Patterson Township is a

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in central

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. As it is unincorporated, it is located in the Central Unorganized portion of

Parry Sound District Parry Sound District is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its boundaries are District of Muskoka to the south, the Sudbury District to the north-northwest, the French River and Lake Nipissing in the north, Nipissing Distri ...

. The township is located where the French River flows from

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, and then stretches south until it meets Pringle Township in the south. It is bordered by Nipissing Township on the east, and by Hardy Township on the west. Patterson only has one community, that of

Restoule Restoule is a community and designated place in geographic Patterson Township in the Centre Unorganized Part of Parry Sound District in Central Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the Restoule River between Commanda Lake, and Restoule Lake an ...

. Most of its settlement is found in the southern region where Restoule is, and along the two lakes of the south, Restoule Lake and Commanda Lake. It is part of the

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region. There are also some cottages located on the south shore of

, but the area has no permanent residences. There are approximately 300 people living in the township (415 including nearby Farleys Corners and Carr). Patterson Township is also home to numerous other lakes, which include Stormy (Patterson) Lake, Watt Lake, Bass Lake, Sand Lake, Shoal Lake, Satchels Lake, Crooked Lake, Baldy Lake, Beaudry Lake, Sandy's Lake, La France Pond, Seud Lake,

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, Brimson Lake, Ibbitson Lake, Stinking Lake, Woodcock Lake, Hicks Lake, Bob's Lake, Kidd Lake, Smallpox Lake,

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, Tamarack Lake, Fairplay Lake,

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, McVeety Lake, Durrell Lake (part), Barton Lake (part), Upper Wiggins Lake (part), Lennon Lake (part) and the Rainy Lakes (

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and Little Rainy Lake). The Restoule River flows through the township, draining Commanda, Restoule and Stormy (Patterson) Lake. The township is also home to Restoule Provincial Park, located between Restoule and Patterson Lake and the

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located along the south shore of the French River and Lake Nipissing. Patterson Township has one provincially maintained highway, Highway 534.

Etymology

This township in Parry Sound District was named in 1876 for Christopher Salmon Patterson (1823–93), a judge of the

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, 1874–88, and of the

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, 1888–93.

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External links

Heritage Perspectives: How Some Townships Got their Names
Communities in Parry Sound District Geographic townships in Ontario {{Ontario-geo-stub