Page 10 - Alderville First Nation

Entrance to Vimy Ridge. This parcel
of land was purchased by the
Alderville First Nation in 1914. Location and Territory
Our community, Alderville First Nation, formally known as
Alnwick Indian Reserve #37, is located on the south shore
WORDS TO KNOW
of Rice Lake. Our Chief and Council changed our name from
Certificate of Possession
Alnwick to Alderville in 1988. We are south of Peterborough and
(C.P.): a certificate given to an
individual First Nations member, north of Cobourg. The community is in the centre of Alderville
who then “owns” that piece Alnwick Township. County Road 45 runs through the community.
of Crown land, although First
Our territory includes Sugar Island, known as Sugar Island Indian
Nations people cannot own
land under the Indian Act. The Reserve #37A, located off the north shore of Rice Lake from
individual then can lease out
Keene. It also includes a part of the shoreline along Rice Lake
the land or use it much like
people use their land in other that we have named Vimy Ridge.
parts of Canada, but he or she
cannot sell it to anyone who Land in Alderville is owned by individual members through a
is not a member of Alderville Certificate of Possession (C.P.), or “possession ticket” as it is
First Nation.
commonly called.
reserve: The Government of
Canada defines reserves as
There is also land owned by the provincial government in our
“land held by the Government
of Canada on behalf of First community. The areas of First Nation territory are broken up by
Nations for the use and benefit provincially or privately owned land, which gives our community
of First Nations.”
a checkerboard pattern on the map.

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