Indigenous Experiences.
Tunnel Island / Waa'Say'Gaa'Boo, on the Winnipeg River north of downtown Kenora, is co-stewarded under a Common Ground partnership of the City of Kenora, Grand Council Treaty #3, Wauzhushk Onigum Nation, Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining First Nation, and Obashkaandagaang First Nation. The arrangement is formally embedded in the city's land-acknowledgement framework and is visible across the Tunnel Island trail network — an institutional structure most cities don't have.
The brief.
Kenora sits on Treaty 3 territory. The Common Ground partnership at Tunnel Island is visible to visitors as a co-stewardship arrangement on the trail network — the Tunnel Island land carries the institutional framing in its signage and in the city's land-acknowledgement language.
Anicinabe Park, the city's largest beach park, is the subject of an active Treaty 3 land claim filed by Wauzhushk Onigum, Niisaachewan Anishinaabe, and Washagamis Bay First Nations for return of the lands; visitors continue to use the park, but the situation is unresolved and worth understanding before going. 1a does not surface a confirmed standing visitor-facing guided-experience program from one of the Treaty 3 Nations — when one surfaces, that's the path to a Signature upgrade. Tunnel Island trail surface is seasonal; the Common Ground sites are year-round.
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Tunnel Island / Waa'Say'Gaa'Boo Common Ground partnership lands
Co-stewarded by the City of Kenora, Grand Council Treaty #3, Wauzhushk Onigum Nation, Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining First Nation, and Obashkaandagaang First Nation; trail network on the Winnipeg River carries the partnership signage and framing.
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Anicinabe Park
Municipal beach park on Lake of the Woods that is the subject of an active Treaty 3 land claim filed by Wauzhushk Onigum, Niisaachewan Anishinaabe, and Washagamis Bay First Nations for return of the lands.
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Today's read.
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By the book.
- 01The Tunnel Island land in Kenora is co-stewarded under the Common Ground partnership of the City of Kenora, Grand Council Treaty #3, and the communities of Wauzhushk Onigum, Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining, and Obashkaandagaang; visitors should follow posted partnership signage and the city's land-acknowledgement framing.Source ↗
- 02The Anicinabe Park land claim is active — Wauzhushk Onigum, Niisaachewan Anishinaabe, and Washagamis Bay First Nations have filed for return of the land. Frame the park carefully and use current municipal/community language.Source ↗
