Algoma District GenWeb

Boundary Changes & Important Dates
Judicial Districts

1774 - Present Ontario Area referred to as Quebec

1791 - Present Algoma District and area lies within Upper Canada(Ontario)due to Constitutional Act

1840 - Present Algoma District and area lies within Canada West due to the Act of Union

1858 - Algoma & Nipissing Districts were created in Northern Ontario

1867 - Present Algoma lies within Ontario due to the British North America Act

1868 - Ontario boundaries moved West

1871 - Thunder Bay District created & boundaries included part of Northwestern Algoma

1888 - Manitoulin Island separated from the Algoma District

1907 - Sudbury District created including parts of Eastern Algoma & Nipissing District

1912 - Temiskaming District created from areas of Algoma & Sudbury Districts

MAPS

Ontario (General)

Algoma District

Map of the Province of Ontario 1874 (click on Algoma for a close up of townships)

Early Maps of Sault Ste. Marie 1876 (from bussineau.com-great site!)

Links to Historical Maps WANTED!! If you have a link drop me a line.

NEIGHBOURS & OTHER GENWEBS

District Neighbours

Cochrane District GenWeb
North of Algoma

Thunder Bay District GenWeb
West of Algoma Algoma Sudbury District GenWeb
East of Algoma

Manitoulin Island GenWeb
*once part of Algoma Dist*

Provincial Neighbours
Manitoba GenWeb West of Ontario
Quebec GenWeb East of Ontario
American Neighbours
Michigan GenWeb South of Algoma

Other
CANADA GENWEB
US GENWEB
WORLD GENWEB

ALGOMA DISTRICT CENSUS

CENSUS YEAR	Library Archives Canada	LDS	ONLINE
1846 Vidal Survey (Sault Ste. Marie) by Delphine Goodwin			Bussineau.com
1851 Algoma District Census
1861 Algoma District Census	Microfilm: C-1091	LDS: 0390225	Ontario GenWeb's Census Project OGSPI: http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/
1871 Algoma District Census (includes East, Centre & West)	Microfilm: C-10023 & C-10024	LDS: 0349196	Ontario GenWeb's Census Project OGSPI: http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/
1881 Algoma District Census (Eastern, Central & Western)	Microfilm: C-13281 & C-13282	LDS: 1375917 & 1375918	LDS Family History Centre Ontario GenWeb's Census Project
1891 Algoma District Census (Eastern, Central & Western)	Microfilm: T-6323 - T-6324 & T-6427	LDS: 1465748 & 1465749	Ontario GenWeb's Census Project
1901 Algoma District Census	Microfilm: T-6457 - T-6459 & T-6554 Indian agencies	LDS: 1843540 & 1843541	Automated Genealogy Ontario GenWeb's Census Project OGSPI
1911 Canada Census			Automated Genealogy Library and Archives Canada The records are not searchable by surname. You will need to search through the location or district page by page. Ontario GenWeb's Official Census Project

CHURCHES

General

Family Search: Ontario Church Records

United Church of Canada Archives Database

Anglican Diocese of Algoma Archives

This is a small incomplete list of various churches in the Algoma District.

Blind River	Roman Catholic	St. James the Greater 44 Lakeside Dr. Blind River, ON	est 1949
Blind River	Roman Catholic	Pariosse Ste-Famille	est c1947
Bruce Mines	Roman Catholic	Our Lady of Pity	closed
Bruce Mines		Bruce Mines Bible Center P.O. Box 222, Bruce Mines, Ontario P0R 1C0 (705) 785-3335
Bruce Mines	United	Bruce Mines United Church of Canada 18 Williams Street, Bruce Mines, Ontario P0R 1C0 (705) 785-3444
Bruce Mines		Bruce Mines Wesleyan Church Prout Street, Bruce Mines, Ontario P0R 1C0 Telephone: (705) 785-3292
Cloudslee	United	Cloudslee United Church of Canada Cloudslee Road, Cloudslee, Ontario P0R 1C0
Desbarats	Baptist	Calvary Baptist Church 3 Lake Huron Drive, Desbarats, Ontario P0R 1E0 Telephone: (705) 782-0598
Desbarats	United	Desbarats United Church of Canada 15 Lake Huron Drive, Desbarats, Ontario P0R 1E0 Telephone: (705) 785-3444
Desbarats		Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses 45 Main Street, Desbarats, Ontario P0R 1E0 Telephone: (705) 782-4242
Echo Bay	Roman Catholic	St. Gregory of Nyssa	closed
Leeburn		Leeburn Community Church Highway 638, Leeburn, Ontario P0R 1C0
Ophir	United	Northland United Church of Canada Highway 638, Ophir, Ontario P0R 1C0
Sault Ste. Marie	Anglican	St. Lukes Cathedral	Established 1880-current
Sault Ste. Marie	Roman Catholic	Precious Blood Cathedral
Sault Ste. Marie	United	Central United Church
St. Joseph's Island Hilton Beach	Roman Catholic	St. Boniface Parish Maple St. - Hilton Beach St. Joseph Island, ON	est 1906
Thessalon	Roman Catholic	St. Ambrose Parish 290 Water St. Thessalon, ON see also St. Francis Xavier	1936-current
Thessalon	Roman Catholic	St. Francis Xavier see St. Ambrose Parish	1865-1936
Thessalon	United	Zion United Church 224 Main Street, Thessalon, Ontario P0R 1L0 (705) 842-2304	est 1909
Thessalon	Anglican	The Church of the Redeemer 257 Main Street, Thessalon, Ontario P0R 1L0 (705) 842-2591	est 1890
Thessalon		Church of Christ 8 Albert Street, Thessalon, Ontario P0R 1L0 (705) 842-3340
Thessalon	United	Little Rapids United Church
Thessalon	Non Denominational	Bible Chapel 11 Huron Street West, Thessalon, Ontario P0R 1L0 (705) 842-1888
Wawa		St Monica's Rectory 34 Caverhill, Wawa, ON, P0S 1K0 705-856-2032
Wawa	Anglican	St Paul's Anglican Church 62 2nd Ave, Wawa, ON, P0S 1K0 705-856-1336
Wawa	United	United Church Of Canada Broadway Ave, Wawa, ON, P0S 1K0 705-856-2926
Wawa	Pentecostal	Calvary Pentecostal Church 14 Government Rd, Wawa, ON P0S 1K0 (705) 856-2455
Wawa	Baptist	Wawa Baptist Church 323 Hardy Avenue, Wawa, ON P0S 1K0 (705) 856-4567

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	Cochrane District GenWeb North of Algoma
Thunder Bay District GenWeb West of Algoma	Algoma	Sudbury District GenWeb East of Algoma
	Manitoulin Island GenWeb *once part of Algoma Dist*

Bruce Mines Bible Center

Bruce Mines United Church of Canada

Bruce Mines Wesleyan Church

Cloudslee United Church of Canada

Calvary Baptist Church

Desbarats United Church of Canada

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses

Leeburn Community Church

Northland United Church of Canada