Doig River, at and north of mouth of Osborn River; NTS 94 A/9W, 94 A/10E; at 56o 34’N, 120o 30’W.

 

2,473
Halfway River 168 Hudson’s Hope Peace River District: on left bank of the Halfway River; northwest of mouth of the Cameron River; NTS 94 A/5W, 94 A/12W; at 56o 27’N, 121o 50’W.

 

9,890
West Moberly Lake 168A Hudson’s Hope Peace River District; at west end of Moberly Lake; NTS 93 P/13W; at 55o 48’N, 121o 55’W.

 

5, 025

 

 

Band Reserve No. AcreageApprox. Remarks
Fort Nelson Fontas

Fort Nelson

Kahntah

Prophet River

Snake

1

2

3

4

5

 

25

23,444

25.7

924

28.5

24,447.2

 

 

 

 

 

Band Total

Fort St. John Beatton River

Blueberry River

Doig River

204

205

206

883

2,838

2,473

6,194

 

 

 

Band Total

Hudson’s Hope Halfway River

West Moberly Lake

168

168A

9,890

5,025

14,915

 

 

Band Total

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