Barrie Island, Ontario
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Barrie Island is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Manitoulin District, the township comprises a separate island off the northern shore of Manitoulin Island which is separated from the main island by two small bays joined by a narrow unnamed strait.
The island is connected to Manitoulin by Highway 540A, which crosses the water via a bridge at the narrowest part of the strait.
The township had a permanent population of 50 in the 2001 Canadian census; the island also has a significant summer recreational population.
John Gordon Lane, the Member of Provincial Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin from 1971 to 1987, was born in Barrie Island.
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