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12 unusual facts about northern Ontario


Algoma Ink

Algoma Ink is a Northern Ontario publication, and aims to reflect the themes of consciousness in that region, without being limited to this focus.

Brian McConnell

Having completed his work in Northern Ontario, McConnell returned to Montreal and became the superintendent for the city’s water works where he remained until 1892.

Canadian Geographic

The first editor was Charles Camsell, since 1915 a fellow of the British Royal Geographical Society, a geologist who had been responsible for mapping large parts of Northern Ontario, Manitoba and the Yukon.

CFB North Bay

Based on his exploration and survey work in the Northern Ontario region, in June 1933 DND set up a headquarters in North Bay to supervise construction of emergency landing fields for the Ottawa to Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay) portion of the Trans-Canada Airway system.

Eugene Hritzuk

He had to play in two tie-breakers, which he won to get to the semi-final, where he lost to Northern Ontario's Al Hackner.

John J. Rowlands

From 1910 until 1916 Rowlands worked as a prospector and surveyor in the Cobalt and Porcupine Mining regions in Northern Ontario.

North Bay, Ontario

North Bay is more economically diverse than many other Northern Ontario communities, although a large percentage of the city's jobs are public sector in nature with health, education and government dominating the list of the city's top employers.

The climate in North Bay is common to most places in Northern Ontario.

North Bay, critically situated at the junctions of Highway 11 and Highway 17, remains a major transportation centre for Northern Ontario.

Toronto Solid Waste Management

A deal was eventually made to ship Toronto's garbage to the Adams Mine, an abandoned open pit mine in Northern Ontario, once the Keele Valley site closed.

Villa Française des Jeunes

Founded in 1977, the institution has seen a drastic drop in enrolment for many years, which has seen some students participating in video-conferencing classes with many other students from all over Northern Ontario.

Wade Hemsworth

After the war, he worked as a surveyor in the wilderness areas of Northern Ontario, Quebec and Labrador, the job which provided Hemsworth with the subject matter for many of his songs.


CKGB-FM

The station was launched in late 1933 by young Northern Ontario media entrepreneur Roy Thomson, who would later become the owner of The Times of London.

Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario

In 2007, a group of politicians from Northern Ontario, including Tony Martin, Claude Gravelle and France Gélinas, called for the program to be refocused exclusively on Northern Ontario.

Flying Fathers

The organization was founded in 1963 by Brian McKee and Les Costello, two priests from Northern Ontario.

Highways in Ontario

On rural portions of the Trans-Canada Highway, on RIRO and at-grade expressways, and on certain other highways in Northern Ontario, the speed limit is 90 km/h (56 mph).

Ontario Hockey League

Out of the 17 teams based in Ontario, 12 teams are in Southern Ontario, two teams are in Eastern Ontario and 3 teams are in Northern Ontario.

Ontario Liberal Party candidates, 1999 Ontario provincial election

In 2003, he spoke out against plans for a logging road network near Pukaskwa National Park in Northern Ontario (Broadcast News, 12 August 2003).

William Henry Wright

In 1907, Wright moved to Canada joining his sister, Frances Wright, and her husband, Edward Hargreaves, a master butcher in northern Ontario.