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Moose Point 79
Moose Point Indian Reserve No. 79
Moose Point 79 is located in Southern Ontario
Moose Point 79
Moose Point 79
Location in Southern Ontario
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
District Municipality Muskoka
First Nation Moose Deer Point
Area
 • Land 2.67 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total 210
 • Density 78.7/km2 (204/sq mi)
Website moosedeerpoint.ca

Moose Deer Point First Nation is a Potawatomi First Nation in the District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario. It has a reserve called Moose Point 79. The reserve is located along Twelve Mile Bay.

The First nation is a member of the Anishinabek Nation organization.

Members of Moose Deer Point are descended from settlers from the American Midwest who arrived in Southern Ontario (Beausoleil Island on Georgian Bay) in the 1830s and later arrived in the area. The reserve was surveyed in 1917.

Transportation

Twelve Mile Bay Road is the main road in the reserve and makes connections to Ontario Highway 400.

Local roads on reserve:

  • Williams Wharf Road
  • Ogemawahj Road
  • Mitawbik Road
  • Moose Deer Point Marina Road
  • Bloody Bay Road
  • Harrison Trail
  • Lagoon Road

Water access to the area are made by boats from Moose Deer Point Marina.

Communities

  • King Bay – residential area located near Big David Bay
  • Isaac Bay – residential area along Twelve Mile Bay
  • Gordons Bay – main hub with commercial, recreational and administration services along Twelve Mile Bay

Nearby

  • O'Donnell Point Provincial Nature Reserve – a non-operating provincial park (closed to public use)
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