Lansdowne House, Ontario redirects here. For the community in Southern Ontario

Southern Ontario

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, see Lansdowne, Ontario.

Neskantaga (also known as Lansdowne House, Ontario), is a remote First Nations reserve

Indian reserve

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 number 239 in the northern reaches of the Canadian

Canada

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 province of Ontario

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, situated along the shore of Attawapiskat Lake

Attawapiskat Lake

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. The town is linked to the rest of Ontario by the Lansdowne House Airport

Lansdowne House Airport

Lansdowne House Airport, , is located southwest of the First Nations community of Neskantaga , Ontario, Canada....

, and by winter road

Winter road

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s and ice road

Ice road

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s to points south, via the Northern Ontario Resource Trail

Northern Ontario Resource Trail

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. It has a total aboriginal population of 316 people.

Neskantaga is police

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d by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service

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, an Aboriginal based service.

It is located in the District of Kenora

Kenora District, Ontario

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Northern Light Mission Trips have been conducted for the children of the community by members of the Tintern Church of Christ in Beamsville, Ontario.

In 2010 the new community complex was built after a fire destroyed the former community complex

Neskantaga Education Centre is the reserve's local elementry and highschool students are sent to Thunder Bay for highschool