Whitefish River Valley
The Whitefish River Valley is located in the unorganized area of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, and is named for the Whitefish River that flows through it. The valley is home to several small communities that developed when land was opened for homesteading under the Dominion Lands Act along the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway line at the turn of the 20th century and many people, particularly those from Finland, settled in the area.[1] Today it has a population of approximately 1,362.[2]
Education in the valley is provided by the Whitefish Valley School, which is located in Hymers and operated by the Lakehead District School Board.[3]
Communities
Communities in the Whitefish River Valley include Flint, Harstone, Hillside, Hymers, Leeper, Nolalu, Sellers, and Silver Mountain. Part of the valley is located in the municipalities of O'Connor and Gillies. The remainder is located in the local services board of Nolalu.
Hillside is a hamlet on Highway 588. It was settled by homesteaders from Finland in the early 1900s. There were many small dairy farms and fields in Hillside until the 1950s. Hillside had its own train platform along the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway, as well as its own school built in 1914.
Nolalu is a village located on Highway 588. It is located in Lybster geographic township. The term "Nolalu" is an abbreviation of a company that was called "Northern Lands and Lumber" and is also used to describe a wide area around the village, as well as the local service board that oversees roads and services in much of the valley. The Whitefish River flows through the village on its way toward the Kaministiquia River.
References
48°17′00″N 89°50′00″W / 48.28333°N 89.83333°W / 48.28333; -89.83333
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- Greenstone
- Marathon
- Conmee
- Dorion
- Gillies
- Manitouwadge
- Neebing
- Nipigon
- O'Connor
- Oliver Paipoonge
- Red Rock
- Schreiber
- Shuniah
- Terrace Bay
- Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek
- Aroland
- Biigtigong Nishnaabeg
- Biinjitiwabik Zaaging Anishnabek (Rocky Bay)
- Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek (Sand Point)
- Fort William
- Ginoogaming
- Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek (Gull Bay)
- Lac des Mille Lacs
- Long Lake 58
- Mishkeegogamang
- Namaygoosisagagun
- Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (Pic Mobert)
- Ojibways of Saugeen
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- Red Rock (Lake Helen)
- Whitesand
- Fort William 52
- Ginoogaming (Long Lac 77)
- Gull River 55
- Lac des Mille Lacs 22A1
- Lac des Mille Lacs 22A2
- Lake Helen 53A
- Lake Nipigon
- Long Lake 58
- Ojibway Nation of Saugeen (Savant Lake)
- Osnaburgh 63A
- Pays Plat 51
- Pic Mobert North
- Pic Mobert South
- Pic River 50
- Red Rock 53
- Rocky Bay 1
- Sand Point First Nation
- Whitesand
- Armstrong
- Aroland
- Collins Lake
communities
- Amethyst Harbour
- Ancliff
- Auden
- Baird
- Beardmore
- Bowker
- Burchell Lake
- Caramat
- Carters Corners
- Cloud Bay
- English River
- Finmark
- Flint
- Fort William
- Geraldton
- Gorham
- Harstone
- Hemlo
- Hillside
- Hume
- Hymers
- Jackfish
- Jacques
- Jarvis River
- Jellicoe
- Kakabeka Falls
- Kashabowie
- Lee
- Leeblain
- Leeper
- Longlac
- Loon
- Macdiarmid
- Mackenzie
- McCluskeys Corners
- Millar
- Mokomon
- Moose Hill
- Murillo
- Nakina
- Navilus
- Nolalu
- Ombabika
- Orient Bay
- Pass Lake
- Pays Plat
- Pearl
- Port Arthur
- Raith
- Rosslyn
- Savanne
- Savant Lake
- Scoble West
- Sellers
- Shabaqua
- Shabaqua Corners
- Silver Harbour
- Silver Islet
- Silver Mountain
- Slate River Valley
- South Gillies
- Stanley
- Sorrell Lake
- Suomi
- Twin City
- Wamsley
- Wild Goose
- See also
- Communities in Thunder Bay District
- List of census divisions of Ontario