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Unorganized North Algoma 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 northeastern Ontario, Canada, comprising all areas in Algoma District, north of the
Sault Ste. Marie Sault Ste. Marie is a cross-border region of Canada and the United States located on St. Marys River, which drains Lake Superior into Lake Huron. Founded as a single settlement in 1668, Sault Ste. Marie was divided in 1817 by the establishment of ...
to
Elliot Lake Elliot Lake is a city in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is north of Lake Huron, midway between the cities of Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie in the Northern Ontario region. Once dubbed the "uranium capital of the world," Elliot Lake has since ...
corridor, which are not part of an incorporated municipality or a First Nation. It covers of land, and had a population of 6050 in 2021. Many of these communities were/are stations on the Algoma Central Railway or were logging/mining towns.


Local services boards

* Aweres (includes Heyden and Island Lake) * Batchawana Bay *
Goulais and District Goulais and District is a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Algoma District north of Sault Ste. Marie, it encompasses and provides services to the unincorporated townships of Dennis North, Fenwick, Havillan ...
(includes Bellevue, Bourdage Corner, Goulais Bay, Goulais River, Karalash Corners, Kirby's Corner and Sand Bay) * Hawk Junction *
Missanabie Missanabie is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District at the northern terminus of Highway 651, inside the boundaries of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. A designated place served by a local services board ...
* Peace Tree * Searchmont (includes Glendale, Northland and Wabos) *
Wharncliffe and Kynoch Wharncliffe and Kynoch is a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario, consisting of the unincorporated communities of Wharncliffe and Kynoch in the Algoma District Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern ...
(includes Kynoch and Wharncliffe)


Communities


Agawa Bay

Agawa Bay () is located along
Highway 17 Route 17, or Highway 17 can refer to the following roads: For the roads named "A17", see list of A17 roads. International * European route E17 * European route E017 Australia * Brisbane Valley Highway, Queensland * D'Aguilar Highway, Queenslan ...
at the southern boundary of Lake Superior Provincial Park. Agawa Bay is a popular tourist destination mainly due to its picturesque landscapes, beautiful fall colours, and because of its close proximity to the Agawa Canyon Tour Train, which runs from Downtown Sault Ste. Marie and makes its longest stop at the Agawa Canyon.


Amyot

Amyot () is located on the Canadian Pacific rail line, on the shores of Negwazu Lake, around 10 km east of Highway 17.


Anjigami

Anjigami is located on the Canadian National rail line, nearby Anjigami Lake. The closest highway is ON-101, the highway is about 6.21 km at its closest to Anjigami. There is also a camp called Camp Anjigami that is located on the shores of Anjigami Lake.


Boon


Dalton

Dalton is an abandoned village in the middle of Highway 651 about 27 km or 30 minutes from
Missanabie Missanabie is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District at the northern terminus of Highway 651, inside the boundaries of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. A designated place served by a local services board ...
. There is a small train station and some old buildings that serve as summer cottages. The railroad passes through the little town that has some trails to get to the nearby lakes such as Ogasiwi lake.


Dunns Valley

Dunns Valley is located 30 km north of Bruce Mines at the end of Highway 670.


Fire River

Fire River is an uninhabited railway siding located west of the Missinaibi River, between the Dishnish and Argolis stations. It can only be accessed by train as there are no roads leading to it. It is located about halfway between Hearst and Chapleau.


Franz

Franz () is located at the junction of the Canadian Pacific and Algoma Central Railways near Hobon Lake, north of
Sault Ste. Marie Sault Ste. Marie is a cross-border region of Canada and the United States located on St. Marys River, which drains Lake Superior into Lake Huron. Founded as a single settlement in 1668, Sault Ste. Marie was divided in 1817 by the establishment of ...
and from Chapleau. Franz once had a booming economy in forestry, transportation and mining. The community's original name was Hobon. In 1914, the post office's name was changed to Franz, and the railway station was renamed from Hobon to Franz Station after former Algoma Steel executive William Charles Franz. The station closed in 1991 and the building was moved to
Dubreuilville Dubreuilville is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District. Established as a company town in 1961 by the Dubreuil Brothers lumber company, Dubreuilville was incorporated as a municipality in 1977. The town i ...
, where it serves as a library and tourist office. Today, Franz is little more than a forgotten ghost town, with many memories of the past either in complete disrepair or torn down.


Frater

Frater is an uninhabited dispersed rural community and unincorporated place with a railway siding on the Algoma Central Railway located north of Sault Ste. Marie. It is located on Frater Lake at the boundary with Lake Superior Provincial Park, from the Ontario Highway 17 (Trans-Canada Highway) and from the shore of Lake Superior, and at geographic coordinates .


Girdwood


Goudreau

Goudreau () was built as a stopping point along the Algoma Central Railway. When the Cline mine opened, Goudreau sprang to life with some 200 residents coming to the area to work. Not all of the residents worked in the mine; some of them were prospectors in search of the gold, silver, copper and iron pyrite. During the First World War, the mine was leased to the
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company for the production of
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. After the war ended, the market fell and the mine ceased operations. Other mines soon set up operations in the area. They went by the names of The Emily, Algold, Algoma Summit and The Edward. Each mine had a town site for their employees. The town continued to grow, with the building of a two-storey railway station, workers homes and a movie theatre. A post office was built in 1915 and closed in 1966. The Second World War ultimately led to Goudreau's demise as the demand for gold came second to iron and steel for the war. The mines eventually closed down as costs increased. Located along Highway 519, Goudreau is now a virtual ghost town, still used for logging operations and summer homes.


Goulais Mission


Hale


Harmony Bay

Harmony Bay is a small community built around a beach on Lake Superior.


Havilland Bay

Havilland Bay is a small unincorporated community built around a beach on Lake Superior.


Horsey


Island Lake

Island Lake (46.6711° N 84.2687°W) is a rural settlement in the Unorganized North Part of Algoma District in
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Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Aweres local services board and is about 5 kilometres (3 mi) northeast of the community of Heyden, which sits on Ontario Highway 17, and is also 21.1 kilometers (13.1 mi) northeast of
Sault Ste. Marie Sault Ste. Marie is a cross-border region of Canada and the United States located on St. Marys River, which drains Lake Superior into Lake Huron. Founded as a single settlement in 1668, Sault Ste. Marie was divided in 1817 by the establishment of ...
, the district seat. The settlement is at the junction of
Ontario Highway 552 This is a list of secondary highways in Algoma District, most of which serve as logging roads or provide access to isolated and sparsely populated areas in the Algoma District of northeastern Ontario. Some of the shorter ones are also access route ...
and
Ontario Highway 556 This is a list of secondary highways in Algoma District, most of which serve as logging roads or provide access to isolated and sparsely populated areas in the Algoma District of northeastern Ontario. Some of the shorter ones are also access route ...
, and the Algoma Central Railway passes through the community. Island Lake was once home to Canadian Military installments—some buildings still remain in the area, however much have been either torn down or completely renovated. Island lake was also once the location of a train station—part of the Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway's Main Line. To see the full—main article, click below.


Kennedy


Leeburn

Leeburn () is located along Highway 638. At one time there was a gold mine at Bass Lake, a few kilometres north of Leeburn. The quality of the ore found was not sufficient to make the mine profitable.


Lochalsh

Lochalsh () is a ghost town and rail siding located at the very south end of
Wabatongushi Lake Wabatongushi Lake is a lake in Northern Ontario, Canada, fully within the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. The lake is highly diversified in its topography. The north end of Wabatongushi is shallow with many low, swampy areas. This is perfect habitat ...
, along the
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between
Missanabie Missanabie is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District at the northern terminus of Highway 651, inside the boundaries of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. A designated place served by a local services board ...
and Franz. A taxi ran between Lochalsh, Goudreau, and the Cline Mine. When the mine closed in 1946, both towns became ghost towns. There are still active mining operations in the area as well as a few ghost mines. The area around Lochalsh has a population of one.


MacDuff


Montreal River

Montreal River or Montreal River Harbour () is a very small community located at the mouth of the Montreal River just south of Lake Superior Provincial Park. Immediately north of the community, the
Montreal River Hill Montreal River Hill is a hill in Unorganized North Algoma District, Ontario, Canada, located north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario near the Montreal River.Ontario Highway 17, simultaneously recognized for both its scenic vistas of the surrounding wilderness and its potential to create a bottleneck in the Trans-Canada Highway system because winter storms can render it impassable."The Montreal River hill: Nine years for nothing?"
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'', May 16, 2006.


Northland Lake

The community of Northland Lake () is located near Highway 556 and found by following the Northland Lake Road that intersects it . The community is mostly a collection of summer cottages. The Algoma Central Railway also operated a train station in the community by the name of Northland Station. The building still stands to this day but has been converted to a private cottage.


Norris


Oba

Oba () is located at the junction of the Canadian National and the Algoma Central Railways, approximately halfway between
Dubreuilville Dubreuilville is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District. Established as a company town in 1961 by the Dubreuil Brothers lumber company, Dubreuilville was incorporated as a municipality in 1977. The town i ...
and Hearst, and is a stop for Via Rail's '' Canadian''. Oba is 100.92 km2 (38.97 mi2) and its population in 2021 was 5, a 66.7% decrease from 2016; 2 out of the 21 dwellings are occupied. The community is accessible by forest roads extending from Highway 583, by train, or by boat; the community is popular with fishers and hunters due to the abundance of forestry and streams or lakes in the area and is the location of a remote Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources, and Forestry office.


Ophir

Ophir () is a sparsely populated farming community located 25 km north of
Bruce Mines Bruce Mines is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on the north shore of Lake Huron in the Algoma District along Highway 17. The town of Bruce Mines had a population of 582 residents in 2016. The current mayor of Bruce Mines is L ...
. It is centered at the intersection of the east–west and north–south portions of Highway 638. Non-native settlers began farming in the area around the time the mines of Bruce Mines closed in 1875. In November, 1889, William Moor, a farmer prospecting after the fall harvest, found ore containing gold atop a ridge overlooking what was then Lake Ickta (now Havilah Lake). After some ownership dispute, American investors organized the Ophir Gold Mining Company (named after the biblical Ophir) to purchase the land in 1892. A small mining town was built, and gold mining operations commenced in 1893, producing 2489 tons of ore worth $8459. Operations ceased due to a financial panic in the United States and a fatal mining accident. The name of the mine and lake were changed to Havilah, another biblical reference, as mining resumed from 1910 to 1911, but the operation and its buildings were subsequently abandoned.Forty-fifth Annual Report of the Ontario Department of Mines
/ref> Ophir and area are still home to abandoned mine shafts and buildings, however much are on private property and have not been maintained in decades—the area has also been referred to as 'Mcphee's Valley', an ode to a former family who settled in the community. Ophir has a volunteer fire department and area roads are patrolled by the OPP; major government services are delivered either 25 km south, via Highway 638, in
Bruce Mines Bruce Mines is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on the north shore of Lake Huron in the Algoma District along Highway 17. The town of Bruce Mines had a population of 582 residents in 2016. The current mayor of Bruce Mines is L ...
, or 59 km to the east via 638 &
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, in
Sault Ste. Marie Sault Ste. Marie is a cross-border region of Canada and the United States located on St. Marys River, which drains Lake Superior into Lake Huron. Founded as a single settlement in 1668, Sault Ste. Marie was divided in 1817 by the establishment of ...
. Ophir was the birthplace of the lat
Dr. James McPhee
a veteran of World War II who was shot down from the sky in Germany, he was imprisoned in a German war camp near
Auschwitz Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It con ...
, and later escaped—he would ultimately help found the Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital, where he was chief of staff. McPhee would later serve as president of the
Ontario College of Family Physicians The Ontario College of Family Physicians is an organization in Ontario for family physicians. It is known for its review of the health effects of pesticides. In 2004 researchers from the Ontario College of Family Physicians reviewed the epidemiolog ...
in 1970–71, he closed his family practice in 1992 but worked as a surgical assistant until he was 84. McPhee passed away in 2019, at the age of 94, in Barrie, at the Royal Victoria Hospital.


Parkinson


Poplar Dale

North of Ophir, this region was settled in the late 19th century for primarily agricultural reasons. The community comprises all peoples living along the Thessalon River and its tributaries. The community's major exports are beef and timber; Poplar Dale is home to the annual Northern Vibe Festival, a cannabis related festival consisting of music, art, and cannabis related festivities.


Ranger Lake

The community of Ranger Lake () is located along Highway 556 at the south end of the lake with the same name. It is mostly a collection of summer cottages and resorts. There is an old fire tower.


Ryerson


Swanson


Wabos

Wabos () is a railway siding along the Algoma Central Railway located approximately north-west of Searchmont.


Demographics

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See also

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List of townships in Ontario This is a list of townships in the Canadian province of Ontario. Townships are listed by census division. Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma District Historical/Geographic Townships *Abbott *Aberdeen Additional *Abigo *Abotossaway * ...


References


External links


Algoma Kinniwabi Travel Association
{{Algoma District Geography of Algoma District Algoma North Populated places on Lake Superior in Canada