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

 

________________________________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