Powassan, Ontario

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Powassan is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located near North Bay. Powassan is located in the Parry Sound District, at its easternmost boundary with the Nipissing District.

The current town was created in 2000 by amalgamating the former towns of Powassan and Trout Creek with the former township of South Himsworth. The two main communities in the town are Powassan and Trout Creek.

The town had a population of 3,252 in the 2001 Canadian census.

Powassan is an Indian name which means a "bend". The original settlement was at a bend of the South River. Therefore the name is an appropriate one. This location is known today as the Powassan Chute and is the location of the present hydro plant. Here the Village of Powassan began about the year 1880. A sawmill was built and a grist mill followed. Mill employees erected their dwellings in that section.