Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional

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Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
Township (single-tier)
Township of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
Municipal office in Echo Bay
Municipal office in Echo Bay
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional is located in Ontario
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional
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Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
District Algoma
Settled mid 19th century
Incorporated 1899
Government
 • Type Township
 • Mayor Lynn Watson
 • MP Bryan Hayes (CPC)
 • MPP Michael Mantha (NDP)
Area[1]
 • Land 163.52 km2 (63.14 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,464
 • Density 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code P0S 1C0
Area code(s) 705
Website hosting.soonet.ca
The "Big Loonie" in Echo Bay.

Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional is a township in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. Originally surveyed as separate geographical townships, Macdonald and Meredith were incorporated as a single, municipal township in 1892. The geographical township of Aberdeen Additional was added to Macdonald and Meredith township in 1899 to create the municipal township of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional.

The township encompasses the unincorporated communities of Echo Bay, Bar River and Sylvan Valley.

Communities

Bar River is a small hamlet straddling the boundary between the townships of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional and Laird.

Echo Bay is located on the shores of the eponymous Echo Bay and Lake George. The community is home to a big loonie, similar to the Big Nickel in Sudbury, around 260 kilometres (160 mi) eastward. Robert-Ralph Carmichael, one of the Canadian dollar coin's designers, lives near Echo Bay.

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

  • Population in 2011: 1464
  • Population in 2006: 1550
  • Population in 2001: 1452
  • Population in 1996: 1521
  • Population in 1991: 1548

See also

References

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  5. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census

External links

 Garden River 14 Unorganized North Algoma
United StatesMichigan Sugar Island / St. Marys River Unorganized North Algoma
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Laird, Johnson Plummer Additional
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