Wasauksing Swing Bridge [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Wasauksing Swing Bridge
The Wasauksing Swing Bridge spans the South Channel, a narrow channel of Georgian Bay between the Rose Point on the mainland and an island commonly known as Parry Island (the Wasauksing First Nation), near Parry Sound, Ontario.
The bridge was built by the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway to provide rail access to Depot Harbour. The bridge is sometimes referred to by its former name, the "Rose Point Swing Bridge".
A bridge was first built at this location in 1887 (
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The reserve is home to a community radio station, CHRZ-FM, the Indigenous magazine "MUSKRAT", and discontinued Indigenous magazine "Spirit".
Transportation.
The reserve's main road crosses to the mainland via the Wasauksing Swing Bridge, connecting to Rose Point Road in Seguin Township south of Parry Sound. The road continues to Parry Sound itself, becoming Emily Street at the municipal boundary of Parry Sound and Seguin.
People.
Notable people from the Wasauksing First Nation include Francis Pegahmagabow, the