Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation (or "Pic River" for short) is an Ojibwa (Anishinaabe) First Nation band on the north shore of Lake Superior at the mouth of the Pic River. Pic River is not a signatory to the Robinson Superior treatyhowever they did petition, starting in 1879, for a reserve and were subsequently successfully granted a reserve. The community is located on 316.6 ha Pic River 50 Indian reserve. In November 2007, their total registered population was 964 people, of which their on-reserve population was 480.
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