Walpole Island First Nation
Walpole Island 46
Bkejwanong | |
|---|---|
| Walpole Island Indian Reserve No. 46 | |
Governance building | |
| Coordinates: 42°33′N 82°29′W / 42.550°N 82.483°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| County | Lambton |
| First Nation | Walpole Island |
| Government | |
| • Chief | Leela Thomas |
| • Federal riding | Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong |
| • Prov. riding | Lambton—Kent—Middlesex |
| Area | |
| • Land | 137.47 km2 (53.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 1,878 |
| • Density | 13.66/km2 (35.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 519 and 226 |
Walpole Island is an island and First Nation reserve in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the border between Ontario and Michigan in the United States. It is located in the mouth of the Saint Clair River on Lake Saint Clair, about 121 kilometres (75 mi) by road from Windsor, Ontario, and 124 kilometres (77 mi) from Detroit, Michigan.
Walpole Island is given (but disputed) as the resting place of Tecumseh, a 19th-century leader of the Shawnee of much renown for his resistance against American westward expansion by forming Tecumseh's confederacy and starting Tecumseh's War.