Lake of the Woods is a

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in the

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province of

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, located within the

Rainy River District Rainy River District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1885. It is the only division in Ontario that lies completely in the Central Time Zone, except for the townshi ...

. The township is located on the eponymous Lake of the Woods, consisting of mainland in the south-east part of the lake, the southern shores of Aulneau Peninsula, along with several islands in the lake, including Big Island and Bigsby Island. It fully surrounds the

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, Big Grassy River 35G, Big Island Mainland 93, and Saug-a-Gaw-Sing 1

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s. The township was formed on January 1, 1998, when the former incorporated townships of Morson and McCrosson/Tovell were amalgamated. The following year portions of

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were annexed. The primary communities within the township are Bergland, Minahico and Morson.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Lake of the Woods 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.

Notable people

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, author

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* Municipalities in Rainy River District Single-tier municipalities in Ontario Township municipalities in Ontario Lake of the Woods {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub

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