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A~B~C~D~E~F~G~H~I~J~K~L~M~N~O~P~Q~R~S~T~U~V~W~YManitoulin Island Townships - Manitoulin Island separated from Algoma by 1888 (Check with Manitoulin Island Genweb)
Map of the Restructured Algoma District
1874 Map of the Province of Ontario - check with the Canadian Archives (it may still be online)
Communities
- Agawa Bay
- Algoma Mills
- Amyot
- Argolis
- Batchawana Bay
- Blind River
- Bruce Mines
- Bruce Station
- Cutler
- Dalton
- Day Mills
- Dean Lake
- Desbarats
- Dubreuilville
- Dunns Valley
- Echo Bay
- Elliot Lake
- Elsas
- Fire River
- Franz
- Frater
- Garden River
- Gold Park Mines
- Goudreau
- Goulais
- Gros Cap
- Hawk Junction
- Heyden
- Hilton
- Hornepayne
- Huron Shores
- Ironbridge
- Island Lake
- Jocelyn
- Karalash Corners
- Kentvale
- Kirbys Corner
- Kynoch
- Laird
- Leeburn
- Little Rapids
- Lochalsh
- MacDonald, Meredith & Aberdeen Add'l
- MacDuff
- MacLennan
- Marksville
- Michipicoten
- Michipicoten Harbour
- Mississaugi
- Mississaugi Valley
- Missanabie
- Montreal River
- Nestorville Added
- North Shore
- Oba
- Ophir
- Parkinson
- Patton
- Peterbell
- Pointe Aux Pins
- Poplar Dale
- Prince
- Pronto East
- Ranger Lake
- Red Rock
- Rock Lake
- Richards Landing
- Rydal Bank
- St. Joseph Island
- Sagamok
- Sault Ste Marie
- Searchmont
- Serpent River
- Sowerby
- Spanish
- Spragge
- Tarbutt & Tarbutt Add'l
- Thessalon
- Wabos
- Wawa
- Wharncliffe
- White River
last update 2013
Batchawana Bay (Community)
North of Sault Ste. Marie, OntarioFacts of Interest:
17th century Church Hill grave site affiliated with St. Isacc Jocues Churchc1814 North West Company Post
1824-1894 Hudson's Bay Company Post
1830-31 Thomas Taylor in charge of Post
1845 mining boom in Batchawana resulting in copper mines
1850 Batchawana First Nation established - Robinson Huron Treaty
c1870 Trading Post closed
Two movies were filmed in Batchawana Bay- "Kavik"(1978) and "Rituals" (1976)
First Nations
Batchewana First Nation of Ojibways
Batchewana First Nation
236 Frontenac Street , Sault Ste Marie, ON P6A 5K9 Phone: 705-759-0914
* some information found on: Batchawana Bay Tourism Guide, Website, 1999, Community Development Corporation of Sault Ste. Marie and Area <http://www.explorenorthernontario.com/index.html>, (site no longer available)*
Blind River (Town)
Currently consists of Townships -Cobden, Kamichisitit, Scarfe, Striker, Mack, Timmermans, Jogues & Juillette
Facts of Interest:
1853 Blind River originally known as Le Petit Moulin or Little Mill
1906 Incorporated as a Town 14 May (from Nots Name Box)
McFadden Lumber Company and others produced employment in Blind River
Township Office
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The Town of Blind River (Striker
Township
& part of Cobden Township)
The Town of Blind River
P.O. Box 640 Blind River, Ontario, Canada P0R 1B0
Tel: (705) 356-2251
Community Profiles
Website: The Town of Blind River updated
Mississauga First Nation
Northern Ontario, located 5 km west of Blind River
Mississauga First Nation Library
P.O. Box 1299,Village Rd,.Blind River, ON, Phone: (705) 356-5335
Mississauga First Nation #200
PO Box 1299, Blind River, ON, P0R 1B0, (705) 356-1621
*Website: First Nation Profiles, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development,<http://pse2-esd2.ainc-inac.gc.ca/FNProfiles/FNProfiles_home.htm>,viewed Jan 2008.
