Unorganized North East Parry Sound District is an
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 territ ...
in
Parry Sound District
Parry Sound District is a Census divisions of Canada, census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its boundaries are District Municipality of Muskoka, District of Muskoka to the south, the Sudbury District to the north-northwest, the Fre ...
in
Central Ontario
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,
Canada
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.
It is served by the
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 ser ...
of Laurier and is part of the
Almaguin Highlands
The Almaguin Highlands Region (colloquially known as Almaguin, also referred to as 'the Highlands') in Ontario, Canada, covers approximately comprising the eastern half of Parry Sound District. It is bounded by Muskoka in the south, and by Lake ...
region. The region had a population of 179 in the
Canada 2021 Census, and a land area of 183.04 square kilometres.
Etymology
The geographic township of Laurier in Parry Sound District was named in 1878 for
Wilfrid (later Sir Wilfrid) Laurier (1841-1919), then
minister of inland revenue in
Alexander Mackenzie's government and later
Prime Minister of Canada
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, 1896-1911.
Transportation
The
Canadian National Railway transcontinental
Transcontinental may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* "Transcontinental", a song by the band Pedro the Lion from the album ''Achilles Heel''
* TC Transcontinental, a publishing, media and marketing company based in Canada, a subsidiary o ...
main line and
Ontario Highway 11 travel a roughly parallel course from the middle of the western edge to the centre of the northern edge of the township.
References
Other map sources:
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External links
Almaguin Highlands Communities Almaguin Highlands Regional Portal
{{Parry Sound District
Local services boards in Ontario
Parry Sound North East
Geography of Parry Sound District