The term township , in Canada , is generally the district or area associated with a town. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semirural government within the country itself.
20-1767: White River Township may refer to: Canada [ edit ] White River, Ontario United States [ edit ] Arkansas [ edit ] White River Township, Independence County, Arkansas , in Independence County, Arkansas White River Township, Izard County, Arkansas , in Izard County, Arkansas White River Township, Madison County, Arkansas White River Township, Marion County, Arkansas , in Marion County, Arkansas White River Township, Prairie County, Arkansas , in Prairie County, Arkansas White River Township, Washington County, Arkansas , in Washington County, Arkansas White River Township, Woodruff County, Arkansas , in Woodruff County, Arkansas Indiana [ edit ] White River Township, Gibson County, Indiana White River Township, Hamilton County, Indiana White River Township, Johnson County, Indiana White River Township, Randolph County, Indiana Michigan [ edit ] White River Township, Michigan Missouri [ edit ] White River Township, Barry County, Missouri See also [ edit ] White Township (disambiguation) White Oak Township (disambiguation) White Rock Township (disambiguation) White River (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
40-556: A lower-tier municipality (if located in a county or regional municipality , i.e. in Southern Ontario ) or single-tier municipality (if located in a district, i.e. in Northern Ontario ). A township municipality may consist of a portion of one or more geographic townships united as a single entity with a single municipal administration. Often rural counties are subdivided into townships. In some places, usually if
60-526: A means of attracting settlers to the colony. In Prince Edward Island, the colonial survey of 1764 established 67 townships, known as lots, and 3 royalties, which were grouped into parishes and hence into counties; the townships were geographically and politically the same. In New Brunswick, parishes have taken over as the present-day subdivision of counties, and present-day Nova Scotia uses districts as appropriate. In Ontario , there are both geographic townships and township municipalities. Geographic townships are
80-448: A monthly basis to Environment Canada at the time. Its official weather station (which closed in 1976) was located in a frost hollow , but most residential areas have good air drainage and do not see temperatures far below −40 °C (−40 °F). Gardeners can keep their flowers alive into October and grow non-boreal species such as silver maple . In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , White River had
100-721: A population of 557 living in 270 of its 333 total private dwellings, a change of -13.6% from its 2016 population of 645 . With a land area of 95.55 km (36.89 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.8/km (15.1/sq mi) in 2021. Mother tongue: The township is perhaps best known for being the home of Winnie the Pooh . In August 1914, a trapped black bear cub was sold to Captain Harry Colebourn in White River, and Colebourn named it Winnipeg, or Winnie , after his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba . Over
120-470: A town when this site was selected by William Van Horne as the railway's divisional point . By 1886, it had a station house, fine hotels and an ice house. A stockyard to feed and water the livestock that regularly traveled through was also added. Its population grew from 10 families in 1886 to 42 families in 1906. In 1961, Highway 17 reached White River, making it accessible by car. This brought new industries and businesses, particularly tourism-related, to
140-607: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages White River, Ontario White River is a township located in Northeastern Ontario , Canada, at the western end of the District of Algoma. It sits along the namesake White River and the junction of Highway 17 of the Trans-Canada Highway , and Highway 631. It was originally a railway town on
160-450: Is located at the intersection of Highway 17 and Highway 631 , which connects the town to Highway 11 to the north. White River station is the western terminus of Via Rail 's thrice-weekly Sudbury–White River train , which operates east to Greater Sudbury . Greyhound Canada stopped serving White River on 31 October 2018, when it ended all service west of Sudbury. Ontario Northland buses continue to serve White River. White River
180-627: Is located north of Lake Superior , on White River and halfway along Highway 17 between Marathon and Wawa . This is also roughly halfway between Toronto and Winnipeg . White River advertises itself as "The Coldest Spot in Canada" with recorded temperatures as low as −58 °C (−72 °F). However, this is a myth, as the coldest temperature in Canada was recorded in Snag, Yukon , at −62.8 °C (−81.0 °F) on 3 February 1947. Even in Ontario,
200-525: Is referenced by the Canadian singer/songwriter Christine Fellows in her song "Migrations". Township (Canada) In Eastern Canada , a township is one form of the subdivision of a county . In Quebec, the term is canton in French. The historic colony of Nova Scotia (present-day Nova Scotia, New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island ) used the term township as a subdivision of counties and as
220-660: The Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885, and is still served by a passenger rail service to Sudbury, the Budd Car managed by Via Rail. Its main employers include White River Forest Products (a softwood lumber mill), Albert Bazzoni Ltd., A&W Restaurant, Tri Timber, NCCP, CP Rail, Home Hardware, and Primary Power. In the early 1880s, White River started as a workcamp along the Canadian Pacific Railway, then under construction, but grew into
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#1732782750734240-648: The Prairie Provinces and parts of British Columbia , a township is a division of the Dominion Land Survey . Townships are (mostly) 6-by-6-mile (9.7 by 9.7 km) squares, about 36 square miles (93 km ) in area. The townships are not political units (although political boundaries often follow township boundaries) but exist only to define parcels of land relatively simply. Townships are divided into 36 equal 1-by-1-mile (1.6 by 1.6 km) square parcels, known as "sections." In Saskatchewan ,
260-708: The British Conquest, primarily as a surveying unit. They were designated and cover most of the unattributed territory in Eastern Quebec and what is now known as the Eastern Townships and later used in surveying the Outaouais and Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean regions. Townships often served as the territorial basis for new municipalities, but township municipalities are no different from other types such as parish or village municipalities. In
280-624: The coldest recorded temperature was in Iroquois Falls on 23 January 1935 [−58.3 °C (−72.9 °F)], which is also the lowest temperature ever recorded in Eastern Canada. White River's reputation for being the "coldest spot" is probably based on the fact that for many years, its reported temperature was deemed "the coldest in the nation today" from the handful of stations reporting daily temperature extremes in newspapers and on radio, with most stations' data being available only on
300-432: The original historical administrative subdivisions surveyed and established primarily in the 1800s. They are used primarily for geographic purposes, such as land surveying, natural resource exploration and tracking of phenomena such as forest fires or tornados , but are not political entities. Township municipalities, also called "political townships", are areas that have been incorporated with municipal governments, and are
320-479: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. 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=White_River_Township&oldid=896347133 " Categories : Place name disambiguation pages Township name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
340-726: The town, ending its existence as an exclusive railway town. In the 1970s, Abitibi-Price established a lumber mill, which was purchased by Domtar Forest Products in 1984 and closed in July 2007. In 2013, the Domtar assets were purchased by the Township of White River and the Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (Pic Mobert First Nation) along with private partners. The mill was then reopened, with significant investment in new equipment, as White River Forest Products LP. White River
360-401: The township is in a county rather than in a regional municipality , the head of a political township may be called a " reeve ", not a mayor. However, the distinction is changing as many rural townships are replacing the title with "mayor" to reduce confusion. A few townships keep both titles and designate "mayor" as the head of the municipal council and use "reeve" to denote the representative to
380-412: The upper tier (usually county) council. The term "geographic township" is also used in reference to former political townships that were abolished or superseded as part of municipal government restructuring. In Quebec , townships are called cantons in French and can also be political and geographic, similar to Ontario although the geographic use is not used much or at all. They were introduced after
400-494: The years, the animal became the basis for the popular literary character. The town celebrates "Winnie's Hometown Festival" every third week in August. Being surrounded by wilderness, White River has a lot of outdoor recreation opportunities. Summer activities include hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, boating and canoeing. In the winter the town offers cross-country skiing and snowmobiling. Other attractions include: White River
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