| Neyaashiinigmiing | |
| Official Name: | Neyaashiinigmiing Indian Reserve No. 27 |
| Settlement Type: | Unceded territory |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
| Coordinates: | 44.9167°N -83°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bruce |
| Subdivision Type3: | First Nation |
| Subdivision Name3: | Chippewas of Nawash |
| Area Land Km2: | 63.84 |
| Population Total: | 615 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 9.6 |
| Website: | www.nawash.ca |
Neyaashiinigmiing, formerly Cape Croker,[1] is a reserve within Bruce County, Ontario. It is one of the parcels of land administered by the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation.
The name Neyaashiinigmiing loosely translated from Ojibwe as point of land surrounded on 3 sides by water. Which describes the location of Neyaashiinigmiing 27.[2]
See main article: Cape Croker Lighthouse. The Cape Croker Lighthouse is located on the south-east corner of Neyaashiinigmiing. It was first built in 1898, but was replaced in 1902 with the current lighthouse. The lighthouse was the first of its type and was the first to have an electrically ran light and foghorn. The lighthouse is an octagonal lighthouse, with a height of 18 meters/53 feet. The original lighthouse was a wooden lighthouse. The lighthouse has a fresnel light and its range is 24 km.[3] [4]
Cape Croker Park is a 520-acre park located in Neyaashiinigmiing. Surrounding Sydney Bay. It offers camping and hosts the annual pow-wow.[5]
The Bruce Trail goes through Neyaashiinigmiing and on some of the bluffs on Neyaashiinigmiing.[6]
The reserve Neyaashiinigmiing is also home to two bluffs the Jones Bluff and the Sydney Bay Bluff, the Bruce trail goes on both of the bluffs.