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Ring of Fire (Northern Ontario) Coordinates: 52°46′0″N 86°3′0″W. The Ring of Fire is a vast, mineral-rich region located in the remote James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario, Canada. Spanning approximately 5,000 square kilometres (1,900 sq mi), the area is rich in chromite, nickel, copper, platinum group elements, gold, zinc, and ...
Uncertain (c. 73-200+) Map. The Great Porcupine Fire of 1911 was one of the most devastating forest fires ever to strike the Ontario northland. Spring had come early that year, followed by an abnormally hot dry spell that lasted into the summer. This created ideal conditions for the ensuing disaster, in which a number of smaller fires converged.
Highway 11A →. King's Highway 11, commonly referred to as Highway 11, is a provincially-maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. At 1,784.9 kilometres (1,109.1 mi), it is the second-longest highway in the province, after Highway 17. Highway 11 begins at Highway 400 in Barrie and arches through northern Ontario to the Ontario ...
Haliburton is a county of Ontario, Canada, known as a tourist and cottage area in Central Ontario for its scenery and for its resident artists. Minden Hills is the county seat. Haliburton County and the village of Haliburton are named after Thomas Chandler Haliburton , author, statesman, and the first chairman of the Canadian Land and ...
Neskantaga First Nation (formerly known as Lansdowne House Indian Band) is a remote Ojibway First Nation band government in the northern reaches of the Canadian province of Ontario, situated along the shore of Attawapiskat Lake in the District of Kenora. The First Nation is a signatory to Treaty 9 (originally as part of the Fort Hope Band) and ...
King's Highway 101, commonly referred to as Highway 101, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The 473.3-kilometre (294.1 mi) highway connects Highway 17 west of Wawa with Highway 11 in Matheson before continuing east to the Ontario– Quebec border where it becomes Route 388 .
Northern Ontario is a primary geographic and quasi-administrative region of the Canadian province of Ontario, the other primary region being Southern Ontario.Most of the core geographic region is located on part of the Superior Geological Province of the Canadian Shield, a vast rocky plateau located mainly north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River, Lake Nipissing, and the ...
Highway 808 Northern Ontario Resource Trail NORT Road A map of the Northern Ontario Resource Trail. Nungesser Road at left, Pickle Lake Road at right Route information Maintained by Ministry of Transportation of Ontario Length 281 km (175 mi) Existed December 6, 1966–1983 Major junctions South end Highway 599 in Pickle Lake North end Windigo Lake Location Country Canada Province Ontario ...