M'Chigeeng (West Bay). Manitoulin Island. Northern Ontario.
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	Photo Credits: © Bob Foster. Thumbnail image:Tyler Knight . Tower Message: M'Chigeeng Tower Location: Tower Information (11-05) Built: Height: Capacity: Water Source: Area Information: West Bay First Nation has recently undergone a name change to M'Chigeeng (pronounced shih-geeng), Ojibwe for "village enclosed by stepped cliffs". It is the second-largest reserve on Manitoulin Island. M'Chigeeng was settled in the early nineteenth century by people who moved to the Island from Minnesota. By the 1860s, the community had a chapel and a school, and in 1867 the reserve boundaries were set. Today the community has a population of about 800.
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