• Source: Unorganized Thunder Bay District

Unorganized Thunder Bay District is an unorganized area in northwestern Ontario, Canada in Thunder Bay District. It comprises all parts of the district that are not part of an incorporated municipality or a First Nations reserve.
Most of the territory is within the Eastern Time Zone, but the part west of the 90th meridian is in the Central Time Zone.




Geography






= Communities with Local services board

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Armstrong
East Gorham
Hurkett
Kaministiquia
Lappe
Rossport
Shebandowan




= Other communities

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History


Gold was noted in the area since 1869, but it wasn't until Peter Moses from Heron Bay, Ontario discovered additional gold that prospectors flocked to the area. In 1947, Dr. J. Williams and Moses staked 11 claims, which became the Lake Superior Mining Corporation. However, not much development took place until 1979, when Don and David McKinnon, along with John Larche, staked claims in Hemlo and the Manitouwadge area. The Williams Mine started operation in 1985, and produced 445,320 ounces of gold from a 2.45 meter wide ore body. The Golden Giant Mine produced 446,858 ounces in 1994 from a quartz sericite schist host rock. The David Bell Mines produced 204,251 ounces in 1994. The Hemlo gold mines had produced more than 6,000,000 ounces of gold by 1992.




Demographics



Population trend:

Population in 2011: 5909
Population in 2006: 6585
Population in 2001: 6223
Population in 1996: 8460 (or 6534 when adjusted to 2001 boundaries)
Land area: 105,454.69 square kilometres (40,716.28 sq mi)
Population in 1991: 8168




Parks in Unorganized Thunder Bay


Provincial parks in Unorganized Thunder Bay include:

Albany River Provincial Park
Kopka River Provincial Park
Neys Provincial Park
Rainbow Falls Provincial Park
Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
Steel River Provincial Park
Wabakimi Provincial Park
It is also home to one National Park of Canada: Pukaskwa National Park.




Transportation


Via Rail's The Canadian serves the Unorganized Thunder District at the communities of Flindt Landing, Mud River, Ferland, and Auden.




See also


Cobalt silver rush
Greenstone, Ontario
List of townships in Ontario
Matachewan, Ontario
Porcupine Gold Rush
Red Lake, Ontario




References






External links


Media related to Unorganized Thunder Bay at Wikimedia Commons

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Unorganized Thunder Bay District
• Thunder Bay District
• Thunder Bay (disambiguation)
• Auden
• Current River (Ontario)
• Brightsand River
• Kawaweogama Lake
• Upsala, Ontario
• Greenstone, Ontario
• Black Bay Peninsula