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28-718: Biscotasing (or Biscotassing ), often referred to as simply Bisco, is a community in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District in Northeastern Ontario , Canada. It was founded on the shores of Lake Biscotasi on the Spanish River in 1884 by Canadian Pacific Railway as a railway construction town, and the first divisional point west of Sudbury . The rails of westward track laying gangs reached this area in October 1884. Biscotasing

56-422: A 5-km fun run for older people and a 2.5-km run for children under 5 years old. Little Lake Park is a tourist destination in the summer months. The park has a refreshment stand and a number of sports facilities including volleyball courts, a baseball field, skateboard park, disc golf course. The Midland Cultural Centre is a hub for various cultural activities, located in the core of downtown Midland. The Centre

84-486: A long drive on the Sultan Industrial Road . Although the year-round population is only 22, during the summer season, the population swells to around 300, mostly tourists . The early development of Biscotasing was dictated solely by the needs of the railway. The CPR acquired a 470-acre (190 ha) parcel of land at Biscotasing in 1884 and by November had cleared 30 acres (12 ha). A frame station

112-535: A meeting between a local native and Jesuit missionary Jean de Brebeuf is on the silos overlooking the main harbour. This work was completed by Lenz's sons following his death in 2001. Notable sites in or near Midland include the Jesuit mission of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons , which is now a living museum depicting missionary life in the 17th century. The Martyrs' Shrine is a Roman Catholic church commemorating

140-695: A variety of races, including a summer-long weekly series, as well as a night race, high school event, and 9-hour relay. Also, an MTB club has been borne of the Centre, expanding its breadth into competition and other pursuits. The provincial cyclo-cross championships will be hosted in Midland on November 13, 2016, as part of the Silver Goose CX Race. In the winter, snowmobiling and ice fishing are popular activities. Mountain-view Ski Centre has 25 kilometres (16 mi) of cross-country ski trails. In

168-479: Is also good fishing. Midland also has an ever-growing and active cycling base. The Midland Tri Club has increased the number of road riders in the area. Many of these riders also participate in the popular weekly Time Trial series and group rides throughout the summer months. Mountain View Ski Centre has also encouraged the growth of mountain bikers, with an extensive trail system in town. The Centre hosts

196-475: Is also the location of the Midland Sports Hall of Fame. Boating, both power and sail, is very popular with several marinas and a sailing club based in the town. The town has easy access to the relatively sheltered waters of southeastern Georgian Bay. Among the marinas nearby are Bay Port Yachting Centre on the northwest side of the bay, and Wye Heritage Marina along the southeast shore. There

224-425: Is an access point for canoeists , fishermen , and back-country campers to the area including Biscotasi Lake Provincial Park. It has one general store that functions as the post office , tackle shop, grocery store and Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) outlet; a community centre; a church ; and the one-room Biscotasing railway station served by Via Rail . The town also is accessible by floatplane and by

252-538: Is considered a symbol of Midland and a large statue of one has been erected by the harbour. An annual Butter tart festival, inaugurated in 2013, is held in early June. In 2016, the fourth annual Butter tart Festival sold more 100,000 butter tarts. Many tourists flock to Midland during the festival. There are two divisions: amateur and commercial. The day after the Butter tart festival is the Butter Tart Trot,

280-784: Is home to the Huronia Players, Quest Art School and Gallery, and Rotary Hall. Midland is the home of The Midland Flyers Ice Hockey Club of the Provincial Junior Hockey League in the Carruthers division in the Ontario Hockey Association . It is also the home of the Midland Minor Hockey Association. Midland North Simcoe Sports & Recreation Centre is the home rink of these teams. The NSSRC

308-590: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Midland had a population of 17,817 living in 7,849 of its 8,295 total private dwellings, a change of 5.7% from its 2016 population of 16,864 . With a land area of 35.33 km (13.64 sq mi), it had a population density of 504.3/km (1,306.1/sq mi) in 2021. Midland is served by the Simcoe County LINX inter-community bus service on its Route 1 - Penetanguishene / Midland to Barrie. Since 1952 ELCAN (Ernest Leitz CANada)

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336-731: The Canadian Martyrs , eight missionaries from Sainte-Marie who were martyred during the Huron - Iroquois wars. Pope John Paul II held a pastoral meeting at this site in September 1984. The Huronia Museum is a history and art museum which features the Huron Village, a reconstruction of a typical Huron /Ouendat (Wendat) village. The Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre is nearby. The marsh provides habitat for trumpeter swans , black terns and least bitterns . The trumpeter swan

364-483: The Köppen climate classification (Köppen Dfb ) and has four distinct seasons. The climate is nearly the same as much of Southern Ontario and has balmy summers and chilly winters. Thunderstorms, hailstorms, snowstorm, lake effect snow and freezing rain are also common for this city. Around the centre of Midland there are a number of murals, most of which were painted by now deceased artist Fred Lenz. The largest, depicting

392-521: The North Part. The subdivision consists of three non-contiguous areas, totalling 35,594.71 square kilometres, or about 92% of the district. It had a population of 2,306 in the Canada 2011 Census . Population: Mother tongue: Unorganized North Sudbury District is served by Via Rail at Gogama , Westree , Ruel , Felix , McKee's Camp , and Laforest . Midland, Ontario Located at

420-458: The area had been overrun by fires and was of very little value, consisting mostly of scrubby spruce and small pitch pine . The same year a sawmill was in operation at Biscotasing, mostly to serve the requirements of CPR construction. The first permanent sawmill was established by Sadler and O'Neil in the early 1890s. Robert Booth and Patrick Shannon, were also actively logging this region from 1895. Booth and Shannon produced square timber, which

448-537: The era of construction, as Chapleau , about midway between Sudbury and Lake Superior, was selected to replace it. Soon after, the town lost its importance as a railroad town but by 1890, the HBC outpost became a full trading post , and two years later, Biscotasing was made the headquarters of the HBC's Lake Huron District as a part of wider district reorganizations. The railway provided an inland access point to waterways flowing south to Lake Huron and north to James Bay , and

476-733: The first place in Northern Ontario to use aircraft ( Curtiss NC ) for forest fire surveillance. Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part, Ontario Unorganized North Sudbury District is an unorganized area in the Canadian province of Ontario , comprising all portions of the Sudbury District which are not organized into incorporated municipalities. Despite its name, there is no longer an accompanying "South Part", as that subdivision has subsequently been incorporated into municipalities and Statistics Canada has not renamed

504-599: The locomotives. On April 1, 1885, the first soldiers on their way to the North-West Rebellion passed through Biscotasing. In 1887, the Hudson's Bay Company opened a supply depot on leased land of the Canadian Pacific Railway near its station. The following year, it became a fur trade outpost for Whitefish Lake and Sudbury. As a divisional point , Biscotasing did not last much beyond

532-491: The partnership, with Patrick's son, the firm was reorganized as P. & G. Shannon. In 1923 the mill was sold to Midland lumbermen Pratt and Shanacy. The mill closed in 1927 for lack of timber. The mill was dismantled and removed by 1938. On February 11, 1927, the HBC post again burned down, but was not rebuilt and HBC ceased operations at Biscotasing. Many of the old buildings in Biscotasing that survive today are from

560-549: The possibility of violent tornadoes, informing residents in the area that they should seek shelter. In addition, a State of emergency was also declared in Midland. While electrical service was knocked out for a time, there were no fatalities caused by the storm. Midland is located at the south end of the Georgian Bay and is the northern anchor of the Simcoe County. Midland has a humid continental climate under

588-626: The sawmill era. A small steam locomotive, once used to switch cars of lumber from the mill to the lumber piling grounds, sat for many years, derelict on the mill property, across the tracks, opposite the Pratt and Shanacy company store . In 1958, David L. Pratt, of Toronto donated his father's steam engine for display at the Algonquin Provincial Park Logging Museum. From railway construction camp, to fur trade depot and lumbering centre, in 1922 Biscotasing became

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616-434: The settlement. The village (incorporated in 1878) thrived based on Georgian Bay shipping and the lumber and grain trade . Incorporated into a town in 1890, a number of light industrial companies have established themselves in the area and tourism in the southern Georgian Bay area also contributes to the economy. On June 23, 2010, Midland was struck by an F2 tornado, causing $ 15 million in damage. The most significant damage

644-408: The size of 30 × 35 feet (11 m), was constructed, with offices upstairs, a large freight shed 40 × 140 feet (43 m), a telegraph office, several residences for company officials and a number of boarding houses were completed before the end of that year. A wye track had also been installed to allow work trains to turn around prior to returning to the east. Later a roundhouse was built to service

672-515: The southern end of Georgian Bay 's 30,000 Islands, Midland is the economic centre of the region, with a 125-bed hospital and a local airport ( Midland/Huronia Airport ). It is the main town of the southern Georgian Bay area. In the summer months, the area's population grows to over 100,000 with seasonal visitors to more than 8,000 cottages, resort hotels, provincial and national parks in the surrounding municipalities of Penetanguishene , Tiny , Tay , and Beausoleil First Nation . The town of Midland

700-609: The town subsequently developed as a centre for Indian trade in the region. After the Lake Huron District was amalgamated with the Temiscamingue District in 1900, the HBC post began operating as a saleshop, but the following year, Biscotasing was once again district headquarters and a new store was built. The local water routes also helped to develop Biscotasing as a major centre for lumbering. In 1884, Public Lands Surveyor James Allan noted that timber in

728-532: Was founded when, in 1871, the Midland Railway of Canada selected the sparsely populated community of Mundy's Bay as the new terminus of the Midland railway. At that time the Midland railway ran from Port Hope to Beaverton. The town site was surveyed in 1872–3 and the line to the town was completed by 1879. Settlers, attracted by the convenience of rail service, soon began to move into the area. The company sold off lots in town (Midland City) to help finance

756-419: Was reported at Smith's Camp, a trailer park at the south end of the town, where several mobile homes were completely destroyed. At one point, for the first time in 25 years, Emergency Management Ontario upgraded Environment Canada 's tornado warning to an extreme severe weather warning called "Red Alert" which was issued for most of Southern Ontario 's cottage country due to the approaching severe weather and

784-524: Was taken by CPR to Papineauville for export to Britain , from the Port of Quebec in Quebec . By 1903 Booth and Shannon were the only lumber producers in Biscotasing, possibly having taken over and expanding the O'Neil mill which closed in 1898. In 1913, the original Booth and Shannon mill was destroyed by fire, as well as the HBC post. The mill and post were subsequently rebuilt. At that time Robert Booth left

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