Fauquier-Strickland | |
Official Name: | Township of Fauquier-Strickland French: Canton de Fauquier-Strickland |
Settlement Type: | Township (single-tier) |
Motto: | Lithuanian: Ad augusta per angusta (Latin for "Towards success by effort") |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Cochrane |
Government Type: | Township |
Leader Title: | Reeve |
Leader Name: | Madeleine Tremblay |
Leader Title1: | Governing Body |
Leader Name1: | Fauquier-Strickland Township Council |
Leader Title2: | Federal riding |
Leader Name2: | Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing |
Leader Title3: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name3: | Mushkegowuk—James Bay |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | December 24, 1921 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Land Km2: | 1013.25 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 536 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.5 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 49.2764°N -82.0372°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [2] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | P0L 1G0, P0L 2C0 |
Area Code: | 705, 249 |
Fauquier-Strickland (or) is a township municipality in Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The three main communities in the township are Fauquier, Strickland, and Gregoires Mill.[3] [4] [5] [6] All are located along Ontario Highway 11 between the community of Departure Lake to the east and the municipality of Moonbeam to the west.
The municipality was incorporated on December 24, 1921, as Shackleton and Machin, the names of the two geographic townships that then comprised its territory. It adopted its current name in 1984, renaming itself for its two largest communities., it includes the two original geographic townships; to the south the eastern half of geographic Macvicar Township, the western half of geographic Carmichael Township, and all of geographic Stringer Township; to the east, the western portion of geographic Haggart Township; and to the north, all of geographic Beardmore Township. Ironically, geographic Fauquier Township is adjacent to the west and is part of the municipality of Moonbeam.
Fauquier is located along the Groundhog River. The main community landmark is a roadside statue of a groundhog.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fauquier-Strickland had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1010.45km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[7]
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