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Brunswick House First Nation is anOjibway-CreeFirst Nations in theCanadian province ofOntario, located in theSudbury District, 157 km (97.6 mi) northeast ofSault Ste Marie, Ontario. The First Nation havereserved for themselves the 9,054.2 hectares (22,373.4 acres)Mountbatten 76A Indian Reserve and the 259.8 hectares (642.0 acres)Duck Lake 76B Indian Reserve. As of June 2025[update], it had a registered population of 763 members, of which 121 live on-Reserve.[1]
Brunswick House ispoliced by theNishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal-based service.
Originally known as the New Brunswick House Band of Ojibway, the Ojibway people who during thefur trade era traded primarily at theNew Brunswick House posts at Brunswick Lake andMissinaibi Lake became a signatory toTreaty 9. Originally, the Band had reserved for themselves the 17,280 acres (6,993.0 ha) New Brunswick House 76 Indian Reserve, but on June 1, 1925, the Ontario government established theChapleau Game Preserve which surrounded (and did not explicitly exclude) the New Brunswick House reserve and was closed to all hunting and trapping. The Ontario government subsequently purchased reserve land from the federal government in 1928. In 1947, the federal government purchased a tract of land inMountbatten Township from the Ontario government and established the Mountbatten 76A Indian Reserve. The Band moved to its present reserve at Duck Lake 76B Indian Reserve after 642 acres (259.8 ha) of the Mountbatten 76A were exchanged in 1973 for an equivalent area of land closer toChapleau, Ontario.
Brunswick House First Nation elects their leaders through the Act Electoral System, consisting of a Chief and six Councillors. The current Chief is Cheryl St. Denis, and the Councillors are Amberly Quakegesic, Melanie Quackegesic, Angela Saunders, Kevin Tangie, and Lorraine Tangie.[2]
Brunswick House First Nation is affiliated with theWabun Tribal Council, and is part of theNishnawbe Aski Nation.[1]
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