• Chief, Deputy Chief and four Band Council members elected every three years under the Custom Electoral System; next election Sep 2025
  • Wapekeka Kapeshewekamic Lodging: 807-537-2797
Programme: Wapekeka First Nation - Band Office
Organisation: Wapekeka First Nation
Numéros de téléphone: 807-537-2315
Sans frais: 1-855-242-3310
Crise: 1-888-310-1122
Télécopie: 807-537-2336
Adresse courriel: wfn@wapekeka.ca
Site Web: www.wapekeka.ca
Adresse
postale
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c/o c/o Band Office
PO Box 2 c/o Band Office
Wapekeka, ON
P0V 1B0
Adresse:
Band Office
Wapekeka First Nation
Point géographique:
  • Band Office is located in the community of Wapekeka First Nation
  • Situated near the Wapekeka Community Store
  • Community is along SE shores of Angling Lake, approx 450 km NE of Sioux Lookout, 26 km NW of Big Trout Lake
  • Co
Accessibilité:
Not Wheelchair Accessible
Heures d’ouverture: Band Office: Mon-Fri 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-5 pm
Personnes-ressources publiques: Caroline Brown - Band Administrator and Media Liaison

Brennan Sainnawap - Chief
brennans@wapekeka.ca
Description des services: 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:
  • Child and Family Services worker on-reserve provided by Tikinagan Child & Family Services, head office in Sioux Lookout; Wapekeka served through Fort Severn Office
  • Hospital services available at Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout
  • Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Big Trout Lake (KI) Police services, administered by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
  • Provides a few small private businesses, Wapekeka Community Store and the Bear's Den Hotel
  • Offers a Youth Centre and a Senior's Complex
  • Holds community events and meetings at the Wapekeka Memorial Hall including the annual Survivors of Suicide Conference
  • Operates a Canada Post postal station on part-time basis; mail delivery by Wasaya Airways once per week
  • Provides worship services through St Paul's Anglican Church, the Parish Hall (where most seniors attend), the Full Gospel Youth Ministry Church and Wapekeka Assembly Church
  • Offers a local radio station and cable television
  • Provides provincial court services in the community at the Band Office on an occasional basis
  • Serviced by scheduled and charter flights through the gravel runway Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport located 2.8 km W of community; maintained and serviced by the Ministry of Transportation Ontario
  • Provides an Emergency First Response Team
  • Provides health care at the Nursing Station (Judas & Emily Winter Memorial Clinic)
  • Coordinates some health programs through Wapekeka Health Authority
  • Administers education services and the Reverend Eleazar Winter Memorial School, currently operating in community buildings pending construction of new school, through the Wapekeka Education Authority
  • In Aug 1981 the Angling Lake Band officially changed its name to Wapekeka First Nation
  • Wapekeka is a dry community and ALL arriving passengers at airport and via winter road undergo a luggage check for alcohol and/or illegal substances



Frais: None
Procédé et formulaires: Call for information
Admissibilité / population desservie: Members of Wapekeka First Nation
Langues: English
Notes linguistiques: Oji-Cree, available upon request
Zone desservie: Northern
Voir aussi: Défense des droits et action sociale pour les peuples autochtones
Planification et preparation des urgences
Services gouvernementaux - Autochtones
Dernière mise à jour: 4/3/2025
Adresse Web du profil de service: fre/displayService.aspx?id=146066

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