| Flying Post 73 | |
| Settlement Type: | Indian reserve |
| Official Name: | Flying Post Indian Reserve No. 73 |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
| Coordinates: | 48.5333°N -83°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cochrane |
| Subdivision Type3: | First Nation |
| Subdivision Name3: | Flying Post |
| Area Land Km2: | 58.19 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 0 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | 0.0 |
| Website: | flyingpost.ca |
Flying Post First Nation is an Ojibway and Cree First Nation band government in Nipigon, Ontario. It has a reserve called Flying Post 73.
Reserves were first established between the government and First Nations in Northern Ontario through the signing of the Treaty #9 document in 1905 and 1906 and later additional adhesions in 1929 and 1930. In 1906, Flying Post lands were identified in a ‘Schedule Of Reserves’ in the Treaty 9 document and listed the First Nation lands as follows – '‘In the province of Ontario, commencing at a point half a mile south of Six-Mile Rapids, on the east side of Ground Hog River, thence south a distance of four miles, and of sufficient depth to give an area of twenty-three square miles.’' In the 1960s, Flying Post First Nation members began to organize themselves during the formation of First Nation political organizations such as Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN). During this period they re-established themselves as a First Nation entity and elected a Chief and Council to represent their people.