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Unorganized North Algoma District
Unorganized North Algoma District is an unorganized area in northeastern Ontario, Canada, comprising all areas in Algoma District, north of the Sault Ste. Marie to Elliot Lake corridor, which are not part of an incorporated municipality or a First Nation. It covers of land, and had a population of 6,050 in 2021. Many of these communities were/are stations on the Algoma Central Railway or were logging/mining towns. Local services boards * Aweres (includes Heyden and Island Lake) * Batchawana Bay * Goulais and District (includes Bellevue, Bourdage Corner, Goulais Bay, Goulais River, Karalash Corners, Kirby's Corner and Sand Bay) * Hawk Junction * Missanabie * Peace Tree * Searchmont (includes Glendale, Northland and Wabos) * Wharncliffe and Kynoch (includes Kynoch and Wharncliffe) Communities Dalton Dalton is an abandoned village in the middle of Highway 651 about 27 km or 30 minutes from Missanabie. There is a small train station and some old buildings that s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unorganized Area (Canada)
An unorganized area or unorganized territory () is any geographic region in Canada that does not form part of a municipality or Indian reserve. In these areas, the lowest level of government is Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial. In some of these areas, local service agencies may have some of the responsibilities that would otherwise be covered by municipalities. British Columbia Most regional districts in British Columbia include some List of regional district electoral areas in British Columbia, electoral areas, which are unincorporated areas that do not have their own municipal government, but residents of such areas still receive a form of local government by electing representatives to their regional district boards. The Stikine Region in the province's far northwest is the only part of British Columbia not in a regional district, because of its low population and the lack of any incorporated municipalities. The Stikine Region—not to be confused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Code 705
Area codes 705, 249, and 683 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for most of northeastern and central Ontario in Canada. Area code 705 was created in a 1956 area code split from portions of the 613 and 519 numbering plan areas. After a reduction in geographic coverage in 1962, the numbering plan area was assigned a second area code, 249, in 2011 to form an overlay numbering plan. A third area code, 683, was added in June 2022. History Ontario received two area codes, 416 and 613, in the initial configuration of the first continental telephone numbering plan in 1947. Numbering plan area 416, in the southern part of the province, was reduced in geographic extent in 1953 and area code 519 was assigned to the western part of the province. In 1956, area code 705 was assigned to portions of the 613 and 519 numbering plan areas, serving nearly all of Ontario north and west of the Golden Horseshoe. In 1962, the resulting numbering plan area was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Searchmont, Ontario
The town of Searchmont received its name in honor of T. C. Search, the treasurer of the consolidated Lake Superior Company. Searchmont was once a bustling community built around the forestry industry. The local sawmill was the livelihood of most of the residents. When the mill closed in the early 1990s, much of the population moved away. The Searchmont Community Centre was renovated in 2002 with the aid of a SuperBuild grant provided by the Ontario government. Part of the Centre has been named after Walter Senko, a recently deceased school teacher in the area. A designated place in Statistics Canada census data, Searchmont had a population of 300 in the Canada 2006 Census. Fire Response and Emergency First Response services are provided by the Searchmont Community Volunteer Fire Department. The original Searchmont Fire Brigade was formed in 1976 with a grant of $15,000 from the Isolated Communities Assistance Fund along with $8,000 raised by the community. The brigade was able ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace Tree, Ontario
Peace Tree is a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District. The area administers the portion of the geographic township of Aweres located northwest of Heyden along the Trans-Canada Highway The Trans-Canada Highway (Canadian French, French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the A ..., including the suburban subdivision centred on Peace Tree Drive. Canadian Legal Information Institute. References Communities in Algo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missanabie, Ontario
Missanabie is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District at the northern terminus of Highway 651, inside the boundaries of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. A designated place served by a local services board, the community had a population of 33 in the 2021 Canadian census. Missanabie, located on the north end of Dog Lake, caters to outdoor recreation and serves as the starting point for fishing/hunting trips and lodges in the area. History Missanabie was founded as a railroad town along the Canadian Pacific Railway that was completed in 1885. Its name is a corruption of Missinaibi. In 1893, its post office opened. In 1887, the Hudson's Bay Company established a fur trade post in Missanabie, opposite the station. Facing competition of several other companies, including Revillon Frères, it supplied the HBC New Brunswick post on Missinaibi Lake. After the completion of 2 more east-west railways through northern Ontario (the Canadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawk Junction, Ontario
Hawk Junction is a community with a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario,Local Services Boards, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 737 Canadian Legal Information Institute. located just north of Highway 101, about east of Wawa. The community was established by people of Italian, Scottish and French descent in 1909 when the was built through the area. In 1923 and 1924, it was destroyed by fire. The communit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goulais And District, Ontario
Goulais and District is a local services board (Ontario), local services board in the Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Algoma District north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie, it encompasses and provides services to the unincorporated townships of Dennis North, Fenwick, Havilland, Kars, Ley, Pennefather, Tupper and Vankoughnet, including the communities of Bellevue, Bourdage Corner, Goulais Bay, Goulais River, Karalash Corners, Kirby's Corner, and Sand Bay. In the community of Goulais Bay, on the grounds of Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church built by Frederic Baraga, an Ontario Provincial Plaque explains that he was a pioneer missionary in northwestern Ontario responsible for Jesuit missions from Bruce Mines, Ontario, to Thunder Bay, Ontario. Frederic Baraga produced an Ojibwa grammar and dictionary which are still in use.Mary Ellen Perkins (ed.) 'Discover your heritage: A Guide to Provincial Plaques in Ontario' Natural Heritage (Jun 30 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batchawana Bay, Ontario
Batchawana Bay is an unincorporated place and Compact Rural Community in Algoma District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is also the name of a local services board, consisting of parts of the geographic townships of Fisher, Herrick, Ryan and Tilley. It is located north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, on the shores of Batchawana Bay off Lake Superior. The area is counted as part of Unorganized North Algoma District in Statistics Canada census data. Batchawana Bay Provincial Park is nearby along Highway 17; the community itself is reached from Highway 17 by Ontario Highway 563. See also * List of unincorporated communities in Ontario The following is a list of unincorporated area, unincorporated and informal communities in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario, Canada. These communities are not independent communities, these are usually a part of a towns ... References Communities in Algoma District Local services boards in Ontario P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Lake, Algoma District
Island Lake is a rural settlement in the Algoma, Unorganized, North Part, Ontario, Unorganized North Part of Algoma District, Ontario, Algoma District in Northeastern Ontario, northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Aweres, Ontario, Aweres local services board and is about northeast of the community of Heyden, Ontario, Heyden, which sits on Ontario Highway 17, and is also 21.1 kilometers (13.1 mi) northeast of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie, the district seat. The settlement is at the junction of Ontario Highway 552 and Ontario Highway 556, and the Algoma Central Railway passes through the community. Island Lake was once home to Canadian Military installments—some buildings still remain in the area, however much have been either torn down or completely renovated. Island lake was also once the location of a train station—part of the Algoma Central Railway, Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway's Main Line. Island Lake lies on the shores of Upper Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aweres, Ontario
Aweres is a local services board (Ontario), local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Algoma District, Ontario, Algoma District, it encompasses and provides services to most of the geographic township of Aweres, including the communities of Island Lake and Heyden.Local Services Boards, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 737 . Canadian Legal Information Institute. The area northwest of Heyden is administered by the separate local services board of Peace Tree, Ontario, Peace Tree. Heyden Heyden () is located about north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie at the intersection of Highway 17 (Ontario), Highway 17 and Highway 556 (Ontario), Highway 556. Heyden had one elementary school, Aw ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algoma Central Railway
The Algoma Central Railway is a railway in Northern Ontario, Canada, that operates between Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst, Ontario, Hearst. It used to have a branch line to Wawa, Ontario, Wawa. The area served by the railway is sparsely populated, with few roads. The railway is well known for its Agawa Canyon tour train. Until 2015, the line also provided passenger train service to canoeists, snowmobilers, cottagers and tourists accessing this wilderness recreation region. The railway connects at its northernmost point with the Ontario Northland Railway and with CN's eastern division to the south. It also intersects with the Canadian Pacific Kansas City at Franz station, Franz and with the Huron Central Railway at its southernmost point in the Sault. Since 2022, the segment between Oba, Ontario, Oba and Sault Ste. Marie is owned by Watco and known as the Agawa Canyon Railroad. History Early history ] The Algoma Central Railway was first owned by Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Nations In Canada
''First Nations'' () is a term used to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Traditionally, First Nations in Canada were peoples who lived south of the tree line, and mainly south of the Arctic Circle. There are 634 recognized List of First Nations band governments, First Nations governments or bands across Canada. Roughly half are located in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. Under Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Charter jurisprudence, First Nations are a "designated group", along with women, Visible minority, visible minorities, and people with physical or mental disabilities. First Nations are not defined as a visible minority by the criteria of Statistics Canada. North American indigenous peoples have cultures spanning thousands of years. Many of their oral traditions accurately describe historical events, such as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake, Cascadia earthquake of 1700 and the 18th-century Tseax Cone eruption. Writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
