Moose Deer Point First Nation
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 in the 1830s and later arrived in the area. The reserve was surveyed in 1917.
Government
The reserve is led by band council consisting of a Chief and four councillors. The council is supported by an administrator, finance officer and clerical staff.Services
Basic services offered to reserve residents include:- Children Services
- Elders Services
- Health Services
- Education
- Social Services
- Recreation
- Economic Development
- Water Services
- Fire Services – one station with man by volunteers in Gordons Bay; supported by two fire trucks
- Maintenance
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
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