Kitigan is a dispersed rural community in the
Unorganized North Part of
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 ...
in
Northeastern
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Ontario
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,
Canada
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. It is located in
geographic
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O'Brien Township along
Ontario Highway 11 between the incorporated municipalities of
Moonbeam to the east and
Kapuskasing
Kapuskasing is a town on the Kapuskasing River in the Cochrane District of Northern Ontario, Canada, approximately east of Hearst. The town was known as MacPherson until 1917, when the name was changed so as not to conflict with another rail ...
to the west.
The community is counted as part of
Unorganized North Cochrane District
Unorganized North Cochrane District is an unorganized area in the District of Cochrane in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It comprises all parts of the district north of Timmins and Iroquois Falls which are not part of an incorporated municipality. ...
in Canadian census data.
References
Communities in Cochrane District
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