Algoma District, Ontario
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- Thunder Bay District in 1871
- Manitoulin District in 1888
- Sudbury District in 1907
- Timiskaming District in 1912
The rugged scenery of this region has inspired works by Canadian artists, particularly the Group of Seven, who rented a boxcar from the Algoma Central Railway during excursions through this region.
Contents
Communities
Cities
Towns
- Akron
- Blind River
- Bruce Mines
- Thessalon
- Spanish
Townships
- Dubreuilville
- Hilton
- Hornepayne
- Huron Shores
- Jocelyn
- Johnson
- Laird
- Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
- Michipicoten
- North Shore
- Plummer Additional
- Prince
- Shedden
- St. Joseph
- Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional
- White River
Villages
Reserves
- Garden River
- Goulais Bay
- Gros Cap
- Missanabie
- Mississagi River
- Rankin Location
- Sagamok
- Serpent River
- Thessalon
Unorganized areas
- North
- South
- South East
Highways
King's Highways
Secondary highways
Tertiary highways
- #810
Protected areas
- Algoma Headwaters Provincial Park
- Aubinadong River Provincial Park
- Aubrey Falls PRovincial Park
- Batchawana Bay Provincial Park
- Batchawana River Provincial Park
- Chapleau Crown Game Preserve
- Chapleau-Nemegosenda River Provincial Park
- Delta Provincial Nature Reserve
- Fort Creek Conservation Area
- Goulais River Provincial Park
- Hiawatha Highlands Conservation Area
- La Cloche Provincial Park
- Lake Superior Provincial Park
- Little White River Provincial Park
- Marks Bay Conservation Area
- Matintenda Provincial Park
- Michipicoten Post Provincial Park
- Missinaibi Provincial Park
- Mississagi Provincial Park
- Mississagi River Provincial Park
- Montreal River Provincial Park
- Nagagami Lake Provincial Park
- Nagagamisis Provincial Park
- Nemegosenda River Wetlands Provincial Park
- North Channel Silands-La Cloche Provincial Park
- North Shore Waterwat Provincial Park
- Obatanga Provincial Park
- Pancake Bay Provincial Park
- Pichogen River Provincial Nature Reserve
- Pokei Lake-White River Wetlands Provivncial Nature Reserve
- Potholes Provincial Nature Reserve
- Pukaskwa River National Park
- River aux Sables Provincial Park
- Sandy Islands Provincial Nature Reserve
- Sayme-Aubinadong-Gong Provincial Park
- St. Joseph's Island National Marine Bird Sanctuary
- Wenebegon River Provincial Park
Attractions
- Algoma Central Railway - Agawa Canyon (Algoma, Unorganized, North Part)
- Algoma University College (Sault Ste. Marie)
- Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site (St. Joseph)
- High Falls (Michipicoten River)
- Sault Ste. Marie Airport (Sault Ste. Marie)
- Sault Ste. Marie Canal (Sault Ste. Marie)
- Sault College (Sault Ste. Marie)
- Searchmont Ski Area
Demographics
(Statistics Canada, 2001)
- Population: 118,567
- Population change (1996-2001): -5.5
- Dwellings: 59,400
- Area (km²): 48,737.22
- Density (per km².): 2.4
- National rank in terms of population: 47
- Provincial rank in terms of population: 20
Surrounding districts
- Thunder Bay District, Ontario
- Cochrane District, Ontario
- Timiskaming District, Ontario
- Sudbury District, Ontario
- Manitoulin District, Ontario
- Chippewa County, Michigan
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| Ontario |
|---|---|
| Counties | Bruce - Dufferin - Elgin - Essex - Frontenac - Grey - Haliburton - Hastings - Huron - Lambton - Lanark - Leeds and Grenville - Lennox and Addington - Middlesex - Northumberland - Perth - Peterborough - Prescott and Russell - Renfrew - Simcoe - Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry - Wellington |
| Districts | Algoma - Cochrane - Kenora - Manitoulin - Nipissing - Parry Sound - Rainy River - Sudbury - Thunder Bay - Timiskaming |
| Regional municipalities | Durham - Halton - Muskoka - Niagara - Oxford - Peel - Waterloo - York |
| Single-tier municipalities | Brant - Brantford - Chatham-Kent - Greater Sudbury - Haldimand - Hamilton - Kawartha Lakes - Norfolk - Ottawa - Prince Edward - Toronto |
| Separated municipalities | Barrie - Belleville - Brantford - Brockville - Gananoque - Guelph - Kingston - London - Orillia - Pembroke - Peterborough - Prescott - Quinte West - Smiths Falls - St. Marys - St. Thomas - Stratford - Windsor |
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