Sagkeeng First Nation

The Sagkeeng First Nation is an Anishinaabe First Nation which holds territory east of Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada 120 kilometers north of Winnipeg coordinates: 50°36′32″N 96°17′44″W. The Sagkeeng Ojibway people are direct descendants of the Anishinabe tribes that migrated from one of the oldest settlements in North America in the Ontario Sault Ste. Marie area during the 1700s. Sagkeeng, which was once called Fort Alexander, has a total population of approximately 7,600 registered band members with more than 1/2 of members living off reserve. The name "Sagkeeng" is derived from the Ojibwe word zaagiing meaning "at the outlet". The Reserve is located on both North and South shores "at the outlet" of the Winnipeg River and lies adjacent to the northern border of the Rural Municipality of Alexander, which also borders the Town of Powerview-Pine Falls. The territory of Sagkeeng/Fort Alexander Reserve #3 originally, was to have commenced one mile upstream from the Fort Alexander trading post occupied by the Hudson’s Bay Company. INAC files indicate the Chief and Council requested it be moved to its present location. Had the boundaries not been moved the eastern boundary would have taken in all of Powerview and St. George. The Manitoba Hydro Generating Station would also have been within this boundary.

There is few hundred-year history trading of the Anishinaabe Peoples and European immigrant explorer/traders in the area. In 1732 during the fur trading era La Vérendrye's built a trading post on the north side of Winnipeg river, calling it Fort Maurepas north of Selkirk, Manitoba. Later in 1792, the North West Company built a post on the south side of the River near Lake Winnipeg sometimes called Fort Bas de la Rivière. In 1807, the Hudson Bay Company built Fort Alexander to further facilitate trade with the natives in the area. The Fort was named after Alexander Mackay a Northwest Company partner. This then became the site of Fort Alexander when the North West Company and the Hudson Bay Company merged.

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