Hunta is an unincorporated community in the
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
province of
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
, located in the
Cochrane District
Cochrane District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1921 from parts of Timiskaming and Thunder Bay districts.
In 2016, the population was 79,682. The land area of th ...
on
Highway 668 west of
Cochrane.
The community is counted as part of
Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part in Canadian census data.
In the 1920s and 1930s Hunta was the centre for Slovak settlers who came to make a living off a part of the vast Abitibi
Clay Belt
The Clay Belt is a vast tract of fertile soil stretching between the Cochrane District in Ontario, and Abitibi County in Quebec, covering in total with of that in Ontario. It is generally subdivided into the Great Clay Belt to the north runni ...
. Many of the settlers ultimately left the community in the 1940s.
References
Communities in Cochrane District
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