Thessalon is a town in the Canadian

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

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, located at the junction of Highway 17

Highway 17 (Ontario)

King's Highway 17, more commonly known as Highway 17, is a provincially maintained highway and the primary route of the Trans-Canada Highway through the Canadian province of Ontario. It begins at the Manitoba border west of Kenora and ends south of Arnprior at the western terminus of Highway 417, ...

 and Highway 129

Highway 129 (Ontario)

King's Highway 129, commonly referred to as Highway 129, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Algoma and Sudbury districts, the highway extends for from a junction with Highway 17 in Thessalon to the town of Chapleau, just north of Highway 101...

. It is surrounded by but not part of the municipality of Huron Shores, and is part of the District of Algoma.

Thessalon sits on the north shore of Lake Huron

Lake Huron

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 in the Algoma District

Algoma District, Ontario

Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858 comprising territory as far west as Minnesota...

. The main industries are timber and tourism. The population of Thessalon was 1,312 in the Canada 2006 Census

Canada 2006 Census

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. The town is a popular retirement community. There's an arena and one primary school in the town. It's home to a few local celebrities, including Jackie Layer (former assistant coach of the Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies

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), and Lloyd Boyer (former Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

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 prospect and small-town hockey legend). William Tremblay

William Tremblay

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 of the Sault Greyhounds was born here, and Angelina Napolitano

Angelina Napolitano

Angelina Napolitano or Angelina Neapolitano was an immigrant to Canada who murdered her abusive husband in 1911, igniting a public debate about domestic violence and the death penalty. She was the first woman in Canada to use the battered woman defence on a murder charge...

, the first person in Canada to use the battered woman defence

Battered woman defence

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 for murder, lived here briefly in the early 20th century. It was also home to the Thessalon Flyers

Thessalon Flyers

The Thessalon Flyers were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Thessalon, Ontario, Canada. This defunct hockey team was a part of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League and also the North of Superior Junior B Hockey League.-History:...

. The Voyageur Hiking Trail

Voyageur Hiking Trail

The Voyageur Hiking Trail is a public hiking trail between Sudbury and Thunder Bay in Northern Ontario, Canada. The name honours the early European fur traders of the region who traveled largely by canoe and were known as 'voyageurs’ and ‘coureurs des bois’ The trail is used by all ages and levels...

 passes near the community.

The Thessalon River flows through the town and into Lake Huron at Water Street. Fishing is excellent in the river: yellow perch

Yellow perch

The yellow perch is a species of perch found in the United States and Canada, where it is often referred to by the shortform perch. Yellow perch look similar to the European perch, but are paler and more yellowish, with less red in the fins. They have six to eight dark, vertical bars on their sides...

, pickerel

Pickerel

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, bass

Bass (fish)

Bass is a name shared by many different species of popular gamefish. The term encompasses both freshwater and marine species. All belong to the large order Perciformes, or perch-like fishes, and in fact the word bass comes from Middle English bars, meaning "perch."-Types of basses:*The temperate...

, northwater salmon

Salmon

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 and muskie

Muskie

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Demographics

Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 1312
• Population in 2001: 1386
• Population in 1996: 1485
• Population in 1991: 1543