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21-556: Northeastern Ontario consists of the districts of Algoma , Sudbury , Cochrane , Timiskaming , Nipissing and Manitoulin . For some purposes, Parry Sound District and Muskoka District Municipality are treated as part of Northeastern Ontario although they are geographically in Central Ontario . These two divisions are coloured in green on the map. Northeastern Ontario and Northwestern Ontario may also be grouped together as Northern Ontario . An important difference between

42-479: A UNESCO World Heritage Site , the oldest known waterway system in the world, is considered to be one of the world's largest and most extensive project of engineering . The European Conference of Ministers of Transport established in 1953 a classification of waterways that was later expanded to take into account the development of push-towing. Europe is a continent with a great variety of waterway characteristics, which makes this classification valuable to appreciate

63-602: A few standalone municipalities are so designated. In 2023, the Northeastern Ontario Tourism agency launched a social media marketing campaign, branding the region as "The Seven" in reference to the 705 telephone area code and the common nickname of Toronto as "The Six". There are six cities in Northeastern Ontario. They are, in alphabetical order: The towns in Northeastern Ontario, listed in alphabetical order, include: The region

84-525: A number of rivers, which historically were used as transportation and trade corridors. The Hudson's Bay Company chose key riverside or river mouth locations for a number of its trading posts in the district. One example was Fort Michipicoten , located at the Michipicoten River's mouth. The rivers flow in a number of directions, some crossing through other districts to ultimately empty into faraway water bodies such as James Bay . Others drain into

105-474: A population of 113,777 living in 51,709 of its 59,854 total private dwellings, a change of −0.3% from its 2016 population of 114,094 . With a land area of 48,281.36 km (18,641.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.4/km (6.1/sq mi) in 2021. Waterway A waterway is any navigable body of water . Broad distinctions are useful to avoid ambiguity, and disambiguation will be of varying importance depending on

126-868: A provisional judicial district of the Province of Canada comprising territory north of the French River as far west as Pigeon River , including all Canadian islands in Lakes Huron and Superior. The authorizing act of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was An Act to provide for the Administration of Justice in the unorganized Tracts of Country within the limits of this Province (known by its short title as The Temporary Judicial Districts Act, 1857) . The district seat

147-567: A waterway to be navigable , it must meet several criteria: Vessels using waterways vary from small animal -drawn barges to immense ocean tankers and ocean liners , such as cruise ships . In order to increase the importance of inland waterway transport, the European Commission presented a 35-point action plan in June 2021. The main goals are to increase the amount of goods moved through Europe's rivers and canals and to speed up

168-645: Is Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. However, it is noted that Thessalon is where the Algoma District Services Administration Board is located. As the population grew and the northern and northwestern boundaries of Ontario were determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council , Algoma shrank. Other districts were created from it by the provincial government of Ontario: Algoma District is crossed by

189-547: Is served by several branches of the Trans-Canada Highway , including Highway 11 , Highway 17 , Highway 66 and Highway 69 . Several other highways in the region are part of the provincial highway system, but not the national Trans-Canada Highway. The only freeways in the region are a portion of Highway 17 in the Walden district of Greater Sudbury, and most but not all of Highway 69 between Greater Sudbury and

210-652: Is the function of ship canals . Dredged channels in the sea are not usually described as waterways. There is an exception to this initial distinction, essentially for legal purposes, see under international waters . Where seaports are located inland, they are approached through a waterway that could be termed "inland" but in practice is generally referred to as a "maritime waterway" (examples Seine Maritime, Loire Maritime , Seeschiffahrtsstraße Elbe). The term "inland waterway" refers to navigable rivers and canals designed to be used by inland waterway craft only, implicitly of much smaller dimensions than seagoing ships. In order for

231-408: The French River . The remainder of Highway 69 is slated for conversion into a full freeway, and will be redesignated as part of Highway 400 when the construction is complete. The provincial government also has plans on file for the eventual conversion of Highway 17 to freeway from Sault Ste. Marie easterly toward Ottawa, although no timetable for this project has been announced as of 2018 except for

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252-622: The Great Lakes Basin via Lake Huron or Lake Superior . Major rivers in Algoma District include: In the Algoma section, the characteristic forest mixture consists of yellow birch, white spruce, balsam fir, sugar maple, hop-hornbeam, and eastern white cedar. Eastern white pine and occasional red pine ( Pinus resinosa ) dominate on the upper, steep south-facing slopes; white spruce, eastern white cedar, and balsam fir occupy

273-515: The Huron – Petun complex (broadly Ontario Iroquoian ) as well as from modern-day Michigan . French explorers arrived in the area by the mid-17th century. As the French penetrated into North America, they established lines of forts and trading posts, often at river mouths to control trade, especially the lucrative fur trade . In Algoma, they established Fort Michipicoten , located at the mouth of

294-553: The Michipicoten River where it empties into Lake Superior . The Michipicoten was one of the geographic features depicted by Samuel de Champlain on a 1632 map. This helped the French bridge the distance to Fort Kaministiquia at the head of Lake Superior, and protected the route up the Michipicoten to James Bay , providing a significant crossroads of water routes. Algoma was created by proclamation in 1858 as

315-567: The Ojibwe in Sault Ste. Marie region in 1822. "Al" is derived from Algonquin, while "goma" is a variant of gomee, meaning lake or water. Algoma District has shoreline along Lake Superior and Lake Huron . It has an international border crossing to the American state of Michigan , at Sault Ste. Marie . Historically, it was known for its lumber and mining industries. The rugged scenery of

336-603: The conversion of Highway 17's Southwest and Southeast Bypasses route through Sudbury near the completion of the Highway 69/400 project. Algoma District, Ontario Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario . The name was created by an American ethnologist, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793–1864), who was appointed Indian agent to

357-470: The middle and lower slopes. A white spruce– balsam fir association, which usually includes white birch and black spruce , is prominent on the river terraces and adjoining flats in the northern part of the Section (Rowe 1972). Communities within these subdivisions are added in parentheses. As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the Algoma District had

378-418: The nuance of the equivalent word in other ways. A first distinction is necessary between maritime shipping routes and waterways used by inland water craft. Maritime shipping routes cross oceans and seas, and some lakes, where navigability is assumed, and no engineering is required, except to provide the draft for deep-sea shipping to approach seaports ( channels ), or to provide a short cut across an isthmus; this

399-710: The region has inspired works by Canadian artists, particularly the Group of Seven . They rented a boxcar from the Algoma Central Railway to travel on excursions through this region. Surviving prehistoric remains in Algoma District are concentrated around waterways . These remains date as far back as the Archaic period . There are also sites from the later Woodland period , with evidence of extensive Late Woodland habitation. Ceramics at Late Woodland sites show predominantly southeastern links, having originated from

420-587: The switch to zero-emission barges by 2050. This is in accordance with the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy and the European Green Deal , which set the target of boosting inland canal and short-sea shipping by 25% by 2030 and by 50% by 2050. Waterways have been an important part of human activity since prehistoric times and navigability has allowed watercraft and canals to pass through every body of water . The Grand Canal (China) ,

441-500: The two sub-regions is that Northeastern Ontario has a sizable Franco-Ontarian population — approximately 25 per cent of the region's population speaks French as a first language, compared with 3.2 per cent in the northwest. Virtually the entire region, except only the Manitoulin District , is designated as a French-language service area under Ontario's French Language Services Act . In the northwest, by contrast, only

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