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Program: Band Office
Organizations: Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation
Phone Numbers: 807-938-6684
Crisis: 1-888-310-1188
Fax: 807-938-1166
Email: chief-council@wlon.ca
Website: www.wabigoonlakeon.ca
Address: PO Box 300 RR 1, Site 115
Dryden, ON
P8N 2Y4
Street
Address: 		70 Main St
Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation
Location:
  • Band Office is located at Main St in the community of Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation
  • Community is approx 19 km SE of Dryden, 2 km S off TransCanada Hwy, along both shores of Dinorwic Lake
  • Consists of 1 main reserve, Wabigoon Lak
Accessibility: Not Wheelchair Accessible      Not Wheelchair Accessible
Hours: Mon-Fri 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4 pm
Contacts: Clayton Wetelainen - Chief
clayton.wetelainen@bell.net
Service Description: Operates a self government and is responsible for the day to day operations of the Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation
  • Tribal Council: Bimose Tribal Council (BTC)
  • Political Territorial Organization: Grand Council Treaty #3 (GCT3)
  • Treaty #3


Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities
Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:
  • Hospital/ambulance services available at Dryden Regional Hospital in Dryden
  • Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Treaty #3 Police Services, Kenora East Region
  • Child & Family Services provided by Anishinaabe Abinooji Family Services
  • Provides the Wabigoon Lake Community Store/Gas Bar and Girly's Restaurant
  • Coordinates community events, meetings and activities at Wabshki Penasi School Gymnasium
  • Owns and operates a Wild Rice Processing Plant located on-reserve; the only one in Canada
  • Owns a logging enterprise which builds forest access roads and supplies regional mills with logs
  • Operates a tree nursery that supplies 6 million seedlings annually under contract to forestry companies
  • Serviced by air through the Dryden Regional Airport located 34 km NW of community
  • Administers Wabshki-Penasi School for students from JK to Grade 8 and offers the Abinooji Learning Centre
  • Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation was the first community in the Treaty #3 region to hold an open and public "traditional powwow" in the 1970's

Services and Programs:
Fees: None
Application: Call for information
Eligibility - Population(s) Served: Members of Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation
Languages: English

This information was last completely updated on: 10-2-2025


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