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The Municipality of Callander (formerly the Township of North Himsworth) is a
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in central
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, Canada, located at the southeast end of Lake Nipissing in the Almaguin Highlands region of the District of Parry Sound. The municipality is located on Callander Bay, just south of North Bay. The municipality renamed itself from North Himsworth to Callander in 2003, adopting the name of its major community because, in the words of then-mayor Bill Brazeau, "Nobody knew where North Himsworth was."


Communities

The main community of Callander is located in the northeast corner of the municipality, along the eastern shore of Callander Bay. The south shore of Callander Bay and Lake Nipissing (southwest of the town) represents the rural population of Callander, which primarily runs along Highway 654 West. This area includes the communities of Wisawasa and Lighthouse Beach.


History

Callander Bay is an eroded
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formed by the violent, supersonic eruption of a deep-origin
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, approximately 500 million years ago. It is one of eight known volcanic sites in Ontario, including the Manitou Islands in North Bay. The first people in the Callander area were of
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and Algonquin descent who have lived around Lake Nipissing for about 9,400 years. Though in history known by many names, they are currently known as
Nipissing First Nation Nipissing First Nation ( oj, Niipsing, meaning place of the elms) is a long-standing community of Nishnaabeg peoples located along the shorelines of Lake Nipissing in northern Ontario. They are referred to by many names in European historical r ...
. They are generally considered part of the
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peoples, a grouping which includes the Odaawaa,
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and Algonquins. In 1610, French explorer Samuel de Champlain sent a young apprentice, Étienne BrĂ»lĂ©, to live with the Huron natives at Georgian Bay. While en route, BrĂ»lĂ© discovered Lake Nipissing via the La Vase River Portage (approximately 3 km north of Callander) and established a major
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route linking the
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with the upper
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. Other explorers who used the La Vase Portage were Samuel de Champlain in 1615,
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in 1731, Alexander Henry the elder in 1761 and Sir Alexander MacKenzie in 1802. In 1880, George Morrison, a bookkeeper from Oxford County in
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travelled by ox-cart from
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to Lake Nipissing. There he built a raft and floated his family and possessions across the lake to the south-east bay. Logging companies had taken interest in the abundant
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that grew in the area. He was one of its first pioneers and his wife was the first white woman. On June 1, 1881, he opened a Post Office in his general store and named it after his parents'
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birthplace of
Callander Callander (; gd, Calasraid) is a small town in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The town is located in the historic county of Perthshire and is a popular tourist stop to and from the Highlands. The town se ...
. Lumber companies that established mills in Callander included: *
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Lumber Company * John B. Smith & Sons Lumber Company * Payette Lumber Company * Thomas Darling & Sons Lumber Company


Prominent people

Prominent people who have lived in Callander include: * The Dionne Quintuplets, the world's first surviving quintuplets (born May 28, 1934) who rose to international fame at the height of the Great Depression. * Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe (1883–1943), doctor to the Dionne Quintuplets and recipient of the
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. His former home on Lansdowne Street is now the Callander Bay Heritage Museum *
Bill Barber William Charles Barber (born July 11, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played twelve seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League (NHL). As part of the famed LCB (Leach, Clarke, Barber) line, Ba ...
(born 1952),
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hockey player for the
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from 1972–1984; inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame. *
Stan Darling Stan Darling (July 16, 1911 – April 11, 2004) was a Canadian politician. History Born in Callander, Ontario, Stan Darling moved to Burk's Falls and founded Stan Darling Insurance Inc. in 1938. He was elected to the Burk's Falls City Counc ...
(1911–2004), Progressive Conservative
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for Parry Sound-Muskoka from 1972 to 1993. In 1991, Canadian Prime Minister
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and U.S. President George H. W. Bush paid tribute to Darling for his 10-year crusade to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions, the cause of acid rain, at the signing of the Canada-U.S. Air Quality Accord. *
Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Louise de Kiriline Lawrence (née Flach; January 30, 1894 – April 27, 1992) was a naturalist, author, and nurse. She was a frequent contributor to the National Audubon Society magazine ''Audubon''. Early life Louise de Kiriline Lawrence was b ...
(1894–1992),
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-born, internationally renowned naturalist, author and nurse; wrote for
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magazine; winner of the 1969
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* Sir Henry Felix Jervis-White-Jervis (1859–1947), 5th
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of Bally Ellis, County Wexford,
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lived in Callander from 1890 until his death. "Cap'n Jervis" (as he was known locally) came to Callander as a lumberman and latterly ran a local tourist camp and boat rental service. In 1943, he inherited the title after the death of his brother. His title (created in 1797) died with him as there were no male heirs. *
Taylor Milne Taylor Milne (born September 14, 1981) is a Canadian middle distance runner. Milne made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the 1500 metres. At the 2016 Olympics he was eliminated in the heats of the ...
(born 1981), middle distance runner, competed in two summer Olympiads:
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and 2016. * Michael J. Fox (born 1961), actor. Lived there one year.


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, Callander had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.


See also

*
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 *Abotoss ...
* List of francophone communities in Ontario


References


External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities in Parry Sound District Single-tier municipalities in Ontario Lake Nipissing