Cockburn Island (Huron Sea)
| Cockburn Island | ||
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| Waters | Lake Huron | |
| Archipelago | Manitoulin Island chain | |
| Geographical location | 45 ° 55 ′ N , 83 ° 23 ′ W | |
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| surface | 175 km² | |
| Residents | 10 (2006) <1 inh / km² |
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Cockburn Island is an island in Lake Huron in the Canadian province of Ontario . It belongs to the Manitoulin District . It is separated from the western tip of Manitoulin Island by the Mississagi Strait . West is to Michigan belonging Drummond Iceland . In between is the False Detour Channel .
Most of the island belongs to the township of Cockburn Island, which has a permanent population of 10. It is the incorporated municipality in Canada with the smallest population. The municipal authorities are located in Thessalon on mainland Ontario, in the Algoma District .
In summer the population grows to around 200 as there are a number of cottages on the island .
history
The island was named after Francis Cockburn - a deputy quartermaster of Upper and Lower Canada in the early 19th century.
The island was home to several hundred people in the past. In Tolsmaville ( 45 ° 57 '29 " N , 83 ° 19' 5" W ), also known as port Cockburn mainly operated fishing, was. In Ricketts Harbor there was a timber industry .
Tolsmaville is still the center of the island today. The place serves as a hub for island tourism in summer.
A small part of the island belongs to Cockburn Iceland 19 - Indian Reservation , which has no permanent settlement. The area belongs to the cultural heritage of a First Nation , whose main settlement is on the neighboring Manitoulin Island.
In addition to summer tourism, forestry is one of the island's economic factors.
traffic
There is no bridge or ferry connection to the neighboring islands of Manitoulin and Drummond Island, nor to the mainland. The community operates a dock for private boats and seaplanes near Tolsmaville. There is also a small airfield west of Tolsmaville .
In the past, when the permanent island population was even larger, there was still a ferry connection through the MS Norgoma . The island's population declined rapidly when this ferry shut down in the late 1960s and only ran once a week from Meldrum Bay .
Individual evidence
- ^ Canada 2006 Census: Cockburn Island community profile .
- ^ Guide to the North Channel of Lake Huron , continuouswave.com.
- ^ Ontario Ghost Towns: Tolsmaville / Port Cockburn
- ^ "Tolsmaville, Cockburn Island, Ontario - A Lively Ghost Town" , greatlakescruising.blogspot.com.
- ↑ Cockburn Iceland on Googlesightseeing.com.
- ↑ MS Norgoma: The History of the Turkey Trail ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
