"[5] It is independent of, but within the geographic region of, Lambton County and adjoins the municipality of Chatham-Kent and the township of Saint Clair.

Across the Saint Clair River to the west are the United States towns of Algonac, Michigan, and Clay Township.

[6] In the late 1600s and early 1700s, what is now known as Walpole Island and the surrounding area was settled by people from the Ojibwe and Odawa nations.

The nature of these contracts "created a lasting mistrust between the community, Indian Affairs, and non-Native resource industries".

[12] By the early twentieth century, the river surrounding Walpole Island was heavily trafficked with industrial freight.

Walpole Island has the only self-sustaining population of northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) confirmed to exist in Ontario, and by extension, all of Canada.

[21] The Harriett Jacobs Center within WDSS houses the Walpole Island First Nation Secondary School Program, assisting 150+ students.