Armstrong, Ontario (Indian settlement)

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Armstrong
Indian settlement
Armstrong Indian Settlement
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Armstrong
Coordinates: 50°18′N89°03′W / 50.300°N 89.050°W / 50.300; -89.050 Coordinates: 50°18′N89°03′W / 50.300°N 89.050°W / 50.300; -89.050
Country Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Province Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario
District Thunder Bay
First Nation Whitesand
Area [1]
  Land 0.00 km2 (0.00 sq mi)

Armstrong is an Ojibwe First Nation settlement [1] that is co-terminous with the Armstrong local service board. It is the main settlement of the Whitesand First Nation, alongside their reserve at Whitesand.

Ojibwe group of indigenous peoples in North America

The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people of Canada and the United States. They are one of the most numerous indigenous peoples north of the Rio Grande. In Canada, they are the second-largest First Nations population, surpassed only by the Cree. In the United States, they have the fifth-largest population among Native American peoples, surpassed in number only by the Navajo, Cherokee, Choctaw and Sioux.

In Canada, the First Nations are the predominant indigenous peoples in Canada south of the Arctic Circle. Those in the Arctic area are distinct and known as Inuit. The Métis, another distinct ethnicity, developed after European contact and relations primarily between First Nations people and Europeans. There are 634 recognized First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia.

Armstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario compact rural communityunincorporated place in Ontario, Canada

Armstrong is a compact rural community, unincorporated place, and divisional point on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line in the unorganized portion of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The Whitesand First Nation's Armstrong Settlement is coterminous to this community. The Armstrong area is a popular tourist destination in the summer for fishing and hunting.

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