Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands is a municipality with town status in Manitoulin District in Northeastern Ontario , Canada, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Espanola . Its main town is Little Current, located on the northeast side of Manitoulin Island . However, its territory also includes most of the small islands surrounding Manitoulin, even those at the far western end of Manitoulin.
21-525: (Redirected from Coldspring ) Cold Spring , Cold Springs , Coldspring , or Coldsprings may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Cold Springs, Manitoulin District, Ontario Cold Springs, Northumberland County, Ontario Coldspring House , British Columbia, Canada (also known as Coldspring) United States [ edit ] Cold Spring (Waldron, Arkansas) , listed on
42-720: A census-designated place Cold Springs, Buffalo , a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York Cold Springs Station Site in Lander County, Nevada Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California in Fresno County, California Coldspring, New York Coldspring, Texas Coldsprings Township, Michigan Taiwan [ edit ] Su'ao Cold Spring Schools [ edit ] Cold Springs High School in Bremen, Alabama Cold Springs Middle School, in
63-442: A general store still in business today. The lumbering trade was foremost in the region at the time and saw mills were established at nearby Low Island, now a park in the community. Settlers cleared the land for farming. Today the local economy continues to include farming and lumbering but tourism is a main aspect. Being a safe haven from the ravages of Lake Huron, the community may be found on Canadian Hydrographic Chart #2205. It
84-663: A small portion of the track still exists, which connects the Domtar pulp and paper mill in Espanola to the CPR line using the junction at McKerrow; this stretch of track is the only surviving remnant of the AER. In April 2018, Ontario Northland announced that it would begin bus service on Manitoulin Island, with buses stopping at Little Current upon arrival from Sudbury before travelling around
105-491: A town Cold Spring (community), Wisconsin , an unincorporated community Cold Spring (Shepherdstown, West Virginia) , a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places Cold Springs, El Dorado County, California Cold Springs, Tuolumne County, California Cold Springs, Indiana Cold Springs, Churchill County, Nevada , an unincorporated community Cold Springs, Washoe County, Nevada ,
126-689: Is a 208-foot, single span Pegram truss bridge in Blaine County, Idaho . It is 17 feet (5.2 m) wide. It provides 21 feet (6.4 m) clearance above a roadbed below. The Cold Springs Bridge was constructed in 1884 at the Snake River Crossing in Ontario, Oregon. In 1917, the bridge was disassembled and relocated to Blaine County, Idaho. It crosses the Big Wood River 2 miles south of Ketchum, Idaho . This bridge served
147-692: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cold Springs, Manitoulin District, Ontario The town was created on January 1, 1998, by amalgamating the Town of Little Current with the Township of Howland and the unorganized small islands in Lake Huron . It is the administrative headquarters of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nations band government . Little Current
168-468: Is the largest community within the town, as well as its administrative centre. Formerly an independent town, Little Current was named variously by different groups for the swift strong currents of water running between the narrow passageway which connects the North Channel and Georgian Bay . Past names for the community included Waebijewung, Le Petit Courant and Shaftesbury. The town also includes
189-626: Is well marked from the east by Strawberry Island Lighthouse and from the west by a series of navigational markers. The only land access to Manitoulin is the Little Current Swing Bridge , located on Highway 6 , crossing the North Channel of Lake Huron to the mainland, where the highway continues northward to Espanola . In summer the swing bridge opens to marine traffic on the hour for 15 minutes from sunrise to sunset, delaying road traffic. Historically, Little Current
210-513: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands had a population of 2,641 living in 1,205 of its 1,903 total private dwellings, a change of -2.6% from its 2016 population of 2,712 . With a land area of 489.19 km (188.88 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.4/km (14.0/sq mi) in 2021. Cold Springs Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge The Cold Springs Bridge
231-677: The Union Pacific from 1936 to 1981 bringing skiers on luxury trains to Sun Valley, Idaho . In 1984, the Blaine County recreation district converted the bridge to pedestrian use. In 1997, the bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places . This article about a property in Idaho on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
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#1732802313401252-620: The Washoe County School District in Washoe County, Nevada Other uses [ edit ] Cold Spring (label) , an independent record label based in Northamptonshire, England Coldspring (company) , a United States quarrier, fabricator, and manufacturer (formerly known as Cold Spring Granite) Cold Springs Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge in Blaine County, Idaho Cold Springs Cemetery in
273-534: The 1974 Preakness and Belmont Stakes and was voted that year's United States Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt . The town has two radio stations, CFRM and CHAW . Some radio stations from Sudbury can also be heard in the area, as can Elliot Lake 's CKNR . The town's primary community newspaper is the weekly Manitoulin Expositor , which is the oldest still-extant newspaper in Northern Ontario. In
294-747: The NRHP in Arkansas Cold Spring, former name of Cold Springs, El Dorado County, California Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge , California Cold Spring, Kentucky Cold Spring, Minnesota Cold Spring, New Jersey Cold Spring Grange Hall , listed on the NRHP in Cape May County, New Jersey Cold Spring Presbyterian Church , listed on the NRHP in Cape May County, New Jersey Historic Cold Spring Village Cold Spring, New York Cold Spring (Metro-North station) Cold Spring, Tennessee Cold Spring, Wisconsin ,
315-569: The first weekend of August, and include a fireworks display, a video dance, street vendors, and a parade. The prominent American sportsman John W. Galbreath (1897-1988), owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball club as well as the Darby Dan Farm thoroughbred horse racing operation, owned a summer retreat here and named one of his horses after the village. Little Current won
336-419: The island using a circular route. The new route also includes Sheguiandah. This new route marked the first time the island had seen bus service in decades. Manitoulin Island service ended in 2019. The climate is characterized by warm, humid summers (sometimes rainy/cooler) and snowy, rigorous winters. The cold season does not have many differences with other North American places of the same parallel. However,
357-526: The island, but passenger operations along the spur ended in 1963, and the line became an infrequently-used "ghost railway". Over the following decades, the CPR gradually removed sections of the track: in the 1980s, the section connecting Goat Island to Manitoulin Island across the Little Current Swing Bridge (which was converted to service road traffic only), and in the 1990s, the section connecting Espanola to Goat Island. Currently only
378-512: The obvious differing factor is that all weather is dictated by Lake Huron . As such, the lake generates microclimates similar to coastal cities, thousands of miles away; one example is Asahikawa , on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido . Each year the town hosts " Haweater Weekend," a weeklong celebration which takes its name from the Haweaters, the name given to one who is born on Manitoulin Island. The main celebrations take place on
399-515: The smaller communities of Cold Springs, Dinner Point Depot, Eads Bush, Green Bay, Honora, Rockville, and Sheguiandah. In the late 19th century lake vessels stopped here to take on wood for fuel. A settlement developed, with George Abotossaway, an Anishinaabe man, selling fuel to the steamers. The westbound passengers on board the vessels were usually from Upper Canada . One group included the Turner family which disembarked and, being merchants, set up
420-626: The town of Lockport, New York See also [ edit ] Cold Spring Farm (disambiguation) Cold Spring Harbor (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cold Spring . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cold_Spring&oldid=1231917145 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
441-640: Was the western terminus of the Algoma Eastern Railway before the AER's acquisition by the Canadian Pacific Railway . After acquisition, the portion from McKerrow to Little Current was designated as the Little Current subdivision of the CPR, and became a spur of its Sault Ste. Marie line. Passenger rail ridership through Espanola and Little Current continued for some time due to the relatively difficult road access to
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