Restoule, Ontario

Restoule is a small community situated on the Restoule River between Commanda Lake, and Restoule Lake in central Ontario, Canada. Restoule is located in Patterson Township, which is an unincorporated township in Central Unorganized Parry Sound District.

Restoule is considered a designated place by Statistics Canada. This means that, although Restoule is not an incorporated village, it is recognized by Statistics Canada as an important populated place because it has a local services board. The board covers the main community of Restoule, and also the small communities of Carr and Farley's Corners.

According to the Canada 2006 Census:

Population: 494
% Change (2001-2006): +19.3
Dwellings: 604
Area (km²): 122.42
Density (persons per km²): 4.0

Restoule is located south of Lake Nipissing, and north of Ontario's infamous cottage country. Despite being north of this area, Restoule however is a major centre for cottages, as is the entire Loring-Restoule region. However, because of its location, and proximity from Toronto Restoule is not as popular as regions such as Muskoka to the south. The largest nearby city is North Bay, which is 65 kilometres by road northeast of Restoule.

View of Commanda Lake from a cottage in Restoule

Restoule is located on Secondary Highway #534 and is a 9 kilometre drive southeast of Restoule Provincial Park. There is only one way to get into Restoule, and that's on Highway 534 from the east. Entering the village, one can see the main General Store off the highway on the right. The main centre of the community however can be found off of Highway 534, across the Restoule River. On this side of the river, there is a Lion's Club, Community Centre, Outdoor Hockey Rink, Play structures, a United Church and an Anglican Church. There is a pentecostal Corner Gospel Church 5 km east of the village at the intersection of Hwys. 524 and 534.

Cottages dot the shores of both Restoule Lake north of town and Commanda Lake south of town. Also dotting the rolling country side are various farms. But most of all, the scenery is dominated by forests on the Canadian Shield.

Restoule country side in autumn.

Restoule residents elect three (3) local government organizations to manage their affairs: The Restoule Local Services Board, Patterson Township Local Roads Board and Restoule Sanitary Landfill Committee.

Restoule was named after Ojibwa chief Joseph Restoule.

[edit] Politics

Politically, Restoule, as with most of rural Parry Sound District leans Conservative.

[edit] Election results in Restoule

Federal

Canadian Federal Election 2006: Restoule polls in Parry Sound—Muskoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	Restoule %	riding %
	Conservative	Tony Clement	111	46.84	40.10
	Liberal	Andy Mitchell	69	29.11	40.04
	New Democratic Party	Jo-Anne Boulding	40	16.88	11.85
	Green	Glen Hodgson	17	7.17	8.02

Canadian Federal Election 2004: Restoule polls in Parry Sound—Muskoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	Restoule %	riding %
	Conservative	Keith Montgomery	116	53.21	36.35
	Liberal	Andy Mitchell	63	28.90	43.86
	New Democratic Party	Jo-Anne Marie Boulding	22	10.09	11.77
	Green	Glen Hodgson	17	7.80	8.02

Canadian Federal Election 2000: Restoule polls in Parry Sound—Muskoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	Restoule %	riding %
	Canadian Alliance	George Stripe	118	54.13	25.38
	Liberal	Andy Mitchell	59	27.06	47.51
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Montgomery	29	13.30	18.71
	New Democratic Party	Joanne Bury	10	4.59	4.41
	Green	Richard Thomas	2	0.92	3.96

Canadian Federal Election 1997: Restoule polls in Parry Sound—Muskoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	Restoule %	riding %
	Progressive Conservative	Lewis MacKenzie	81	33.75	26.79
	Reform	Peter Spadzinski	72	30.00	25.56
	Liberal	Andy Mitchell	62	25.83	41.59
	New Democratic Party	Carl Wirth	22	9.17	3.98
	Green	Glen Hodgson	1	0.42	1.20
	Canadian Action Party	Jackie Raney	1	0.42	0.55
	Natural Law	Rick Alexander	1	0.42	0.31

Provincial

Ontario Provincial Election 2003: Restoule polls in Parry Sound—Muskoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	Restoule %	riding %
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	118	55.40	48.51
	Liberal	Dan Waters	55	25.82	34.44
	New Democratic Party	Jo-Anne Boulding	23	10.80	9.92
	Green	Glen Hodgson	16	7.51	5.88
	Family Coalition	Charlene Phinney	1	0.47	1.25

2001 by-election: Restoule polls in Parry Sound—Muskoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	Restoule %	riding %
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Miller	58	49.15	49.30
	Liberal	Evelyn Brown	31	26.27	34.31
	Green	Richard Thomas	23	19.49	12.34
	New Democratic Party	Joanne Bury	3	2.54	3.39
	Independent	Anne Marsden	2	1.69	0.43
	Independent	John C. Turmel	1	0.85	0.23

Ontario Provincial Election 1999: Restoule polls in Parry Sound—Muskoka
Party		Candidate	Votes	Restoule %	riding %
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Eves	137	57.32	57.68
	Liberal	Isabel Doxey	68	28.45	27.55
	New Democratic Party	Dan Waters	31	12.97	13.42
	Natural Law	Iris Tamssot	3	1.26	0.85

Ontario Provincial Election 1995: Restoule polls in Parry Sound (electoral district)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Restoule %	riding %
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Eves	181	67.54	65.47
	New Democratic Party	Dan Reed	57	21.27	14.20
	Liberal	Mark Fisher	30	11.19	20.33

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