Walpole Island is an island and Indian reserve 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.
In addition to Walpole Island itself, the reserve also includes Squirrel, St. Anne, Seaway, Bassett, and Potawatomi Islands. It is unceded territory and is inhabited by the Chippewa, Potawatomi, and Ottawa peoples of the Walpole Island First Nation, who call it Bkejwanong, meaning "where the waters divide."
It is part of Lambton County, and adjoins the municipality 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.
According to one tradition, Tecumseh's grave is on the reserve there.
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