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Magnetawan, Ontario
Magnetawan is a township in the Almaguin Highlands region of the Parry Sound District in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Township of Magnetawan was formed in 1998 through the amalgamation of the former Township of Chapman and the former Village of Magnetawan, along with the unincorporated geographic townships of Croft and Spence. The word Magnetawan in the Algonquin language means "swiftly flowing river." Barbara Hanley, the first woman ever elected mayor of a community in Canada, was born in Magnetawan in 1882. Magnetawan is the setting for ''The Rogue Hunter'', the tenth book in the popular Urban Fantasy Argeneau series by Ontario-born author Lynsay Sands. The community is twinned with the city of Baltimore, Maryland. History The first people to inhabit the region were the Hurons, Ojibway and Algonquins, who would visit the area in the summer for hunting and fishing but sheltered on Georgian Bay in the winter. While some Europeans explored the region in the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities In Ontario
Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Canada with 14,223,942 residents as of Canada 2021 Census, 2021 and is List of Canadian provinces and territories by area#Land area, third-largest in land area at . Ontario's 444 municipalities cover only of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province's land mass yet are home to of its population. These municipalities provide Local government, local or regional municipal government services within either a single-tier or shared two-tier municipal structure. A municipality in Ontario is "a geographic area whose inhabitants are incorporated" according to the ''Municipal Act, 2001''. Ontario's three municipality types include upper and lower-tier municipalities within the two-tier structure, and single-tier municipalities (Unitary authority, unitary authorities) that are exempt from the two-tier structure. Single and lower-tier municipalities are grouped together as local municipaliti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynsay Sands
Lynsay Sands (born Leamington, Ontario) is a Canadian author of over 80 books. She is noted for the humor she injects into her stories. While she writes both historical and paranormal romance novels, she is best known for her Argeneau series about a modern family of vampires. Biography Sands grew up in Southern Ontario. Before college, Sands sent in a manuscript to Harlequin Enterprises, but got a response asking for a rewrite and anything else she had written; taking this as a rejection Sands went on to study at the University of Windsor full-time while working full-time. Sands published her first novel, ''The Deed'', in 1997. Sands has written for three publishing houses: HarperCollin, Dorchester, and Kensington. Her novels have made the Waldenbooks, Barnes & Noble, ''USA Today'' and ''The New York Times'' Bestsellers lists. Awards Sands has been nominated the ''Romantic Times'' Best Historical Romance and the ''Romantic Times'' Best Paranormal Romance awards, and has plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it (usually industrial or agricultural) has failed or ended for any reason (e.g. a host ore deposit exhausted by mining). The town may have also declined because of natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, prolonged Drought, droughts, extreme heat or extreme cold, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, pollution, or nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents, nuclear and radiation-related accidents and incidents. The term can sometimes refer to cities, towns, and neighborhoods that, though still populated, are significantly less so than in past years; for example, those affected by high levels of unemployment and dereliction. Some ghost towns, especially those that preserve period-specific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burk's Falls
Burk's Falls is an incorporated village in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada, located north of Toronto and south of North Bay, Ontario. The village, and the waterfall on the site, were named (for himself) by David Francis Burk of Oshawa, after he selected the land surrounding the waterfall in the Free Land Grant Act. Burk's Falls is part of the Magnetawan River waterway. Geography Located about west of Algonquin Provincial Park in picturesque cottage country, Burk's Falls is at the intersection of Ontario Highway 11 and the Magnetawan River. It is an enclave within Armour Township. The area is set amid the fresh-water bodies that make Northern Ontario famous; the largest of which are Horn Lake to the Northwest, Pickerel Lake to the Northeast, Three Mile Lake to the Southeast, and the joined Doe and Little Doe Lakes to the Southwest. History The area around Burk's Falls was first settled by loggers during the 1860s. At that time, the only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parry Sound
Parry Sound is a Sound (geography), sound or bay of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada. It is highly irregularly shaped with many deep bays and islands. Killbear Provincial Park is located on the large peninsula that separates the sound from Georgian Bay, while it is bordered on the south side by Parry Island, home of the Wasauksing First Nation, Wasauksing being the First Nation's name for the bay. At the head of the sound is the Parry Sound, Ontario, namesake town that is the largest community on the shores of Georgian Bay from Severn Sound to Manitoulin Island. The following entities are named after this geographic feature: * Parry Sound District ** Parry Sound, Ontario, Parry Sound, town and seat of Parry Sound District ** Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part, Ontario ** Parry Sound, Unorganized, North East Part, Ontario * Electoral districts ** Parry Sound (federal electoral district), the federal electoral district from 1904 to 1949 ** Parry Sound—Muskoka (fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great North Road (Ontario)
Great North Road may refer to: Roads * Great North Road (Great Britain), a historical coaching route partly used by the A1 road in the United Kingdom * Great North Road (Ancestral Puebloans), a road used by the Ancestral Puebloans of the American Southwest, part of the Chacoan road system * Great North Road, Gibraltar, a lorry sized tunnel * Great North Road (New South Wales), a historical road in Australia leading from Sydney to the Hunter Valley ** Great North Road (Mount Manning to Wollombi Section) * Great North Road, Auckland, a road in Auckland * Great North Road, Zambia, a road running north from Lusaka * Great North Road (Ontario), a 19th-century road from Parry Sound to Nipissing, see Magnetawan * Cape to Cairo Road, an historically planned route through Africa * Cariboo Road, an historical route in British Columbia, Canada * New Zealand State Highway 1, a road near Kamo in New Zealand Other *Great North Road (book), ''Great North Road'' (book), a science fiction novel by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doe Lake (Parry Sound District)
Doe Lake is a lake in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. The lake is composed of three sections and as such known locally for their size as ''Big Doe Lake'', ''Middle Doe Lake'', and ''Little Doe Lake''. Doe Lake is the largest lake in the Almaguin Highlands area of the Magnetawan River system. The communities of Katrine and Doe Lake can be found on the Lake. The community of ''Katrine'' has a small marina and is found on the ''Little Doe'' section of the lake. However ''Doe Lake'' is a classified as a dispersed rural community found in the area. Many cottages can be found on the lake as well as rental cottages and camping resorts. Summer Camps Various summer camps operate or have operated on the lake. These camps include: *Doe Lake Girl Guide Camp (Girl Guides of Canada) **Founded in 1949 on 625 acres **The Doe Lake Girl Guide Camp is held every summer with girls travelling to the camp from across Ontario, and other parts of Canada. * Big Doe Camp Girl Guides and Girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the Rhine, the border with France, and forty kilometres (twenty-five miles) north-east of Strasbourg, France. In 2021, the town became part of the transnational World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name "Great Spa Towns of Europe", because of its famous spas and architecture that exemplifies the popularity of spa towns in Europe in the 18th through 20th centuries. Name The springs at Baden-Baden were known to the Roman Empire, Romans as "" ("The Waters") and "" ("Aurelia (name), Aurelia-of-the-Waters") after M. Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus. In modern German, "" is a noun meaning "bathing", but "Baden", the original name of the town, derives from an earlier plural, plural form of ' (Bathing, "bath"). (Modern Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nipissing, Ontario
Nipissing is an incorporated (political) township in Parry Sound District in Central Ontario, Canada. It is on Lake Nipissing and is part of the Almaguin Highlands region. Nipissing was surveyed between 1874 and 1881, and was incorporated in 1888. Among the first settlers in the area were the Chapman and Beatty families. Nipissing Township annexed Gurd Township in 1970. The township also contains a community named Nipissing, which is located on the South River near Chapman's Landing, on the South Bay of Lake Nipissing. The township administrative offices are located in Nipissing. The township includes the communities of Alsace, Christian Valley, Commanda, Hotham, Nipissing and Wade's Landing. History The founder of Nipissing, John Beattie (John Beatty) arrived by canoe from Eganville in 1862. He was looking for land suitable for settlement. To lay claim to the property, he made brush piles, and was granted free land by the Government of Ontario. Around 1869 James Chapman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosseau, Ontario
Rosseau is a community in the District of Parry Sound in Ontario, Canada, located in the township of Seguin. It is situated on the north shore of Lake Rosseau, a popular vacationing area. It is one of the ends of the Rosseau-Nipissing Road, which stretches all the way up to Lake Nipissing, near North Bay, Ontario. An Ontario Historical Plaque was erected by the province to commemorate the Rosseau-Nipissing Road's role in Ontario's heritage. Rosseau was formerly an incorporated village, which was amalgamated into the newly created Seguin Township on January 1, 1998. The town shops are mostly arts and crafts shops with a few exceptions. One of them is the famous Rosseau General Store, which has stood since the late 19th century. The town has a marina and public beach area that has undergone renovations including new boat launches and large docks, a pavilion and public washrooms. The town also has a restaurant and a cafe. There are many shops; Rosseau is a tourist area, with many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ontario Historic Colonization Roads
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
