Algoma District, Ontario

Algoma District in North Central Ontario. The District seat is Sault Ste. Marie

Table of contents

1 Communities 2 Highways 3 Protected Areas 4 Attractions 5 Demographics 6 Surrounding Districts

Communities

Cities
Elliot Lake
Sault Ste. Marie

Towns
Blind River
Bruce Mines
Thessalon

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

Reserves
Garden River 14
Goulais Bay 15A
Gros Cap 49
Missanabie 62
Mississagi River 8
Rankin Location 15D
Sagamok
Serpent River 7
Thessalon 12

Villages
Hilton Beach

Unorganized Areas
Algoma, Unorganized, North Part
Algoma, Unorganized, Southeast Part

Highways

Highways that run through Algoma are as follows:
King's Highways: Trans-Canada #17, #101, #108, #129
Secondary Highways: #519, #532, #538, #546, #547, #548, #550, #552, #553,#554, #556, #557, #563, #565, #631, #638, #639, #651, #670
Tertiary Highways: #810

Protected Areas

Algoma Headwaters Provincial Park
Aubinadong River Provincial Park
Aubrey Falls PRovincial Park
Batchawana Bay Provincial Park
Batchawana River Provincial Park
Chapleau Crown Game Preserve
Chapleau-Nemegosenda River Provincial Park
Delta Provincial Nature Reserve
Fort Creek Conservation Area
Goulais River Provincial Park
Hiawatha Highlands Conservation Area
La Cloche Provincial Park
Lake Superior Provincial Park

• Camp sites
  • Agawa Bay
  • Crescent Lake
  • Rabbit Blanket Lake

Little White River Provincial Park
Marks Bay Conservation Area
Matintenda Provincial Park
Michipicoten Post Provincial Park
Missinaibi Provincial Park
Mississagi Provincial Park
Mississagi River Provincial Park
Montreal River Provincial Park
Nagagami Lake Provincial Park
Nagagamisis Provincial Park
Nemegosenda River Wetlands Provincial Park
North Channel Silands-La Cloche Provincial Park
North Shore Waterwat Provincial Park
Obatanga Provincial Park
Pancake Bay Provincial Park
Pichogen River Provincial Nature Reserve
Pokei Lake-White River Wetlands Provivncial Nature Reserve
Potholes Provincial Nature Reserve
Pukaskwa River Provincial Park
River aux Sables Provincial Park
Sandy Islands Provincial Nature Reserve
Sayme-Aubinadong-Gong Provincial Park
St. Joseph's Island National Marine Bird Sanctuary
Wenebegon River Provincial Park

Attractions

Algoma Centreal Railway-Agawa Canyon (Algoma, Unorganized, North Part)
Algoma College (Sault Ste. Marie)
Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site (St. Joseph)
High Falls (Michipicoten)
Sault Ste. Marie Airport (Sault Ste. Marie)
Sault Ste. Marie Canal (Sault Ste. Marie)
Sault College (Sault Ste. Marie)
Searchmont Ski Area

Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

Population: 118,567
Population change (1996-2001): -5.5
Dwellings: 59,400
Area (sq. km): 48,737.22
Density (per sq. km.): 2.4
National rank in terms of population: 47
Provincial rank in terms of population: 20

Surrounding Districts

• Thunder Bay District, Ontario
• Cochrane District, Ontario
• Timiskaming District, Ontario
• Sudbury District, Ontario
• Manitoulin District, Ontario
• Chippewa County, Michigan