Lac-Sainte-Thérèse, Ontario
Encyclopedia
Lac-Sainte-Thérèse is a community in the Canadian
province of Ontario
.
of Northern Ontario
, approximately 15 kilometres north of Hearst
.
The community is counted as part of Unorganized Cochrane North Part
in Canadian census data.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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....
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Location
It is located at the northern terminus of Highway 583 in the Cochrane DistrictCochrane 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 and Thunder Bay districts....
of Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron , the French River and Lake Nipissing. The region has a land area of 802,000 km2 and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it contains only about 6% of the population...
, approximately 15 kilometres north of Hearst
Hearst, Ontario
Hearst is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in Northern Ontario, approximately west of Kapuskasing, approximately north of Toronto and east of Thunder Bay on Highway 11...
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The community is counted as part of Unorganized Cochrane North Part
Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part, Ontario
Unorganized Cochrane North Part is an unorganized area in the District of Cochrane in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It comprises all parts of the district north of Timmins and Iroquois Falls which are not part of an incorporated municipality.-Communities:...
in Canadian census data.
Noted local individual
- Doric GermainDoric GermainDoric Germain is a Canadian writer and university professor.Educated at the University of Ottawa and Université Laval, he briefly taught high school before publishing his first novel in 1980...
, Franco-OntarianFranco-OntarianFranco-Ontarians are French Canadian or francophone residents of the Canadian province of Ontario. They are sometimes known as "Ontarois"....
writer and professor, was born in Lac-Sainte-Thérèse.