Huron Shores, Ontario

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Highway 17 and bridge over the Mississagi River in Iron Bridge, Ontario.

Huron Shores is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located along the North Channel of Lake Huron in the Algoma District.

The municipality was created in 1999 through the amalgamation of the former townships of Thessalon, Thompson and Day and Bright Additional, and the former village of Iron Bridge. The main communities in the township are Iron Bridge, Sowerby and Little Rapids. The town of Thessalon, although fully surrounded by Huron Shores, is not part of the township.

The township had a population of 1,696 in the Canada 2006 Census. The township's current mayor is Ted Linley.

1 Communities
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[edit] Communities

[edit] Iron Bridge

Iron Bridge is situated near the North Channel of Lake Huron.

Originally named Tally-Ho for the call that the lumberjacks would make upon reaching a trading post, it was renamed in the early 1900s after the bridge built over the nearby Mississagi River. It is most notable for its tourist attractions, namely its snowmobile trails and nearby areas for hunting and fishing.

As a formerly independent village, Iron Bridge retains the status of designated place in Canadian censuses. It had a population of 614 in the Canada 2006 Census.

[edit] Little Rapids

[edit] Sowerby

[edit] External links

Municipality of Huron Shores Website

v • d • e Algoma District, Ontario

Cities	Elliot Lake • Sault Ste. Marie

Towns	Blind River • Bruce Mines • Spanish • Thessalon

Townships	Dubreuilville • Hilton • Hornepayne • Huron Shores • Jocelyn • Johnson • Laird • Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional • Michipicoten • North Shore • Plummer Additional • St. Joseph • Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional • White River

Villages	Hilton Beach

First Nations	Garden River • Goulais Bay • Gros Cap • Missanabie • Mississagi River • Rankin Location • Sagamok • Serpent River • Thessalon

Unorganized areas	North (Batchawana Bay, Goulais River, Hawk Junction, Missanabie, Oba, Prince, Ranger Lake, Searchmont) • South East (Dunns Valley, Leeburn, Ophir, Wharncliffe)