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(Redirected from Finmark, Ontario) Unorganized area in Ontario, Canada
Unorganized Thunder Bay
Unorganized area
Thunder Bay, Unorganized
Sleeping Giant Provincial ParkSleeping Giant Provincial Park
Coordinates: 50°00′N 88°00′W / 50.000°N 88.000°W / 50.000; -88.000
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictThunder Bay
Government
 • Federal ridingAlgoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Kenora
Thunder Bay—Rainy River
Thunder Bay—Superior North
 • Prov. ridingAlgoma—Manitoulin
Kenora—Rainy River
Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Thunder Bay—Superior North
Area
 • Land97,009.80 km (37,455.69 sq mi)
Population
 • Total5,872
 • Density0.1/km (0.3/sq mi)
Time zones
East of 90° westUTC-05:00 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-04:00 (EDT)
West of 90° westUTC-06:00 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-05:00 (CDT)
Postal Code FSAP0T
Area code807

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

Other communities

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

Canada census – Thunder Bay, Unorganized community profile
20162011
Population5872 (-0.6% from 2011)5909 (-10.3% from 2006)
Land area97,009.80 km (37,455.69 sq mi)97,007.34 km (37,454.74 sq mi)
Population density0.1/km (0.26/sq mi)0.1/km (0.26/sq mi)
Median age51.4 (M: 52.0, F: 50.9)
Private dwellings6130 (total)  5782 (total) 
Median household income$70,886
References: 2016 2011 earlier

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:

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.

Current services at Flindt Landing station
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Savant Laketoward Vancouver The Canadian Allanwater Bridgetoward Toronto
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Current services at Mud River station
Armstrongtoward Vancouver The Canadian Ferlandtoward Toronto
Former services at Mud River station
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Willettoward Vancouver Main Line Ferlandtoward Montreal
Current services at Ferland station
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Mud Rivertoward Vancouver The Canadian Audentoward Toronto
Former services at Ferland station
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Mud Rivertoward Vancouver Main Line Jackfish Rivertoward Montreal
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Current services at Auden station
Ferlandtoward Vancouver The Canadian Nakinatoward Toronto

See also

References

  1. ^ "Unorganized Thunder Bay District (Code 3558090) Census Profile". 2016 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  2. Barnes, Michael (1995). Gold in Ontario. Erin: The Boston Mills Press. pp. 91–94. ISBN 155046146X.
  3. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  4. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  5. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  6. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  8. "Flindt Landing train station | VIA Rail". www.viarail.ca. Via Rail. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  9. "Mud River train station | VIA Rail". www.viarail.ca. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  10. "Ferland train station | VIA Rail". www.viarail.ca.
  11. "Auden train station | VIA Rail". www.viarail.ca. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

External links

Media related to Unorganized Thunder Bay at Wikimedia Commons

Places adjacent to Unorganized Thunder Bay District
Osnaburgh 63A, Osnaburgh 63B, Unorganized Kenora Unorganized North Cochrane
Unorganized Kenora, Unorganized Rainy River Unorganized Thunder Bay
(surrounds Armstrong, Aroland 83, Greenstone, Gull River 55,
Lac des Mille Lacs 22A1, Lac des Mille Lacs 22A2, Manitouwadge,
Ojibway Nation of Saugeen, Pic Mobert North, Pic Mobert South,
Pic River 50, Red Rock 53, Rocky Bay 1 and Whitesand) 		Unorganized North Algoma, White River, Ginoogaming First Nation
Rainy River
United StatesMinnesota Cook County		 Neebing, Gillies, O'Connor, Conmee, Oliver Paipoonge, Thunder Bay, Shuniah, Dorion, Red Rock, Nipigon, Lake Helen 53A, Schreiber, Pays Plat 51, Terrace Bay, Marathon
Lake Superior
Thunder Bay District, Ontario
Cities
Towns
Townships
First Nations
First Nations reserves
First Nations settlements
Unorganized areas
Local services boards
Unincorporated
communities
See also
Communities in Thunder Bay District
List of census divisions of Ontario
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