Unorganized South Nipissing District is an

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in north-central

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, in the District of Nipissing. It is almost entirely within and includes most of

Algonquin Provincial Park Algonquin Provincial Park is an Ontario Ontario Parks, provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River, mostly within the Nipissing, Unorganized, South Part, Ontario, Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District. Established i ...

. The unorganized area is gradually being reduced in size. In 1971, a portion was added to Lake of Bays Township in Muskoka District, and between 1996 and 2001, its area shrunk from to , because of annexation by surrounding incorporated townships.

Geography

Communities

Localities located within the unorganized area are: * Acanthus * Achray * Brent * Canoe Lake * Coristine *

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* Government Park *

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* Mink Lake * Odenback * Radiant * Stuart

Townships

The following

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s are included: *Anglin *Ballantyne *Barron *Biggar *Bishop *Boulter *Bower *Boyd *Bronson *Butt *Canisbay *Clancy *Deacon *Devine *Dickson *Edgar *Finlayson *Fitzgerald *Freswick *Guthrie *Hunter *Lauder *Lister *Master *McCraney *McLaughlin *Niven *Osler *Paxton *Peck *Pentland *Preston *Sproule *Stratton *White *Wilkes All, except Boulter, Lauder, and parts of Ballantyne, Boyd and Paxton are within

Demographics

Population distribution

Most of the population lives outside of Algonquin Park on the northern or northwestern fringes of the region. According to the 2016 Census, the blocks that encompass the Townships of Boulter, Lauder, Pentland and Boyd had a combined population of 57. The area around Loxton Lake in Ballantyne Township (Census Block 35480228012) had a population of 26. Census Block 35480228215 which covers parts of Bronson and Stratton Townships in the Northeast corner of Algonquin Park had a population of 5, while 15 people lived in Census Block 35480228146 which covers most of the western part of the region.

References

External links

Geography of Nipissing District Nipissing South {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub