Wallbridge is an unorganized geographic township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. Part of the census subdivision of

Unorganized Centre Parry Sound District Unorganized Centre Parry Sound District is an unorganized area in central Ontario, Canada, between Georgian Bay and Lake Nipissing in the District of Parry Sound. It is made up of geographic townships which have no governing bodies and which ...

, the township includes the communities of

Britt Britt may refer to: Places * Britt, Iowa, United States * Britt, Minnesota, United States * Britt, Ontario, Canada * Britt Peak, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica * Britt Township, Hancock County, Iowa, United States Other uses * Britt (actress), Swed ...

Byng Inlet Byng Inlet is a body of water on the eastern shore of Georgian Bay, between Parry Sound and the mouth of the French River. It is a widening of the Magnetawan River, near its mouth. The name of the river "Magnetawan", meaning "long open channel" ...

and Harris Lake and the rail sidings of Drocourt and North Magnetawan. Although not an incorporated municipality, Britt and Byng Inlet are jointly served by a local services board.

Geography

The township is adjacent to Georgian Bay on

Lake Huron Lake Huron ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrology, Hydrologically, it comprises the easterly portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, having the same surface elevation as Lake Michigan, to which it is connected by the , Strait ...

. The Magnetawan River flows from east to west across the breadth of the township to its mouth on Lake Huron. Other rivers flowing to Lake Huron include the Naiscoot River flowing east to west at the south of the township, and the Giroux River in the middle of the township. The Magnetawan First Nation with the Magnetawan No. 1 reserve occupies a large portion of the centre of the township, and the majority of the Naiscoutaing 17A reserve of the

Shawanaga First Nation Shawanaga First Nation is an Anishinaabe First Nations in Canada, First Nation band government in central Ontario near Nobel, Ontario, Nobel. Its reserves include: * Naiscoutaing 17A * Shawanaga 17 * Shawanaga 17B Shawanaga First Nation is locate ...

is at the southeast.

Transport

The township is served by provincial highways 69,

526 __NOTOC__ Year 526 ( DXXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Olybrius without colleague (or, less frequently, year ...

529 __NOTOC__ Year 529 ( DXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Decius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1282 ' ...

and

645 __NOTOC__ Year 645 ( DCXLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 645 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...

. There are Ontario Northland motor coach flag stops on Highway 69 for Britt and Byng Inlet, at the turn offs for highways 526 and 529 respectively. They are both served by local buses on the Toronto–Barrie–Parry Sound–Sudbury corridor.

References

Other map sources: * * Communities in Parry Sound District Geographic townships in Ontario {{Ontario-geo-stub

Geography

Transport

See also

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