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Community Connections

Five Nations Energy Inc. produces a newsletter several times each year and produces news releases periodically to keep its customers and the communities it serves informed. You can find our most recent newsletter, as well as a number of our archived newsletters here. News releases can be found here.

Five Nations Energy also provides scholarships to students from each of the communities annually based on applications from the educational authorities in each community. You can find more information about the awards and learn about some past winners here.

Five Nations also supports Creefest annually and has a fund for other donations. Examples of past donations and the donation criteria can be found here.

Community Profiles

Fort Albany & Kashechewan

The Fort Albany #67 Indian Reserve is unique because there are two First Nations residing on the land - Fort Albany and Kashechewan. The Fort Albany reserve has a total land base of 36 346 hectares.

The Fort Albany reserve originated as a Hudson's Bay Company trading post. The reserve boundaries were described in the 1905 Treaty No. 9. During the 1950s, the reserve divided into two communities; Albany and Kashechewan. A result of this division was that Albany maintained its largely Roman Catholic identity, while Kashechewan remained mostly Anglican.

The Fort Albany First Nation is on the south bank of the Albany River about 15 kilometres upstream from James Bay, and has an on-reserve population of 900. The community of Fort Albany consists of three areas: the mainland, Anderson Island and Sinclair Island. Kashechewan, with an on-reserve population of 1 200, is located close by along the north bank of the Albany River. Both communities are approximately 150 km north of Moosonee.

The Roman Catholic Mission was relocated from the original Fort Albany on Albany Island to the mainland south of Sinclair Island around 1930. The Anglican Mission was established later in Kashechewan.

Each First Nation now maintains their own public buildings, institutions, social services, air strips, and governments. Hospital services are available at Fort Albany only, but the community of Kashechewan has a health clinic. Both Kashechewan and Fort Albany operate and maintain their electricity distribution system through their respective Power Corporation’s. Only Kashechewan has a local diesel generator which serves as emergency backup power. Both Fort Albany and Kashechewan are accessible by a winter road that connects the communities to the town of Moosonee. During the summer months, barges deliver materials and supplies. Even so, for most of the year, the communities are accessible by air travel only.

Attawapiskat

The Attawapiskat First Nation, is located approximately 260 km north of Moosonee, near the mouth of the Attawapiskat River along the western coast of James Bay. It has an on-reserve population of 1498. Timmins is 500 km to the south. The community can be accessed by air and winter road or by barge during the summer.

Attawapiskat has two reserves. Attawapiskat No. 91A, where the people reside, has a land base of 131 hectares. Attawapiskat No. 91 is located up river and has a land base of 27 040 hectares, although Attawapiskat No. 91 is uninhabited and the land is used primarily for traditional purposes.

The reserve has a hospital, nurses' residence, post office, First Nation-operated elementary and secondary schools, band office, Northern Store, church, community hall, arena, all-weather airport, and police station. In addition, a team of First Nation Peacekeepers work in the community.

Attawapiskat's on-reserve secondary school, built by the First Nation, means a great deal to the community. In the past, leaving home to attend school created many disruptions in the community, especially for those students who were separated from their families and homes for extended periods of time. The school also provides opportunities for mature students to continue secondary education at home.

The community, which has approximately 260 houses, has an extensive road system, diesel generation system operated by Ontario Hydro, and water system. A new sewage system was constructed in 1994-1995. Dykes are now being constructed to protect the community from spring flooding, which sometimes necessitates emergency evacuations.