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Unorganized Thunder Bay
Unorganized Thunder Bay District is an unorganized area in northwestern Ontario, Canada in Thunder Bay District. It comprises all parts of the district that are not part of an incorporated municipality or a First Nations reserve. Most of the territory is within the Eastern Time Zone, but the part west of the 90th meridian is in the Central Time Zone. Geography Communities with Local services board *Armstrong * East Gorham * Hurkett * Kaministiquia *Lappe *Rossport *Shebandowan Other communities *Auden *Burchell Lake *Collins * English River (on boundary with Kenora District) * Finmark * Flindt Landing *Harvey *Hemlo *Heron Bay * Kashabowie * Melgund *Nolalu *Ombabika *Pays Plat * Raith *Savant Lake *Shabaqua *Shabaqua Corners *Silver Islet * Silver Mountain * Staunton *Sorrell Lake *Suomi * Upsala History Gold was noted in the area since 1869, but it wasn't until Peter Moses from Heron Bay, Ontario discovered additional gold that prospectors flocked to the area. In 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unorganized Area
An unorganized area or unorganized territory (french: Territoire non organisé) is any geographic region in Canada that does not form part of a municipality or Indian reserve. In these areas, the lowest level of government is provincial or territorial. In some of these areas, local service agencies may have some of the responsibilities that would otherwise be covered by municipalities. British Columbia Most regional districts in British Columbia include some electoral areas, which are unincorporated areas that do not have their own municipal government, but residents of such areas still receive a form of local government by electing representatives to their regional district boards. The Stikine Region in the province's far northwest is the only part of British Columbia not in a regional district, because of its low population and the lack of any incorporated municipalities. The Stikine Region—not to be confused with the Stikine Country or the Kitimat-Stikine Regional Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postal Codes In Canada
A Canadian postal code (french: code postal) is a six-character string that forms part of a postal address in Canada. Like British, Irish and Dutch postcodes, Canada's postal codes are alphanumeric. They are in the format ''A1A 1A1'', where ''A'' is a letter and ''1'' is a digit, with a space separating the third and fourth characters. As of October 2019, there were 876,445 postal codes using ''Forward Sortation Areas'' from A0A in Newfoundland to Y1A in Yukon. Canada Post provides a postal code look-up tool on its website, via its mobile application, and sells hard-copy directories and CD-ROMs. Many vendors also sell validation tools, which allow customers to properly match addresses and postal codes. Hard-copy directories can also be consulted in all post offices, and some libraries. When writing out the postal address for a location within Canada, the postal code follows the abbreviation for the province or territory. History City postal zones Numbered postal zones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burchell Lake, Ontario
Burchell Lake is a ghost town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located behind a locked gate at the southern end of Highway 802 in the Thunder Bay District.Ron Brown, ''Ontario's Ghost Town Heritage''. Boston Mills Press, 2007. . The town existed only from 1959 to 1967, as a company town, owned by North Coldsteam Mines Limited. History A copper mining town which was active from 1959 to 1967, the town had approximately 400 residents at its peak.Burchell Lake at Ontario Abandoned Places. The Burchell Lake area had seen mineral exploration as early as 1902, but active development of large-scale mining operations in the area was not economically feasible until the completion of Highway 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shebandowan, Ontario
Shebandowan is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on Highway 11 in the Thunder Bay District. The community is administered by a local services board, and is counted as part of the Unorganized Thunder Bay District in Canadian census data. Home of the Shebandowan Natives Golden Hockey League Golden means made of, or relating to gold. Golden may also refer to: Places United Kingdom *Golden, in the parish of Probus, Cornwall *Golden Cap, Dorset *Golden Square, Soho, London *Golden Valley, a valley on the River Frome in Gloucestershir ... team. Communities in Thunder Bay District Local services boards in Ontario {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossport, Ontario
Rossport is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in the Unorganized part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on the north shore of Lake Superior in geographic Lahontan Township, and is on Ontario Highway 17. Rossport is a designated place served by a local services board, and has a population of 65. History Rossport is named after John Ross (c1820-1898), construction manager for the north shore of Lake Superior route of the Canadian Pacific Railway from August 1882 to June 1885. His construction headquarters during that time period were in Port Arthur, Ontario and at Rossport, then known aMcKay's Harbour McKay's Harbour was named after Alexander McKay who operated a small fur trading post at Pays Plat and his son, Charles McKay, who was a lighthouse keeper at nearbBattle Islandfrom 1878-1913. After the end of CPR construction in 1885, Rossport became an important commercial fishing centre. Bowman Street is named after John Bowman (185 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lappe, Ontario
Lappe is a community in the Unorganized part of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is within and at the southern border of geographic Gorham Township, and lies approximately 20 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay at the junction of Ontario Highway 589 and Ontario Highway 591. An unincorporated designated place served by the East Gorham local services board, Lappe had a population of 1,465 in the Canada 2006 Census, an increase of 4.2% since 2001. It is the most populated designated place in Ontario. Pioneer settlers reported that the community received its name in the following way. As they travelled north from the small community of Kivikoski they were called Laplanders (northerners) and the community they settled called "Lappi", the Finnish word for Lapland. When the community acquired postal service in the 1930s, a bureaucratic error distorted the spelling to the present "Lappe". Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaministiquia
Kaministiquia () is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Thunder Bay District on Highway 102 approximately 30 kilometres west of Thunder Bay. A designated place served by a local services board, Kaministiquia had a population of 587 in the Canada 2006 Census. Kaministiquia is located at the convergence of the Dog and Mattawan Rivers. It was formerly served by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway's Lake Superior branch, but the line near Kaministiquia has been abandoned. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ..., Kaministiquia had a population of 643 living in 253 of its 278 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 625. With a land area of , it h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurkett, Ontario
Hurkett is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in the Unorganized Thunder Bay District, Unorganized part of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on Black Bay on the north shore of Lake Superior in Township (Canada)#Ontario, geographic Stirling Township, and is on Ontario Highway 582, a short spur off Ontario Highway 17. Hurkett is a designated place served by a local services board (Ontario), local services board, and has a population of 236. Demographics In the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hurkett had a population of 94 living in 51 of its 75 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 214. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. See also * List of unincorporated communities in Ontario References Other map sources: * * Communities in Thunder Bay District Designated places in Ontario Local services boards in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Gorham, Ontario
East Gorham is a local services board for the unincorporated geographic townships of Gorham and Jacques in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. The area is counted as part of Unorganized Thunder Bay District in Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ... census data. The elections for the board for the period October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020, held on September 19, 2020, had the result of Murray Cook as chair and Vicki Kutzak, Patricia Williams, Ted Post and Shelley Tuomi as board members. The community of Lappe is at the southern border of the board's jurisdiction at the junction of Ontario Highway 589 and Ontario Highway 591. Ontario Highway 589 continues north through Gorham and Jacques townships and then further on its way to its northern te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario
Armstrong is a compact rural community, unincorporated place, and divisional point on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line in the unorganized portion of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The Whitesand First Nation's Armstrong Settlement is coterminous to this community. The Armstrong area is a popular tourist destination in the summer for fishing and hunting. The community is not part of an incorporated municipality, but is administered by a local services board. Armstrong is accessible via Highway 527, which extends north from Highway 11/17 near Thunder Bay. It takes about three hours to get to Armstrong by car from Thunder Bay. According to the Canada 2016 Census, the community had a population of 193, down from 220 in 2011, a decrease of 12.3%. There are 186 dwellings of which 84 are occupied by usual residents CFS Armstrong, Canadian Forces Station Armstrong, located 1.1 miles (1.8 km) east of Armstrong, was closed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Services Board
A local services board (LSB) is an organization in the Canadian province of Ontario that is contracted by the Government of Ontario to provide municipal-level services in a community that is not part of an incorporated municipality. Most local services boards are elected by residents of the communities they serve. Depending on the community, the services provided may include water, sewage, street lighting, garbage collection, recreational, fire department, library and/or emergency telecommunications services. Maintenance of local roads in a local services board's jurisdictional area is generally contracted to a separate local roads board. Local services boards exist in the Northern Ontario region and in the Parry Sound District, the parts of the province where there is no county-level system of government. They are primarily overseen by the provincial Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, which provides them with annual operating grant funding, although the Ministry of Munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." Indian reserves are the areas set aside for First Nations, an indigenous Canadian group, after a contract with the Canadian state ("the Crown"), and are not to be confused with land claims areas, which involve all of that First Nations' traditional lands: a much larger territory than any reserve. Demographics A single "band" (First Nations government) may control one reserve or several, while other reserves are shared between multiple bands. In 2003, the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs stated there were 2,300 reserves in Canada, comprising . According to Statistics Canada in 2011, there are more than 600 First Nations/Indian bands in Canada and 3,100 Indian reserves across Canada. Examples include the Driftpile First Nation, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
