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Algoma District

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Country
  
Canada

Created
  
1858

Area code(s)
  
705

Population
  
115,870 (2011)

Region
  
Northeastern Ontario

Time zone
  
EST (UTC-5)

Seat
  
Sault Ste. Marie

Province
  
Ontario

Algoma District httpswwwmindatorgarphotos619h3500014725001

Weather
  
-11°C, Wind N at 19 km/h, 88% Humidity

Colleges and Universities
  
Algoma University, Sault College, Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig

Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Map of Algoma District, ON, Canada

Algoma was created by proclamation in 1858 as a provisional judicial district of the Province of Canada comprising territory north of the French River as far west as Pigeon River (Minnesota-Ontario), including all Canadian islands in Lakes Huron and Superior. The authorizing act of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was An Act to provide for the Administration of Justice in the unorganized Tracts of Country within the limits of this Province (known by its short title as The Temporary Judicial Districts Act, 1857).

The district seat has been Sault Ste. Marie since 1858.

As the population grew and the northern and northwestern boundaries of Ontario were determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Algoma shrank. Other districts were created from it by the provincial government of Ontario:

  • Thunder Bay District in 1871
  • Manitoulin District in 1888
  • Sudbury District in 1894
  • Timiskaming District in 1912
  • The rugged scenery of this region has inspired works by Canadian artists, particularly the Group of Seven. They rented a boxcar from the Algoma Central Railway to travel on excursions through this region.

    Subdivisions

    Communities within these subdivisions are added in parentheses.

    Cities

  • Elliot Lake
  • Sault Ste. Marie
  • Towns

  • Blind River
  • Bruce Mines
  • Spanish
  • Thessalon
  • Townships

  • Dubreuilville
  • Hilton
  • Hornepayne
  • Huron Shores (Iron Bridge, Sowerby, Little Rapids,Dean Lake)
  • Jocelyn (Kentvale)
  • Johnson (Desbarats)
  • Laird
  • Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional (Echo Bay, Bar River, Sylvan Valley)
  • The North Shore (Spragge, Serpent River, Algoma Mills)
  • Plummer Additional
  • Prince
  • St. Joseph (Richard's Landing)
  • Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional
  • Wawa (Michipicoten, Michipicoten River)
  • White River
  • Villages

  • Hilton Beach
  • Reserves

  • Garden River 14
  • Goulais Bay 15A
  • Gros Cap 49
  • Gros Cap Indian Village 49A
  • Missanabie 62
  • Mississagi River 8
  • Obadjiwan 15E
  • Rankin Location 15D
  • Sagamok
  • Serpent River 7
  • Thessalon 12
  • Whitefish Island
  • Unorganized areas

  • North Part (incl. local services boards of Aweres, Batchawana Bay, Goulais and District, Hawk Junction, Missanabie, Peace Tree, Searchmont and Wharncliffe and Kynoch)
  • South East Part
  • King's Highways

  • #17
  • #101
  • #108
  • #129
  • Tertiary highways

  • #821
  • Forests

    In the Algoma section, the characteristic forest mixture consists of yellow birch, white spruce, balsam fir, sugar maple, hop-hornbeam, and eastern white cedar. Eastern white pine and occasional red pine (Pinus resinosa) dominate on the upper, steep south-facing slopes; white spruce, eastern white cedar, and balsam fir occupy the middle and lower slopes. A white spruce–balsam fir association, which usually includes white birch and black spruce, is prominent on the river terraces and adjoining flats in the northern part of the Section (Rowe 1972).

    Attractions

  • Algoma Central Railway - Agawa Canyon (Algoma, Unorganized, North Part)
  • Algoma University (Sault Ste. Marie)
  • Fire Tower Lookout (Elliot Lake)
  • Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site (St. Joseph)
  • High Falls of the Michipicoten River (Wawa)
  • Mount Dufour Ski Resort (Elliot Lake)
  • Sault Ste. Marie Airport (Sault Ste. Marie)
  • Sault Ste. Marie Canal (Sault Ste. Marie)
  • Sault College (Sault Ste. Marie)
  • Searchmont Ski Area
  • Stone Ridge Golf Resort (Elliot Lake)
  • Crimson Ridge Golf Course
  • Batchawana Bay Provincial Park
  • Hub Trail (hiking, bicycling, and cross-country ski trail through Sault Ste. Marie)
  • Rocking On The River (Wandering-Elk Promotion & Productions), Concert Venue @ 135 Royer Rd., Blind River.
  • References

    Algoma District Wikipedia