Island Lake, Algoma District

Island Lake
Island Lake
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Island Lake is a rural settlement in the

Ontario Highway 556, and the Algoma Central Railway passes through the community. Island Lake was once home to Canadian Military installments—some buildings still remain in the area, however much have been either torn down or completely renovated. Island lake was also once the location of a train station—part of the Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway's Main Line.^[1]

Island Lake lies on the shores of Upper Island Lake and Lower Island Lake; the Upper Island Lake Dam controls the flow from the former to the latter, and the waters flow via the Root River to the St. Mary's River.

Island Lake—both Upper and Lower, is home to many cottages and private residences; only Lower Island Lake has public beach access and public parking via

556

; the names of many area roads originate from last names of families who were the first to purchase land and build property, some of which still remain in the area, hence "Cameron Road" or "Brooks Road".

Island Lake and surrounding area is regionally famous for spectacular fall colours due to the abundance of forestry and mountains. Telecommunication services in the area are offered by major Canadian company's such as Bell, Rogers, Telus, and other smaller providers; the area has a volunteer fire service and is regularly patrolled by the Ontario Provincial Police.

References

^ White, James; Conservation, Canada Commission of (1915). Altitudes in the Dominion of Canada. Mortimer Company, Limited, Printers.

External links

"Island Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
"Topographic Map sheet 41K9". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 2010-02-04. Archived from the original on 2010-08-03.

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[1] White, James; Conservation, Canada Commission of (1915). Altitudes in the Dominion of Canada. Mortimer Company, Limited, Printers.

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v t e Algoma District, Ontario
Cities	Elliot Lake Sault Ste. Marie
Towns	Blind River Bruce Mines Spanish Thessalon
Townships	Dubreuilville Hilton Hornepayne Huron Shores Jocelyn Johnson Laird Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional The North Shore Plummer Additional Prince St. Joseph Tarbutt Wawa White River
Villages	Hilton Beach
First Nations	Batchewana Garden River Hornepayne Michipicoten Missanabie Mississauga Sagamok Serpent River Thessalon
Indian reserves	Garden River 14 Goulais Bay 15A Goulais Bay 15C Gros Cap 49 Gros Cap Village 49A Missanabie 62 Mississagi River 8 Obadjiwan 15E Rankin Location 15D Sagamok Serpent River 7 Thessalon 12 Whitefish Island
Unorganized areas	North South East
Local services boards	Aweres Batchawana Bay Goulais and District Hawk Junction Missanabie Peace Tree Searchmont Wharncliffe and Kynoch
Unincorporated communities	Algoma Mills Ansonia Bar River Bellevue Bourdage Corner Bruce Station Cloudslee Dalton Day Mills Dayton Dean Lake Desbarats Dunns Valley Echo Bay Eley Fire River Franz Frater Glendale Goudreau Goulais Bay Goulais Mission Goulais River Gros Cap Harmony Harmony Bay Havilland Bay Heyden Iron Bridge Island Lake Karalash Corners Kentvale Kirby's Corner Kynoch Leeburn Little Rapids Livingstone Livingstone Creek Lochalsh MacDuff MacLennan Maple Ridge Michipicoten Michipicoten River Moiles Mills Montreal River Montreal River Harbour Neebish Nestorville Northland Northland Lake Norris Oba Ophir Parkinson Plummer Poplar Dale Port Findlay Ranger Lake Richards Landing Rock Lake Rydal Bank Sailors Encampment Sand Bay Serpent River Sherwood Sowerby Spragge Sunset Beach Sylvan Valley Wabos Wharncliffe
See also: Communities in Algoma District Census divisions of Ontario