Nipissing 10, Ontario

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Coordinates: 46°20′34″N 79°49′18″W / 46.342645°N 79.821626°W / 46.342645; -79.821626

Community centre in Garden Village
Waterfront on Lake Nipissing in Garden Village

Nipissing 10 is a First Nations reserve in northeastern Ontario, Canada located on the north shores of Lake Nipissing in Nipissing District, serving as the land base for the Nipissing First Nation. The 21,007.3 hectares (51,910 acres) reserve is located west of North Bay and east of West Nipissing.

The reserve comprises the communities of Beaucage and Garden Village. Beaucage is located directly on Highway 17, while Garden Village is accessible by municipal streets in Sturgeon Falls.

Garden Village was depicted in the comic strip For Better or for Worse, as the community where Elizabeth Patterson did her practice teaching while studying education at North Bay's Nipissing University.

[edit] Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census[1]:

  • Population: 1,450
  • % Change (2006-2011): 2.6
  • Dwellings: 674
  • Area (km²): 61.22
  • Density (persons per km²): 23.7

[edit] References

  1. ^ Census Profile

[edit] External links