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Algoma District is a district
District

Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipality, or subdivisions of municipalities....
 and census division
Census division

Census division is an official term in Canada and the United States of America. The census divisions of Canada are second-level Census geographic units of Canada, below Provinces and territories of Canada, and above "census subdivisions" and "dissemination areas"....
 in Northeastern Ontario
Northeastern Ontario

Northeastern Ontario is the region within the Canada province of Ontario which lies north and east of Lakes Lake Superior and Lake Huron.Northeastern Ontario consists of Algoma District, Ontario, Sudbury District, Ontario, Cochrane District, Ontario, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Nipissing District, Ontario, Manitoulin District, Ontario an...
 in the Canadian province of Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
. It was created in 1858 comprising territory as far west as Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
. Since then, it has shrunk, as other districts were created by the provincial government:






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Algoma District is a district
District

Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipality, or subdivisions of municipalities....
 and census division
Census division

Census division is an official term in Canada and the United States of America. The census divisions of Canada are second-level Census geographic units of Canada, below Provinces and territories of Canada, and above "census subdivisions" and "dissemination areas"....
 in Northeastern Ontario
Northeastern Ontario

Northeastern Ontario is the region within the Canada province of Ontario which lies north and east of Lakes Lake Superior and Lake Huron.Northeastern Ontario consists of Algoma District, Ontario, Sudbury District, Ontario, Cochrane District, Ontario, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Nipissing District, Ontario, Manitoulin District, Ontario an...
 in the Canadian province of Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
. It was created in 1858 comprising territory as far west as Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
. Since then, it has shrunk, as other districts were created by the provincial government:
  • Thunder Bay District
    Thunder Bay District, Ontario

    Thunder Bay District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The County seat is Thunder Bay....
     in 1871
  • Manitoulin District
    Manitoulin District, Ontario

    Manitoulin District is a Census divisions of Ontario#District in Northeastern Ontario within the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario....
     in 1888
  • Sudbury District
    Sudbury District, Ontario

    The Sudbury District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1894 from townships of eastern Algoma District, Ontario and west Nipissing District, Ontario....
     in 1894
  • Timiskaming District
    Timiskaming District, Ontario

    Timiskaming is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district was created in 1912 from parts of Algoma District, Ontario, Nipissing District, Ontario, and Sudbury District, Ontario districts....
     in 1912
The district seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 is Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Sault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Greater Sudbury and Thunder Bay, with a population of 74,948....
.

The rugged scenery of this region has inspired works by Canadian artists, particularly the Group of Seven
Group of Seven (artists)

The Group of Seven were a group of Canada Landscape art Painting in the 1920s, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A....
, who rented a boxcar from the Algoma Central Railway
Algoma Central Railway

The Algoma Central Railway is a railway in Northern Ontario that ran between Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and Hearst, Ontario, with a branch line to Michipicoten, Ontario....
 during excursions through this region.

Subdivisions

Communities within these subdivisions are added in parentheses.

Cities

  • Elliot Lake
    Elliot Lake, Ontario

    Elliot Lake is a city in northern Ontario, Canada, north of Lake Huron in the Algoma District, Ontario, midway between the cities of Greater Sudbury and Sault Ste....
  • Sault Ste. Marie
    Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

    Sault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Greater Sudbury and Thunder Bay, with a population of 74,948....


Towns

  • Blind River
    Blind River, Ontario

    Blind River is a town situated on the North Channel of Lake Huron in the Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. The town was named after the nearby Blind River ....
  • Bruce Mines
    Bruce Mines, Ontario

    Bruce Mines is a town in the Canada province of Ontario, located on the north shore of Lake Huron in the Algoma District, Ontario. The town of Bruce Mines has a population of 627 residents....
  • Spanish
    Spanish, Ontario

    Spanish is a town in the Canada province of Ontario, located on Trans-Canada Highway Highway 17 in the Algoma District, Ontario near the border of the Sudbury District, Ontario....
  • Thessalon
    Thessalon, Ontario

    Thessalon is a town in the Canada province of Ontario, located at the junction of Highway 17 and Highway 129 , surrounded by but not part of the municipality of Huron Shores, Ontario, and part of the Algoma District, Ontario....


Townships

  • Dubreuilville
    Dubreuilville, Ontario

    Dubreuilville is a township in the Canada province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District, Ontario. Established as a company town in 1961 by the Dubreuil Brothers lumber company, Dubreuilville was incorporated as a municipality in 1977....
  • Hilton
    Hilton, Ontario

    Hilton is a township in the Canada province of Ontario, comprising the southeast quadrant of St. Joseph Island in the Algoma District, Ontario....
  • Hornepayne
    Hornepayne, Ontario

    Hornepayne is a township of 1209 people located in the Algoma District, Ontario of Ontario, Canada.Hornepayne was established in 1915 as Fitzback when the Canadian Northern Railway's transcontinental line was built through the area....
  • Huron Shores
    Huron Shores, Ontario

    Huron Shores is a township in the Canada province of Ontario, located along the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron in the Algoma District, Ontario.The municipality was created in 1999 through the amalgamation of the former townships of Thessalon, Thompson, and Day and Bright Additional, and the former village of Iron Bridge....
      (Iron Bridge, Sowerby, Little Rapids)
  • Jocelyn
    Jocelyn, Ontario

    Jocelyn is a township in the Canada province of Ontario, located on St. Joseph Island in the Algoma District, Ontario. The township had a population of 277 in the Canada 2006 Census....
      (Kentvale)
  • Johnson (Desbarats
    Desbarats, Ontario

    Johnson is a township in the Canada province of Ontario, located within the Algoma District, Ontario. The township had a population of 701 in the Canada 2006 Census....
    )
  • Laird
    Laird, Ontario

    Laird is a township and village in the Algoma District, Ontario in Northern Ontario, Canada. Highway 17 passes through. Bar River, Ontario is a Hamlet on the northern boundary of the township, just south of the village of Echo Bay, Ontario....
  • Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
    Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Ontario

    Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional is a township #Ontario in Algoma District, Ontario. Originally surveyed as separate geographical townships, Macdonald and Meredith were incorporated as a single, municipal township in 1892....
      (Echo Bay, Bar River, Sylvan Valley)
  • Michipicoten
    Michipicoten, Ontario

    Michipicoten is a township in the Canada province of Ontario, located within the Algoma District, Ontario. The township had a population of 3,204 in the Canada 2006 Census....
      (Wawa
    Wawa, Ontario

    Wawa, Ontario is a community in Northern Ontario, Canada, located in Michipicoten, Ontario in the Algoma District, Ontario. The community is known for its 28-foot-tall metal statue of a Canada goose, which was built in 1963....
    , Michipicoten River)
  • North Shore
    North Shore, Ontario

    North Shore is a township in the Canada province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District, Ontario. The township had a population of 549 in the Canada 2006 Census....
      (Spragge, Serpent River, Algoma Mills)
  • Plummer Additional
    Plummer Additional, Ontario

    Plummer Additional is a township in the Canada province of Ontario, located within the Algoma District, Ontario. The township had a population of 625 in the Canada 2006 Census....
  • Prince
    Prince, Ontario

    Prince is a township northwest of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. Although the township is not part of the city of Sault Ste....
  • St. Joseph
    St. Joseph, Ontario

    St. Joseph is a township in the Canada province of Ontario, the largest of four municipalities on St. Joseph Island. Its population presently stands at 1,129 ....
      (Richard's Landing)
  • Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional
    Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional, Ontario

    Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional is a township in the Canada province of Ontario, located within the Algoma District, Ontario. The township had a population of 388 in the Canada 2006 Census....
  • White River
    White River, Ontario

    White River is a township located in Ontario, Canada, on the intersection of Highway 17 and Highway 631 . It was originally set up as a rail town on the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885....


Villages

  • Hilton Beach
    Hilton Beach, Ontario

    Hilton Beach is a village located in Algoma District, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the northeastern shore of St. Joseph Island in the North Channel of Lake Huron, approximately 60 kilometres from Sault Ste....


Reserves

  • Garden River
  • Goulais Bay
  • Gros Cap
  • Missanabie
  • Mississagi River
  • Rankin Location
    Rankin Location 15D, Ontario

    Rankin Location 15D is a First Nations Indian reserve in northern Ontario. It is bound on the north, west and south by the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and on the east by Garden River 14, Ontario First Nations reserve....
  • Sagamok
  • Serpent River
  • Thessalon


Unorganized areas

  • North
    Algoma, Unorganized, North Part, Ontario

    Algoma, Unorganized, North Part is an unorganized area in northeastern Ontario, Canada, comprising all areas in Algoma District, Ontario, north of the Sault Ste....
  • South East
    Algoma, Unorganized, South East Part, Ontario

    Algoma, Unorganized, South East Part is an unorganized area in the Canada province of Ontario, comprising a small unincorporated portion in the southeasternmost corner of the Algoma District, Ontario....


Highways


King's Highways

  • #17
    Highway 17 (Ontario)

    Highway 17 is the primary route of the Trans-Canada Highway through Ontario, Canada. It begins at the western limit of Highway 417 near Arnprior, Ontario, and continues west to the Manitoba border....
  • #101
    Highway 101 (Ontario)

    Highway 101 is one of the most isolated routes in Ontario's King's Highway system.It runs from Highway 17 at Wawa, Ontario easterly to the Quebec border near Rouyn-Noranda....
  • #108
    Highway 108 (Ontario)

    Highway 108 is a List of Ontario provincial highways in the Canada province of Ontario. Located in the Algoma District, Ontario, the highway extends for approximately 30 kilometres from an intersection with Highway 17 at Serpent River, Ontario to the urban core of Elliot Lake....
  • #129
    Highway 129 (Ontario)

    Highway 129 is a List of Ontario provincial highways in the Canada province of Ontario. Located in the Algoma District, Ontario and Sudbury District, Ontario districts, the highway extends for 221 kilometres from a junction with Highway 17 at Thessalon, Ontario to the township of Chapleau, Ontario just north of Highway 101 ....


Secondary highways

  • #519
    Highway 519 (Ontario)

    Highway 519 is a provincial secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Highway 519 spans 31 kilometers, and links Highway 17 /Trans Canada Highway and the station of Dubreuilville, Ontario....
  • #532
    Highway 532 (Ontario)

    Highway 532 is a List of Ontario provincial highways in Algoma District, Ontario district in Northern Ontario. The highway's southern terminus is at Highway 556 , 3 km south of Searchmont, Ontario....
  • #538
    Highway 538 (Ontario)

    Highway 538 is a provincial highway in the Canada province of Ontario. It follows an older alignment of Highway 17 /Trans-Canada Highway east of Blind River, Ontario, running between the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks and the shoreline of the North Channel of Lake Huron, while the present Highway 17 runs north of the railway tracks....
  • #546
  • #547
  • #548
    Highway 548 (Ontario)

    Highway 548 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Despite the route's List of Ontario provincial highways designation, it is the main and most important highway of St....
  • #550
    Highway 550 (Ontario)

    Highway 550 is a secondary highway that runs east/west from the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to the hamlet of Gros Cap in Prince, Ontario. It is known as Second Line within the Sault's city limits....
  • #552
  • #553
    Highway 553 (Ontario)

    Highway 553 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The highway is short, and spans only 33 kilometers. Its only purpose is to connect the Highway 17 /Trans Canada Highway in the community of Massey, Ontario to logging areas and provincial parks north of the community....
  • #554
  • #556
    Highway 556 (Ontario)

    Highway 556 is a List of Ontario provincial highways#secondary in the province of Ontario, Canada. Its western terminus is at Highway 17 in the hamlet of Heyden, Ontario, just north of Sault Ste....
  • #557
  • #563
    Highway 563 (Ontario)

    Highway 563 is a secondary road in the Canada province of Ontario, beginning at Highway 17 /Trans Canada Highway about 70 km north of Sault Ste....
  • #565
    Highway 565 (Ontario)

    Highway 565 is a List of Ontario provincial highways near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. More commonly known as Airport Road, the highway is approximately 2 km in length, shortened from its original length of over 6 km before municipal downloading....
  • #631
    Highway 631 (Ontario)

    Highway 631 is a List of Ontario provincial highways in the Algoma District, Ontario of Northern Ontario, Canada. This highway is roughly in length, and connects Highway 17 at White River, Ontario to Highway 11 between Hearst, Ontario and Longlac, Ontario....
  • #638
    Highway 638 (Ontario)

    Highway 638 is a secondary highway located in the District of Algoma in Ontario. The highway measures 67.7 km in length.As of October 31, 2007, the highway's official northwestern terminus is at Highway 17 in Sault Ste....
  • #639
  • #651
  • #670
    Highway 670 (Ontario)

    Ontario's Highway 670 is a 9 km two-lane gravel road running from Highway 638 at Ophir, Ontario at its western terminus to Dunns Valley at its eastern terminus....


Tertiary highways

  • #810


Protected areas

  • Algoma Headwaters Provincial Park
  • Aubinadong River Provincial Park
  • Aubrey Falls PRovincial Park
  • Batchawana Bay Provincial Park
    Batchawana Bay Provincial Park

    Batchawana Bay Provincial Park is a park in Ontario, Canada located 40 km from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in Batchawana Bay, located on Lake Superior....
  • Batchawana River Provincial Park
  • Chapleau Crown Game Preserve
    Chapleau Crown Game Preserve

    The Chapleau Crown Game Preserve is an animal Nature reserve area in Ontario, Canada, north-east of Lake Superior. It is situated in the Algoma District, Ontario and Sudbury District, Ontarios....
  • 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
    Lake Superior Provincial Park

    Lake Superior Provincial Park is one of the largest provincial parks in Ontario, covering about along the northeastern shores of Lake Superior between Wawa, Ontario and Sault Ste....
  • Little White River Provincial Park
  • Marks Bay Conservation Area
  • Matintenda Provincial Park
  • Michipicoten Post Provincial Park
  • Missinaibi Provincial Park
  • Mississagi Provincial Park
    Mississagi Provincial Park

    Mississagi Provincial Park is a natural environment class park north of Elliot Lake, Ontario, in Ontario, Canada.External links...
  • 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
    Pancake Bay Provincial Park

    Pancake Bay is a sheltered, south-facing Headlands and bays on the eastern shore of Lake Superior, north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. A beautiful 3.5 km sand beach lines the bay, and ancient beach ridges are visible more inland....
  • 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
    Algoma Central Railway

    The Algoma Central Railway is a railway in Northern Ontario that ran between Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and Hearst, Ontario, with a branch line to Michipicoten, Ontario....
     - Agawa Canyon
    Agawa Canyon

    Created 1.2 billion years ago by Geologic fault along the Canadian Shield and then enlarged by the Erosion action of the Agawa River, the Agawa Canyon is located deep in the sparsely populated Algoma District, Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario....
     (Algoma, Unorganized, North Part)
  • Algoma University (Sault Ste. Marie)
  • Fire Tower Lookout (Elliot Lake)
  • Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site (St. Joseph)
  • High Falls (Michipicoten River
    Michipicoten River

    The Michipicoten River is a river in the Algoma District, Ontario of northern Ontario, Canada, which flows from Lake Wabatongushi and joins with the Magpie River to empty into Michipicoten Bay on Lake Superior near the town of Wawa, Ontario....
    )
  • Mount Dufour Ski Resort (Elliot Lake)
  • Sault Ste. Marie Airport
    Sault Ste. Marie Airport

    Sault Ste. Marie Airport, , is an international airport located west-southwest of the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Ontario, Canada at the far eastern end of Lake Superior and the beginning of the St....
     (Sault Ste. Marie)
  • Sault Ste. Marie Canal
    Sault Ste. Marie Canal

    The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Ontario. The canal is part of the Great Lakes Waterway from the Atlantic ocean to Lake Superior and includes a set of Lock to bypass the rapids on the St....
     (Sault Ste. Marie)
  • Sault College
    Sault College

    Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology is one of 24 publicly funded community colleges in Ontario. Sault College is located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and began in 1965 as the Ontario Vocational Centre....
     (Sault Ste. Marie)
  • Searchmont Ski Area
  • Stone Ridge Golf Resort (Elliot Lake)


Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2006)

  • Population: 117,461
  • Population change (2001-2006): -0.9
  • Dwellings: 58,472
  • Area (kmē): 48,734.66
  • Density (per kmē.): 2.4
  • National rank in terms of population: 50
  • Provincial rank in terms of population: 21


Surrounding districts

  • Thunder Bay District, Ontario
    Thunder Bay District, Ontario

    Thunder Bay District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The County seat is Thunder Bay....
  • Cochrane District, Ontario
    Cochrane District, Ontario

    Cochrane District, Ontario is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1921 from parts of Timiskaming District, Ontario and Thunder Bay District, Ontario districts....
  • Timiskaming District, Ontario
    Timiskaming District, Ontario

    Timiskaming is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district was created in 1912 from parts of Algoma District, Ontario, Nipissing District, Ontario, and Sudbury District, Ontario districts....
  • Sudbury District, Ontario
    Sudbury District, Ontario

    The Sudbury District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1894 from townships of eastern Algoma District, Ontario and west Nipissing District, Ontario....
  • Manitoulin District, Ontario
    Manitoulin District, Ontario

    Manitoulin District is a Census divisions of Ontario#District in Northeastern Ontario within the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario....
  • Chippewa County, Michigan
    Chippewa County, Michigan

    Chippewa County is a Counties of the United States in the Upper peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 38,543....


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