Lount Township, Ontario
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Lount is a
geographic township The term township, in Canada, is generally the district or area associated with a town. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semirural government within the co ...
in the Unorganized Centre Part of
Parry Sound District Parry Sound District is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its boundaries are District of Muskoka to the south, the Sudbury District to the north-northwest, the French River and Lake Nipissing in the north, Nipissing Distri ...
in
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, Canada. The communities of Bummer's Roost, Rye and Wattenwyle are located in the township. It originally was settled by the building of the Rosseau and Nipssing Road which cuts diagonally through the township. Lount 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.


Etymology

This township in Parry Sound District was named in 1874 for William Lount (1840-1903), Liberal member for
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in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 1867–71, and for
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in the
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, 1896–7. He was subsequently appointed a judge in the
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. William Lount was a nephew of
Samuel Lount Samuel Lount (September 24, 1791 – April 12, 1838) was a blacksmith, farmer, magistrate and member of the Legislative Assembly in the province of Upper Canada for Simcoe County from 1834 to 1836. He was an organizer of the failed Upper Can ...
, who led a party of reformers in the
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and was put to death the following year.


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

Geographic townships in Ontario Communities in Parry Sound District {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub