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Barrière Lake First Nation

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Phonetic: Barrière Lake (english expression)

Geographical location of territory

Territory map
Company Name1 : Algonquins of Barriere Lake
Chief:
Councillors:
Languages: Algonquin, english
Adress: C.P. 74, General Delivery
Rapid Lake (Québec)
J0W 2C0
Phone: None
Fax: None
Web site: None


DEMOGRAPHY

Population
Number of persons
within the community		 Number of persons
outside the community		 Total

545

118

663

Reference: Indian Registry, INAC, December 2008


GEOGRAPHY

Territory Name: Rapid Lake Reserve
Type of territory: Indian reserve
Surface: 29.7 hectares (73.4 acres)
Localisation:  The community is located 134 kilometres north of Maniwaki, on the shores of the Cabonga reservoir.
Remoteness Factor: Year-round road access and located between 50 and 350 kilometres from the nearest service center.


POLITIC

Elections: Customary process
Tribal Council 2:  None
Member of Parliament:

Hon. Lawrence Cannon, Conservative Party (CP)
Pontiac
Provincial MNA:

Ms. Stéphanie Vallée, Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ)
Gatineau


ECONOMY

No enterprises on the territory.


EDUCATION

Band School3 on the territory:

School Name: Rapid Lake School
Grades: Pre-Kindergarden to Secondary 3
Number of students: 66 (2007-2008)

School Enrolment 2007-2008
  Band School Provincial School Total
Pre-kindergarden

10

---

---
Kindergarden 9 --- ---
Elementary 49 --- ---
Secondary 15 --- ---
Total : 83 68 151

Reference : Nominal Roll, INAC (2007-2008)

Number of students funded by postsecondary program4 : Data not available
Reference: Post-Secondary list, INAC (2007-2008)


COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURES

Fire protection: Small fire hall and firefighting equipment
Police services: Provided by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ)
Medical care: Nursing station managed by Health Canada
Waste disposal: Landfill site off reserve, collection by the Band council
Main community facilities: Band council offices, gymnasium
Water Supply: Piped supply from a community well, chlorinated
Sewers: Collector sewers and aerated lagoons for wastewater treatment
Road system: 8.3 kilometres of gravel roads
Housing Units: 60 (2007-2008)
Electricity: Generators (total : 1 525 kW)

Définitions:
1) Company Name: The corporate name of a company or a civil company (i.e. its name) is often made of credits, which name in a general way the company or the civil company, and of specific, which distinguishes this company from the others.
2) Tribal Council: Tribal Councils are defined as institutions established as a grouping of bands with common interests who voluntarily join together to provide advisory and/or program services to member bands.
3)

Band School: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) funds Band councils and First Nation education authorities for the education of children in Kindergarten to Grade 12 who attend schools on reserves or who attend provincially-run schools off reserve.

Approximately 60% of First Nations students are taught on reserve, almost always in schools operated by a Band council, another First Nations organization, or a federal school.
4) Post-Secondary Education Programs: Indian Affairs and Northern Development (INAC) provides financial support to eligible Status Indians and Inuit students under broad authorities of the the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Act to continue their education.

For further information on this community please call at 1-800-567-9604 or click on this link toward community profiles of Statistics Canada   (2006 Census).

Last profile update: December 9th 2008

Date Modified:2009-11-09

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