Editing Fort Severn First Nation (section)

{{other uses of|Severn|Fort Severn|Severn (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Fort Severn 89
| official_name            = Fort Severn Indian Reserve No. 89
| native_name              = ᐗᔕᐦᐅ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ
| native_name_lang         = csw
| translit_lang1           = Western [[Swampy Cree]]
| translit_lang1_info      = ''Waśaho Ininiwak''
| translit_lang1_type      = [[Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics]]
| settlement_type          = [[Indian reserve]]
| image_skyline            = 
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| nickname                 = 
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| image_map                = 
| map_caption              = 
| pushpin_map              = Canada Ontario
| pushpin_label_position   = 
| pushpin_mapsize          = 200
| coordinates              = {{Coord|55|59|33|N|87|38|06|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type         = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{ON}}
| subdivision_type2        = [[Census divisions of Ontario|District]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Kenora District|Kenora]]
| subdivision_type3        = First Nation
| subdivision_name3        = Fort Severn
| established_title        = 
| established_date         = 
| government_type          = Band council
| leader_title             = 
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| area_footnotes           = <ref name="cp2011">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3560078&Geo2=CD&Code2=3560&Data=Count&SearchText=f&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=35&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Fort Severn 89 census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2011 Census|2011 Census of Population]] |date=8 February 2012 |access-date=27 May 2015 |archive-date=11 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611012725/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3560078&Geo2=CD&Code2=3560&Data=Count&SearchText=f&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=35&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 
| area_land_km2            = 44.07
| area_water_km2           = 
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="cp2016">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3560078&Geo2=CD&Code2=3560&Data=Count&SearchText=f&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=35&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Fort Severn 89 census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2016 Census|2016 Census of Population]] |access-date=20 May 2016 |archive-date=4 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204053738/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3560078&Geo2=CD&Code2=3560&Data=Count&SearchText=f&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=35&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| population_total         = 361
| population_as_of         = 2016
| population_density_km2   = 8.2
| website                  = [http://fortsevern.firstnation.ca/ fortsevern.firstnation.ca]
}}
[[File:Fort Severn by air.jpg|alt= Aerial view of Fort Severn, Summer 2015|thumb|279x279px|Aerial view of Fort Severn, Summer 2015]]
[[File:Fort severn Airport Sign.jpg|alt= Sign at Fort Severn Airport in English and Cree. Summer 2015|thumb|273x273px|Sign at Fort Severn Airport in English (''Fort Severn'') and Cree (''{{lang|csw-Cans|ᐗᔕᐦᐅᐠ}}'' [''Waśahohk'']). Summer 2015]]

'''Fort Severn First Nation''' ({{langx|csw-Cans|ᐗᔕᐦᐅ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ|Waśaho Ininiwak}}) is a Western [[Swampy Cree]] [[First Nations in Canada|First Nation]] [[band government]] located on the [[Severn River (Hudson Bay)|Severn River]] near [[Hudson Bay]]. It is the [[Extreme communities of Canada|northernmost community]] in [[Ontario]], Canada. In 2001, the population was 401, consisting of 90 families in an area of 40 square kilometres. The legal name of the reserve is '''Fort Severn 89''', with the main settlement of '''Fort Severn''' ({{langx|csw-Cans|ᐗᔕᐦᐅᐠ|Waśahohk}}; {{langx|ojs-Cans|ᐙᔕᐦᐅᐤ|wâšahow}}).

The town is linked by a [[winter road|winter]]/[[ice road]] called the [[Wapusk Trail]] during the winter to [[Peawanuck]], [[Ontario]], in the east, and [[Shamattawa, Manitoba|Shamattawa]] and [[Gillam, Manitoba]], to the west.

Fort Severn is [[police]]d by the [[Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service]], an Indigenous-based service.