North Algona Wilberforce Explained

North Algona Wilberforce
Official Name:Township of North Algona Wilberforce
Settlement Type:Township municipality (lower-tier)[1]
Flag Size:120x100px
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Established Title:Settled
Established Title2:Formed
Established Date2:January 1, 1999
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:James Brose
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Area Land Km2:369.23
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:3,111
Population Density Km2:8.4
Utc Offset:-5
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Postal Code:K0J 1T0
Coordinates:45.6183°N -77.2203°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[2]

North Algona Wilberforce is a township municipality in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.[3] It has a population of 3,111. The township was formed in 1999 when the North Algona and Wilberforce townships were amalgamated.

Wilberforce Township was named in 1851, to honour William Wilberforce.

Communities

The township contains the communities of Allans Corners, Beef Town, Budd Mills, Crooked Rapids, Deacon, Dore Bay, Duquette's Farm, Fourth Chute, Germanicus, Golden Lake, Green Lake, Higginson's Hill, Lake Dore, Lett's Corners, Mink Lake, Mud Lake,[4] Rankin, Slabtown, Trevor Ouellette Lake and Woito.

Fourth Chute

The town of Fourth Chute is the fourth of five chutes along the Bonnechere River. The others being Castleford, Renfrew, Douglas and Eganville. The chutes used were for moving timber past rapids and waterfalls.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, North Algona Wilberforce had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 369.23km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Mother tongue (2021):

Transportation

The township is served by Ontario Highway 41 and Ontario Highway 60.[5]

Canadian National Railway served Golden Lake on the Algonquin and Locksley subdivisions. Rail service was discontinued in 1961 on the Locksley Subdivision. The Algonquin Subdivision was broken in 1933 due to an unsafe trestle in the Algonquin Park at Cache Lake. The section east of the break became the Renfrew Subdivision, which maintained service until 1984. The grades of both lines now serve at trails for snow machines, ATVs and bicycles.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Ontario municipalities. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2021-05-11. 2022-01-13.
  2. FESPZ. North Algona Wilberforce. 2022-01-13.
  3. Web site: Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search). Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2020. 2022-01-11.
  4. FEQPY. Mud Lake. 2022-01-11.
  5. Map 10. PDF. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 1 : 700,000. 2020-01-01. 2022-01-13.