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Nipigon is a township in Thunder Bay District, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located along the west side of the Nipigon River and south of the small Lake Helen running between Lake Nipigon and Lake Superior. Lake Nipigon is located approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Nipigon.
The Red Rock Indian Band is an Ojibwe First Nation band government in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Their territory is located on the Red Rock 53 and Lake Helen 53A Indian reserves in Ontario. As of March 2017, they had a total registered population of 1,837 people. The Nation is led by Chief Marcus Hardy. The council is an independent member of Anishnabek Nation, a First Nations political organization. The First Nation is also a member of Waaskiinaysay Ziibi Inc., an economic development corporation made up of five Lake Nipigon First Nations.
Mari Motohashi is a Japanese curler.
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Allan A. Hackner, nicknamed "the Iceman", is a Canadian Hall of Fame curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was born in Nipigon, Ontario. He is a two-time Brier and World Champion skip. He is of Ojibwa descent and is a member of the Red Rock Indian Band. He is currently a member of USA Curling's High Performance Program Coaching staff.
Tracy Fleury is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She currently skips her own team out of the East St. Paul Curling Club in East St. Paul, Manitoba. She has competed at the Canadian national championship four times and was the Northern Ontario women's junior champion skip from 2005 to 2007.
Crystal Webster is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta.
Bryan Burgess is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was a member of the Northern Ontario team at the 2001 Nokia Brier.
Dale Matchett is a Canadian curler from Alliston, Ontario. Matchett is a former provincial junior curling champion and a regular on the World Curling Tour.
Jay Wakefield is a Canadian curler from Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a former provincial junior champion and currently plays second for the Paul Cseke rink on the World Curling Tour.
Grant Dezura is a Canadian curler from Maple Ridge, British Columbia.
Amanda Gates is a Canadian curler who currently coaches the Kerry Galusha and Abby Deschene rinks on the World Curling Tour. Gates used to play with Team Tracy Fleury and in 2015, Team Horgan became the first women's team in the history of women's curling to represent Northern Ontario at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. In Gates' first appearance at the Scotties, she won the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award.
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Susan Froud is a Canadian curler from Loretto, Ontario. She currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour.
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