Kettle Point, Ontario

Kettle Point 44
Indian reserve
Kettle Point Indian Reserve No. 44
Administration building
Kettle Point 44
Coordinates: 43°12′N 82°00′W / 43.200°N 82.000°W / 43.200; -82.000Coordinates: 43°12′N 82°00′W / 43.200°N 82.000°W / 43.200; -82.000
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Lambton
First Nation	Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point
Settled	1827
Government
• Chief	Thomas Bressette
• Federal riding	Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
• Prov. riding	Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
Area
• Land	9.20 km2 (3.55 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	936
• Density	101.7/km2 (263/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code	N0N 1J1
Area code(s)	519 and 226
Website	www.kettlepoint.org

Kettle Point 44 is an Indian reserve 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, on the southern shore of Lake Huron. The reserve serves as the land base for the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nations. There are two nations on this reserve, Chippewas of Kettle Point, and Chippewas of Stony Point. Its area is 895.7 ha.

They are two of 42 Anishinaabeg First Nations in Ontario, and belongs to the Union of Ontario Indians.

The Chippewa (also generally called Ojibwe in Canada) are an Anishinaabe-speaking indigenous nation with people within the borders of present-day Canada and the United States.

Former Chiefs of the Band

Traditional Chiefs: Oshawnoo at Kettle Point (1826), Whapagas at Stony Point (1826), John Johnston (1860), Isaac Shawnoo (1860).

Chief Councilors representing K&SP at the "General Council at Sarnia": John Johnston (1872), Isaac Shawnoo (1872), Lewis Cloud (1892), Adam Sapah (1895), Jeffrey Bressette (1899), James Johnston (1899), John Elijah (1907), John Milliken (1907), Caleb Shawkence (1913)

Elected Chiefs since Independence': Cornelius Shawnoo (1919), John Milliken (1907), Sam Bressette (1928–34), Caleb Shawkence (1934-40), Frank Bressette (1940), Bruce Milliken (1943), Frank Bressette (1946), Wilfred Shawkence (1949), Frank Bressette (1952), Earl Bressette (1954), David Bressette (1956), Thomas Bressette (1958-1970), Charles Shawkence (1970-1976), Frederick F. Bressette (1976), Charles Shawkence (1978-1981), Victor H. George (1981), Milton L. George (1982), Charles Shawkence (1984-1988), Yvonne Bressette (1988), Thomas M. Bressette (1990–97), Irving George (1997-98), Norm Shawnoo (1998-2000), Thomas M. Bressette (2000-2008), Elizabeth Cloud (2008-2012), Thomas M. Bressette (2012-2016)

In 1942 during World War II, the federal government appropriated land at Stoney Point under the War Measures Act to build a military camp, Camp Ipperwash, after offering payment to the Chippewa of Kettle and Stony Point First Nations. Their offer was rejected. The government had originally made as part of the offer a promise to return the land, but continued to use it after the war, by the 1990s primarily as a summer training camp for cadets. Residents were evicted, and moved into the Kettle Point First Nation, with unhappy consequences and social tension.