Algoma District is a district

Census divisions of Ontario

In the Canadian province of Ontario, there are three different types of census divisions: single-tier municipalities, upper-tier municipalities and districts...

 and census division

Census division

Census division is an official term in Canada and the United States. The census divisions of Canada are second-level census geographic unit, below provinces and territories, and above "census subdivisions" and "dissemination areas". In provinces where they exist, the census division may correspond...

 in Northeastern Ontario

Northeastern Ontario

Northeastern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and east of Lakes Superior and Huron.Northeastern Ontario consists of the districts of Algoma, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timiskaming, Nipissing and Manitoulin; and the single-tier municipality of Greater...

 in the Canadian province of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. It was created in 1858 comprising territory as far west as Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

. 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 district seat is Thunder Bay....
  
   in 1871
• Manitoulin District
  Manitoulin District, Ontario
  Manitoulin District is a district in Northeastern Ontario within the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1888 from part of Algoma District. The district seat is Gore Bay....
  
   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 and west Nipissing District....
  
   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, Nipissing, and Sudbury districts. In 1921, Cochrane District was created from parts of this district and parts of Thunder Bay...
  
   in 1912

The district seat

County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....

 is Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Sault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay, with a population of 74,948. The community was founded as a French religious mission: Sault either means "jump" or "rapids" in...

.

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, sometimes known as the Algonquin school, were a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920-1933, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael , Lawren Harris , A. Y. Jackson , Franz Johnston , Arthur Lismer , J. E. H. MacDonald , and Frederick Varley...

, who rented a boxcar from the Algoma Central Railway

Algoma Central Railway

The Algoma Central Railway is a railway in Northern Ontario that operates between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst, with a branch line to Michipicoten. The area served by the railway is sparsely populated, with few roads...

 during excursions through this region.

Towns

• Blind River
  Blind River, Ontario
  Population trend:* Population in 2006: 3780* Population in 2001: 3969* Population in 1996: 3152 * Population in 1991: 3355-Economy:Its main businesses are tourism, fishing, logging, and uranium refining....
  
  
• Bruce Mines
  Bruce Mines, Ontario
  Bruce Mines is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on the north shore of Lake Huron in the Algoma District along Highway 17. The town of Bruce Mines has a population of 584 residents. The current mayor of Bruce Mines is Gordon Post.- History :...
  
  
• Spanish
  Spanish, Ontario
  Spanish is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on Trans-Canada Highway 17 in the Algoma District near the border of the Sudbury District...
  
  
• Thessalon
  Thessalon, Ontario
  Thessalon is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located at the junction of Highway 17 and Highway 129. It is surrounded by but not part of the municipality of Huron Shores, and is part of the District of Algoma....
  
  

Townships

• Dubreuilville
• Hilton
  Hilton, Ontario
  Hilton is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, comprising the southeast quadrant of St. Joseph Island in the Algoma District. It surrounds, but does not include, the independent village of Hilton Beach....
  
  
• Hornepayne
  Hornepayne, Ontario
  Hornepayne is a township of 1209 people located in the Algoma District of Ontario, Canada. The town was originally established in 1915 as Fitzback when the Canadian Northern Railway's transcontinental line was built through the area. It was renamed Hornepayne in 1920 after British financier...
  
  
• Huron Shores  (Iron Bridge, Sowerby, Little Rapids)
• Jocelyn
  Jocelyn, Ontario
  Jocelyn is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on St. Joseph Island in the Algoma District. The township had a population of 277 in the Canada 2006 Census.The current reeve of the township is Mark Henderson....
  
    (Kentvale)
• Johnson  (Desbarats
  Desbarats, Ontario
  Johnson is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Algoma District. The township had a population of 701 in the Canada 2006 Census.-Communities:...
  
  )
• Laird
  Laird, Ontario
  Laird is a township and village in the Algoma District in Northern Ontario, Canada. The township had a population of 1,078 in the Canada 2006 Census.-Communities:The township includes the named communities of Laird and Neebish...
  
  
• Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
  Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Ontario
  Population trend:* Population in 2006: 1550* Population in 2001: 1452* Population in 1996: 1521* Population in 1991: 1548-External links:*...
  
    (Echo Bay, Bar River, Sylvan Valley)
• North Shore
  North Shore, Ontario
  North Shore is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District. The township had a population of 549 in the Canada 2006 Census...
  
    (Spragge, Serpent River, Algoma Mills)
• Plummer Additional
  Plummer Additional, Ontario
  Population trend:* Population in 2006: 625* Population in 2001: 671* Population in 1996: 693* Population in 1991: 596-Transportation:The township is served by Ontario Highway 17 which traverses the south in an east-west orientation, and Ontario Highway 638, which travels the middle of the township...
  
  
• Prince
  Prince, Ontario
  Prince is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Algoma District northwest of Sault Ste. Marie. Although the township is not part of the city of Sault Ste. Marie, some municipal services are contracted to the city....
  
  
• St. Joseph
  St. Joseph, Ontario
  St. Joseph is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, the largest of four municipalities on St. Joseph Island. Its population presently stands at 1,129 .The mayor of the township is Jody Wildman.-Communities:...
  
    (Richard's Landing)
• Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional
  Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional, Ontario
  Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Algoma District. The township is about east of Sault Ste. Marie.Its population centres are Port Findlay and MacLennan...
  
  
• Wawa
  Wawa, Ontario
  Wawa is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Algoma District. Formerly known as the township of Michipicoten, the township was officially renamed for its largest and best-known community in 2009....
  
   (Michipicoten, Michipicoten River)
• 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...
  
  

Reserves

• Garden River
• Goulais Bay
• Gros Cap
• Missanabie
• Mississagi River
• Rankin Location
  Rankin Location 15D, Ontario
  Rankin Location 15D is a First Nations reserve in Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is bounded on the north, west and south by the city of Sault Ste. Marie, and on the east by Garden River First Nations reserve. It is one of the reserve locations for the Batchawana First...
  
  
• 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, north of the Sault Ste. Marie to Elliot Lake corridor, which are not part of an incorporated municipality or a First Nation...
  
   (incl. local services boards of Aweres
  Aweres, Ontario
  Aweres is a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Algoma District, it encompasses and provides services to most of the geographic township of Aweres, including the communities of Island Lake and Heyden....
  
  , Batchawana Bay
  Batchawana Bay, Ontario
  Batchawana Bay is a community with a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario, consisting of parts of the unincorporated townships of Ryan, Herrick, Tilley and Fisher in the Algoma District. It is located north of Sault Ste...
  
  , Goulais and District
  Goulais and District, Ontario
  Goulais and District is a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Algoma District north of Sault Ste. Marie, it encompasses and provides services to the unincorporated townships of Dennis, Fenwick, Havilland, Kars, Ley, Pennefather, Tupper and Vankoughnet, including...
  
  , Hawk Junction
  Hawk Junction, Ontario
  Hawk Junction is a community with a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario, located just north of Highway 101, about east of Wawa....
  
  , Missanabie
  Missanabie, Ontario
  Missanabie is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District at the northern terminus of Highway 651, just outside the boundaries of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve....
  
  , Peace Tree
  Peace Tree, Ontario
  Peace Tree is a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District.The area administers the portion of the geographic township of Aweres located northwest of Heyden along the Trans-Canada Highway, including the suburban subdivision centred on Peace Tree Drive....
  
  , Searchmont
  Searchmont, Ontario
  Searchmont is a community with a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario. The services board covers the unincorporated townships of Deroche, Gaudette, Hodgins and Shields in the Algoma District northeast of Sault Ste. Marie...
  
   and Wharncliffe and Kynoch
  Wharncliffe and Kynoch, Ontario
  Wharncliffe and Kynoch is a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario, consisting of the unincorporated communities of Wharncliffe and Kynoch in the Algoma District....
  
  )
• South East
  Algoma, Unorganized, South East Part, Ontario
  Algoma, Unorganized, South East Part is an unorganized area in the Canadian province of Ontario, comprising a small unincorporated portion in the southeasternmost corner of the Algoma District...
  
  

King's Highways

• #17
• #101
• #108
• #129

Secondary highways

• #519
• #532
• #538
• #546
• #547
• #548
• #550
• #552
• #553
• #554

• #556
• #557
• #563
• #565
• #631
• #638
• #639
• #651
• #670

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 from Sault Ste. Marie on Batchawana Bay off Lake Superior. It is a day-park , and is operated by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Although located on an official Indian reserve, all are welcome to attend.It is known for...
  
  
• Batchawana River Provincial Park
• Chapleau Crown Game Preserve
• 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 and Sault Ste. Marie in Algoma District, Northeastern Ontario, Canada...
  
  
• 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, in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It lies on the Boland River, a tributary of the Little White River, which is a tributary of the Mississagi River. The park is accessed via Highway 639.-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 bay 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. The ecology of the region is characteristic of the Great Lakes-St...
  
  
• 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 operates between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst, with a branch line to Michipicoten. The area served by the railway is sparsely populated, with few roads...
  
   - Agawa Canyon
  Agawa Canyon
  The Agawa Canyon is a shallow canyon located deep in the sparsely populated Algoma District in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created 1.2 billion years ago by faulting along the Canadian Shield and then enlarged by the erosive action of the Agawa River...
  
   (Algoma, Unorganized, North Part)
• Algoma University (Sault Ste. Marie)
• Fire Tower Lookout (Elliot Lake)
• Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site
  Fort St. Joseph (Ontario)
  Fort St. Joseph is a former British outpost on the southernmost point of St. Joseph Island in Ontario, Canada, on Lake Huron. Situated on approximately 325 hectares along the St. Mary's River, Fort St. Joseph was the staging ground for the initial attack in the War of 1812...
  
   (St. Joseph)
• High Falls of the Michipicoten River
  Michipicoten River
  The Michipicoten River is a river in the Algoma District of northern Ontario, Canada, which flows from Dog Lake and joins with the Magpie River to empty into Michipicoten Bay on Lake Superior near the town of Wawa...
  
   (Wawa)
• 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, Canada at the far eastern end of Lake Superior and the beginning of the St. Mary's River.-History:...
  
   (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. The canal is part of the shipping route from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Superior and includes a set of locks to bypass the rapids on the St. Marys River....
  
   (Sault Ste. Marie)
• Sault College
  Sault College
  Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology is one of 24 publicly funded 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
  Searchmont, Ontario
  Searchmont is a community with a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario. The services board covers the unincorporated townships of Deroche, Gaudette, Hodgins and Shields in the Algoma District northeast of Sault Ste. Marie...
  
   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 (km²): 48,734.66
• Density (per km².): 2.4
• National rank in terms of population: 50
• Provincial rank in terms of population: 21

External links

• Algoma District's Historic Bridges