Walden, Ontario
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Walden was a town in Ontario, Canada, which existed from 1973 to 2000.
It was created as part of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury, and resulted from the merger of the political townships of Waters and Drury, Dennison and Graham with several adjacent unincorporated geographic townships.
The name "Walden" was chosen as an acronym of the geographic townships of Waters, Louise and Dennison. Other names were suggested, but the final selection process had narrowed the naming options to Walden or Makada, an Ojibwe name for the town's Black Lake (makade in contemporary spelling).
On January 1, 2001, the town and the Regional Municipality were dissolved and amalgamated into the city of Greater Sudbury. In 1996, the last Canadian census before the municipal amalgamation, the town had a population of 10,292. Prior to the municipal amalgamation, Walden, in regards to land area, was considered the largest town in Canada.
[edit] Communities in Walden
- Beaver Lake
- Crean Hill
- Creighton Mine
- Den/Lou
- High Falls
- Lively
- Mikkola
- Milate
- Naughton
- Turbine
- Victoria Mine
- Waters
- Whitefish
- Worthington
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