Trout Creek is a community and unincorporated area in the municipality of

Powassan Powassan is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located near North Bay. Powassan is located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, at its easternmost boundary with the Nipissing District. The municipality inc ...

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in Northern

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. It is in

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South Himsworth Township; is located on Ontario Highway 11, south of the town centre of Powassan; 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 ...

. In was at "the Chalet" in Trout Creek that the first complete set of rules for the Canadian sport of

ringette Ringette is a non-contact winter team sport played on ice hockey rinks using ice hockey skates, straight sticks with drag-tips, and a blue, rubber, pneumatic ring designed for use on ice surfaces. The sport is among a small number of organize ...

developed by Mirl Arthur "Red" McCarthy were presented to the Society of Directors of Municipal Recreation of Ontario (SDMRO) by the Northern Ontario Recreation Directors Association (NORDA) on May 31, 1965.

Etymology

Situated on a tributary of the South River, in Parry Sound District, south of North Bay, this town (1913) was first known as ''Little Bend of the South River'' and Powassan as the ''Big Bend''. It was called Melbourne after the pioneer settlers arrived in 1868, possibly for Melbourne, Australia, itself named in 1835 for

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(1779–1848), the British prime minister in 1834-41. However, its post office was called ''Barkerton'' in 1887. Three years later it was renamed Trout Creek.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, Trout Creek had a population of 458 living in 207 of its 216 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 538. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Transportation

The Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line was the first transportation link that was constructed in the area during the late 19th century. In the early 20th century, the Ferguson Road, later becoming Ontario Highway 11 was constructed on a roughly parallel course to the rail line. Ontario Highway 11 was rerouted around the community in 2002 following its expansion to a four-lane divided highway, with

Ontario Highway 522 Secondary Highway 522, commonly referred to as Highway 522, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The highway is in length, connecting Highway 69 near Cranberry with Highway 11 at the community of ...

assuming its former alignment south out of the community reaching its terminus at McFadden Line and Interchange 301, and the former northern alignment became

Ontario Highway 522B Secondary Highway 522B, commonly referred to as Highway 522B, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The highway is in length, connecting Highway 522 within Trout Creek with Highway 11 to the north. The high ...

reaching its terminus at Hemlock Road and Interchange 306.

Notable residents

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James Corkery James Corkery (27 June 1889 – 20 April 1964) was a Canadian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V ...

References

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External links

History of Trout Creek at the Municipality of Powassan web site {{authority control Former towns in Ontario Communities in Parry Sound District Designated places in Ontario