Manitoulin District
| Manitoulin District | |
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| District | |
 Location of Manitoulin District within Ontario |
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| Coordinates: 45°46′N 82°12′W / 45.767°N 82.200°WCoordinates: 45°46′N 82°12′W / 45.767°N 82.200°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Northeastern Ontario |
| Created | 1888 |
| Government | |
| • MP | Carol Hughes |
| • MPP | Michael Mantha |
| Area[1] | |
| • Land | 3,107.11 km2 (1,199.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 13,048 |
| • Density | 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal code span | P0P |
| Area code(s) | 705 |
| Seat | Gore Bay |
Manitoulin District is a district in Northeastern Ontario within the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1888 from part of Algoma District. The district seat is Gore Bay.
It comprises Manitoulin Island primarily, as well as a number of smaller islands surrounding it, such as Barrie, Cockburn, and Great La Cloche islands. Previously it included the municipality of Killarney on the mainland, until this was transferred to Sudbury District in the late 1990s. Subsequently, more mainland portions were added to Killarney and these, together with Unorganized Mainland Manitoulin District, were also transferred to Sudbury District in 2006, about 1,600 square kilometres (600 sq mi) in all.[2]
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Geography[edit]
The district has an area of 3,107.11 square kilometres (1,199.66 sq mi),[1] making it the smallest district in Ontario. It is located in the northern part of Lake Huron, separated from the mainland by the North Channel to the north and by the Georgian Bay to the east.
Islands included within the district are:[3]
- Barrie Island
- Bedford Island
- Burnt Islands (Big and Northwest)
- Clapperton Island
- Club Island
- Cockburn Island
- Duck Islands (Great, Middle, Outer, and Western)
- East Rous Island
- Fitzwilliam Island
- Goat Island
- Great La Cloche Island
- Greene Island
- Henry Island
- Heywood Island
- Manitoulin Island
- Rabbit Island
- Strawberry Island
- Thibault Island
- Vidal Island
- Wall Island
- Yeo Island
Subdivisions[edit]
Towns:
Townships:
- Assiginack
- Billings
- Burpee and Mills
- Central Manitoulin
- Cockburn Island
- Gordon/Barrie Island
- Tehkummah
Unorganized areas:
- Manitoulin, Unorganized, Mainland (dissolved)
- Manitoulin, Unorganized, West Part, includes Local services boards:
Native reserves:
- M'Chigeeng (West Bay)
- Sheguiandah
- Sheshegwaning
- Sucker Creek
- Whitefish River
- Wikwemikong
- Zhiibaahaasing (Cockburn Island)
Communities[edit]
- Advance
- Bass Creek
- Bidwell
- Big Lake
- Bowser's Corner
- Britainville
- Burnt Island
- Burpee
- Clover Valley
- Cold Springs
- Cook's Dock
- Dinner Point Depot
- Dryden's Corner
- Eads Bush
- Eagles Nest
- Elizabeth Bay
- Evansville
- Fernlee
- Foxey
- Gibraltar
- Green Bay
- Grimsthorpe
- Hilly Grove
- Honora
- Ice Lake
- Kagawong
- Little Current
- Long Bay
- Manitowaning
- Meldrum Bay
- Michael's Bay
- Mindemoya
- Monument Corner
- Old Spring Bay
- Perivale
- Pleasant Valley
- Poplar
- Providence Bay
- Rockville
- Sandfield
- Sheguiandah
- Silver Water
- The Slash
- Snowville
- South Baymouth
- Spring Bay
- Squirrel Town
- Tobacco Lake
- Tolsmaville
- Turner
- Vanzant's Point
Demographics[edit]
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Services[edit]
Like the other districts of Northern Ontario, the Manitoulin District does not have a county or regional municipality tier of government. All services in the district are provided either by the individual municipalities or directly by the provincial government. Services are provided jointly with the Sudbury District from its district seat in Espanola.
Organizations[edit]
- Manitoulin Streams Improvement Association - A not for profit group that rehabilitates streams rivers and creeks on Manitoulin Island.
Provincial highways[edit]
Manitoulin District is served by only one primary provincial highway, Highway 6. This highway enters the district at the ferry docks in South Baymouth, in the township of Tehkummah, where the Chi-Cheemaun ferry travels to and from Tobermory in the municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula. It exits the district in the Whitefish River First Nation, just south of Whitefish Falls, when it crosses into the Sudbury District.
A number of secondary provincial highways, the equivalent in a district to a county or municipal road in Southern Ontario, serve the communities of Manitoulin Island. These are:
| Highway | Extension |
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| 6 | connects with 540 and 542 |
| 540 | from the community of Little Current (Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands) to Meldrum Bay, the westernmost settlement on the island |
| 540A | connects Barrie Island to Highway 540 |
| 540B | connects Gore Bay to Highway 540 |
| 542 | extends from Highway 540 south of Gore Bay to Highway 6 near Tehkummah |
| 542A | connects the community of Tehkummah to Highway 542 |
| 551 | from M'Chigeeng (West Bay) to Providence Bay (Central Manitoulin) |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Manitoulin District census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
- ^ "Annual changes to census subdivision codes, names and types, between 2006 and 2011, by province and territory, and by year". Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2011. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ Geomatics Office, Ministry of Transportation (2008). Ontario, Canada, 2008/2009 official road map (2008-2009 ed.). St. Catherines, Ont.: Geomatics Office. ISBN 9781424955435.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
External links[edit]
Media related to Manitoulin at Wikimedia Commons- Media related to Cities and towns of Manitoulin District at Wikimedia Commons
- Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board
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