Ignace

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Ignace
Township (single-tier)
Township of Ignace
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Ignace is located in Ontario
Ignace
Ignace
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Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
District Kenora
Founded 1879
Incorporated 1908
Government
 • Mayor Lee Kennard
 • Federal riding Kenora
 • Prov. riding Kenora—Rainy River
Area[1]
 • Land 72.66 km2 (28.05 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,202
 • Density 16.5/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Postal code P0T 1T0
Area code(s) 807
Website town.ignace.on.ca

Ignace is a township in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located at Highway 17 (Trans Canada Highway) and Secondary Highway 599, and on the Canadian Pacific Railway between Thunder Bay and Kenora. It is on the shore of Agimak Lake, and as of 2011, the population of Ignace was 1,202.

The town was named after Ignace Mentour by Sir Sandford Fleming in 1879. Ignace Mentour was the key aboriginal guide through this region during Fleming's 1872 railway survey, recorded in George Monro Grant's journal of the survey, Ocean to Ocean. Mentour had also served with Sir George Simpson in Simpson's final years as governor of Rupert's Land.

During Ignace's early days, there was a settlement of railway boxcars used by the English residents there called "Little England."

Although Ignace was incorporated in 1908, it was something of a latecomer to some modern conveniences, such as rotary dial telephone, which did not arrive to the town until 1956.

Lumbering and tourism support Ignace's economy, today, and one attraction is the 3-storey log White Otter Castle, located on White Otter Lake at Turtle River, and built by James Alexander McOuat between 1903 and 1914.

In the 1950s, Ignace saw its first newspaper, the Village Tattler, started there to serve the town, published by the local YMCA. In 1971, Dennis Smyk started the Ignace Driftwood, which was suspended two years later, but was revived in 1979 and still serves the town today. During Driftwood's suspension, the Ignace Courier was published for the town's local news.

Demographics

Historic populations:[4][5]

  • Population in 2001: 1709
  • Population in 1996: 1782
  • Population in 1991: 1935

Local media

Newspapers

  • Ignace Driftwood - In 1971, Dennis Smyk started the Ignace Driftwood, which was suspended two years later, but was revived in 1979 and still serves the town today. During Driftwood's suspension, the Mattabi Memo and the Ignace Courier was published for the town's local news.

Radio

See also

References

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  5. Statistics Canada: Canada 1996 Census

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