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Telephone numbers in area code 678 were first assigned to customers signing up for new telephone service on January 15, 1998. On September 2, 2001, area code 470, was added to the 678 overlay area of area codes 404 and 770. [1] Telephone numbers from the NPA were assigned after exhaustion of area code 678.
In 1947, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) devised the first nationwide telephone numbering plan and assigned the original North American area codes. The state of California was divided into three numbering plan areas (NPAs) with distinct area codes: 213, 415, and 916, for the southern, central, and northern parts of the state ...
Alaska (all, except the lone border town of Hyder which uses the BC, Canada area codes of 236, 250, 672, or 778 depending on its assigned number) 1957: 908: New Jersey (Alpha, Washington, Elizabeth, Warren, Plainfield, and west-central New Jersey) November 1, 1990: split of 201; 1997: split to create 732; 909
By surface area, Lake Huron is the second-largest of the Great Lakes, with a surface area of 23,007 square miles (59,590 km 2)—of which 9,103 square miles (23,580 km 2) lies in Michigan and 13,904 square miles (36,010 km 2) lies in Ontario—making it the third-largest fresh water lake on Earth (or the fourth-largest lake, if the Caspian Sea ...
The North Shore is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Algoma District.The township had a population of 497 in the Canada 2016 Census.It is along the north shore of the North Channel of Lake Huron (hence its name), with its main communities all along Highway 17.
[3] [4] [22] Because of the hydrologic connectivity through the Straits, some sources consider the total area and volume of Lake Michigan–Huron when placing this system in a global or regional context. [23] When Lake Michigan–Huron is treated as a single entity, it is the largest freshwater lake by surface area in the world. [1] [23] [24] [25]
Formerly called Huron, it was renamed in 1860 to mark the visit by the then Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. It was incorporated in 1879. [3] In the Canada 2016 Census, the population of Point Edward was 2,037, an increase of 0.1 percent from its 2011 population of 2,034. In the summer of 2003, Point Edward celebrated its 125th anniversary.
Georgian Bay has been known by several names. To the Ojibwe, it is known as "Spirit Lake".To the Huron-Wendat, it is known as Lake Attigouatan. Samuel de Champlain, the first European to explore and map the area in 1615–1616, called it "La Mer douce" (the sweet/calm/fresh sea), which was a reference to the bay's freshwater. [1]