Walpole Island is an
island and the name of a community in southwestern
Ontario,
Canada, on the border between
Ontario and
Michigan in the
United States. It is located in the mouth of the
St. Clair River on
Lake St. Clair, approximately thirty miles (50 km) northeast of
Detroit, Michigan, and
Windsor, Ontario. It is
unceded territory and is inhabited by the
Chippewa,
Potawatomi, and
Ottawa peoples. According to one tradition,
Tecumseh's grave is on the reserve there. The population as of the
2001 census was 1,843. It is part of
Lambton County, and adjoins the city of
Chatham-Kent and the township of
St. Clair. Across the St. Clair River to the west are the city of
Algonac, Michigan, and
Clay Township, Michigan, in the
United States.
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