East Gorham Explained

East Gorham
Settlement Type:Local services board
Pushpin Map:Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the board office in Ontario
Coordinates:48.5633°N -89.4172°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Thunder Bay
Leader Title:Chair
Leader Name:Murray Cook
Leader Title1:Board Members
Leader Name1:Vicki Kutzak, Pat Williams, Ted Post, Shelley Tuomi
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:451
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:Eastern Time Zone
Utc Offset1:-5
Timezone1 Dst:Eastern Time Zone
Utc Offset1 Dst:-4
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:P7G
Area Code:807

East Gorham is a local services board for the unincorporated geographic townships of Gorham[3] [4] and Jacques[5] [6] in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.[7]

The area is counted as part of Unorganized Thunder Bay District in Statistics Canada census data.

The elections for the board for the period October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020, held on September 19, 2020, had the result of Murray Cook as chair and Vicki Kutzak, Patricia Williams, Ted Post and Shelley Tuomi as board members.[8]

The community of Lappe is at the southern border of the board's jurisdiction at the junction of Ontario Highway 589 and Ontario Highway 591. Ontario Highway 589 continues north through Gorham and Jacques townships and then further on its way to its northern terminus at Dog Lake.

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Notes and References

  1. Coordinates taken from Google Earth at mailing address of the board: 5 Kam Current Road; Gorham, ON; P7G 0J7. Accessed 2015-07-06.
  2. Elevation taken from Google Earth at coordinates given in the Infobox. Accessed 2015-07-06.
  3. Gorham. FBINX. 2015-07-06.
  4. Web site: Gorham. Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. 2015-07-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150707120638/http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/historic_claim_maps/G/Gorham.pdf. 2015-07-07.
  5. Jacques. FBRFH. 2015-07-06.
  6. Web site: Jacques. Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. 2015-07-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150707120638/http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/historic_claim_maps/G/Gorham.pdf. 2015-07-07.
  7. http://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/regu/rro-1990-reg-737/latest/rro-1990-reg-737.html#BK6 Local Services Boards, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 737
  8. Web site: Autumn 2014 Newsletter. Local Services Board of East Gorham. 2015-07-06.