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{{Infobox settlement
| name                   = M'Chigeeng 22
| official_name          = M'Chigeeng (West Bay) Indian Reserve No. 22
| settlement_type        = [[Indian reserve]]
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| subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1      = {{ON}}
| subdivision_type2      = [[Census divisions of Ontario|District]]
| subdivision_name2      = [[Manitoulin District|Manitoulin]]
| subdivision_type3 = First Nation
| subdivision_name3 = M'Chigeeng
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| area_land_km2          = 32.90
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| population_footnotes   = <ref name ="AANDC" /><ref name="cp2011">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3551045&Geo2=CD&Code2=3551&Data=Count&SearchText=m&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=35&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=M'Chigeeng 22 (West Bay 22) census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2011 Census|2011 Census of Population]] |date=8 February 2012 |accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref>
| population_total       = 939
| population_as_of       = 2018
| population_density_km2 = 27.3
| website                = [http://www.mchigeeng.ca/ www.mchigeeng.ca]
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'''M'Chigeeng First Nation''', also known as '''West Bay''', is an [[Ojibwe]] [[First Nations in Canada|First Nation]] [[band government]] in the [[Manitoulin District, Ontario|Manitoulin District]] of [[Ontario]], Canada.  The total registered population as of December 2018, was 2623 people, of which their on-reserve population was 939.<ref name ="AANDC">{{cite web |title=Registered Population Official Name M'Chigeeng First Nation |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNRegPopulation.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=181&lang=eng |website=[[Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada]] |publisher=Government of Canada |date=3 November 2008}}</ref> The First Nation have [[Indian reserve|reserved]] for themselves the 3094.7 ha '''M'Chigeeng 22 Indian Reserve''' located on [[Manitoulin Island]].

==Governance==
M'Chigeeng First Nation leadership are elected on a three-year term.  Currently, the First Nation is governed by Chief Morgan Hare and 10 Councillors: Jean Debassige, Ray Corbiere, James Panamick, Charles Beaudin, Robert Beaudin, Kim Aelick, Kevin Eshkawkogan, Ross Armstrong, Andrew Bisson and Earl Debassige until September 2026.  The First Nation is a member of the [[United Chiefs & Councils of Manitoulin Island]], a regional tribal Chiefs' council.

== Media and events ==
On February 11, 2010, Anong Migwans Beam, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated applied to the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]] for a new English and aboriginal-language Type B Native FM radio programming low-power FM radio station in M’Chigeeng. The applicant proposes a format completely devoted to the recovery and sustainment of the Ojibwe language. Programming would include educational and music programs.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-72.htm#15 Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-72]</ref> The station began broadcasting late in the summer of 2010 and is known as [[CHYF-FM]].

The community is the primary home of the annual [[Weengushk International Film Festival]], although some events associated with the festival are also held in other communities on Manitoulin Island.

==Pictures==
{|
| [[Image:MChigeeng FN 2.JPG|thumb|none|210px|M'Chigeeng, Ontario]]
| [[Image:Ojibwe Cultural Foundation.jpg|thumb|200px|Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, M'Chigeeng, Ontario]]
|}

== Notable citizens ==
* [[Carl Beam]], visual artist

==See also==
*[[Kenjgewin Teg Educational Institute]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mchigeeng.ca/ M'Chigeeng official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061027222042/http://sdiprod2.inac.gc.ca/FNProfiles/FNProfiles_DETAILS.asp?BAND_NUMBER=181 profile from INAC]

{{Geographic Location (8-way)
 | Centre    = M'Chigeeng 22
 | North     = ''[[North Channel (Ontario)|North Channel]]''
 | Northeast = 
 | East      = [[Billings, Ontario|Billings]]
 | Southeast = 
 | South     = [[Central Manitoulin, Ontario|Central Manitoulin]]
 | Southwest = 
 | West      = [[Billings, Ontario|Billings]]
 | Northwest = 
}}
{{United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin}}
{{Anishnabek Nation}}
{{Anishinaabe}}
{{Manitoulin District}}
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[[Category:First Nations governments in Ontario]]
[[Category:Communities in Manitoulin Island]]
[[Category:Ojibwe reserves in Ontario]]