Tehkummah is a
township
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Ontario
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, located on
Manitoulin Island
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.
Communities
The best known community in the township is South Baymouth, the northern docking point of the ''
MS Chi-Cheemaun'' passenger-car ferry which traverses the
Main Channel of Georgian Bay from the community of
Tobermory on the
Bruce Peninsula
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. At the dock, the provincial
Highway 6
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, whose southern segment ends at Tobermory, resumes and continues northward to its terminus at
Highway 17 north of
Espanola.
The administrative centre of the township is the community of Tehkummah.
The township also includes the ghost towns of Michael's Bay and Snowville.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Tehkummah had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Climate
See also
*
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
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{{Manitoulin District
Municipalities in Manitoulin District
Single-tier municipalities in Ontario
Township municipalities in Ontario
Communities in Manitoulin Island