Unorganized Thunder Bay District

Unorganized Thunder Bay
Unorganized area
Thunder Bay, Unorganized

Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
Unorganized Thunder Bay
Coordinates: 50°00′N 88°00′W / 50.000°N 88.000°W / 50.000; -88.000Coordinates: 50°00′N 88°00′W / 50.000°N 88.000°W / 50.000; -88.000
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
District Thunder Bay
Government
 • Federal riding Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Kenora
Thunder Bay—Rainy River
Thunder Bay—Superior North
 • Prov. riding Algoma—Manitoulin
Kenora—Rainy River
Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Thunder Bay—Superior North
Area[1]
 • Land 97,007.34 km2 (37,454.74 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 5,909
 • Density 0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code FSA P0T
Area code(s) 807

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.

Local service boards

Other communities

Demographics

Canada census – Thunder Bay, Unorganized community profile
2011 2006 2001
Population: 5909 (-10.3% from 2006) 6585 (5.8% from 2001) 6223 (-4.8% from 1996)
Land area: 97,007.34 km2 (37,454.74 sq mi) 97,000.41 km2 (37,452.07 sq mi) 97,063.48 km2 (37,476.42 sq mi)
Population density: 0.1/km2 (0.26/sq mi) 0.1/km2 (0.26/sq mi) 0.1/km2 (0.26/sq mi)
Median age: 44.7 (M: 45.2, F: 44.1) 39.9 (M: 40.9, F: 39.0)
Total private dwellings: 5782 6655 6007
Median household income: $59,153 $53,114
References: 2011[2] 2006[3] 2001[4]

Population trend:[5]

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.

History

Gold was noted in the area since 1869, but it wasn't until Peter Moses from Heron Bay, 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.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Thunder Bay, Unorganized census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  2. ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  3. ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  4. ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  6. ↑ Barnes, Michael (1995). Gold in Ontario. Erin: The Boston Mills Press. pp. 91–94. ISBN 155046146X.
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Unorganized Kenora, Unorganized Rainy River Unorganized North Algoma, White River, Ginoogaming First Nation
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Lac des Mille Lacs 22A1, Lac des Mille Lacs 22A2, Manitouwadge,
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