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intended to be set up as one municipality, but the Ontario Legislature created two townships, with a provision for their later amalgamation, if requested by the elected Councils. Soon after the formation of the townships, both councils passed identical by-laws calling for the amalgamation of the two municipalities. Therefore, the Township of the Archipelago was formed on April 1, 1980, when the townships of Georgian Bay South Archipelago and Georgian Bay North Archipelago merged.
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On January 1, 1980, the townships of Georgian Bay South Archipelago and Georgian Bay North Archipelago were formed out of unincorporated geographic townships from the Parry Sound District, primarily in order to provide proper planning in the islands and waterways of the area. These two townships were
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The township is characterized by numerous islands (hence its name) and bays that attract large numbers of vacationers and boaters in the summer. Much of its area is undeveloped and crown-owned land: in the north, 96 percent of the mainland and 50 percent of the islands remain in the public domain,
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and Harrison. This covers the islands and shoreline of Georgian Bay from the Twin Sisters (at the northern boundary of Carling Township) north to Charles Inlet and the Naiscoot River, a few miles south of
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in the province, and there were 12 students in grades 1-8 with ages ranging from 6 to 13. At the time, the closest high school to Moon Island was in
374:. Almost a third of the population of the southern part lives on the islands in the Sans Souci and Copperhead area, centred on Frying Pan Island. 1726: 82: 54: 1731: 1378: 1251: 1107: 111: 1700: 1736: 1684: 1653: 866:"Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario" 50: 1679: 1213: 1133: 597:. With a land area of 592.14 km (228.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.7/km (4.3/sq mi) in 2021. 439: 938: 1371: 1244: 1100: 865: 754: 1658: 715: 363: 918: 891: 721:
As of 1975, Moon Island, within The Archipelago, was served by the Sugar Bay School. That year, it was one of 21
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and in the south, 83 percent of the mainland and 70 percent of the islands, a large part of it protected in
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total private dwellings, a change of 84.4% from its 2016 population of
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Henry's Fish and Chips, on Frying Pan Island, Sans Souci, Ontario.
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on the mainland and most of the geographic townships of
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Township of The Archipelago 765: 703:Other as first language: 8.6% 1312: 1309:The Archipelago (south part) 1304: 1176: 1173:The Archipelago (north part) 1168: 993:One room school on an island 760:List of townships in Ontario 714:The community is within the 709: 697:French as first language: 0% 29:Archipelago (disambiguation) 7: 1706:Census divisions of Ontario 732: 200: • Federal riding 63:Township of The Archipelago 36:Township in Ontario, Canada 10: 1753: 457: 26: 1693: 1672: 1637: 1586: 1550: 1524: 1433: 1422: 1398: 1265: 1121: 959:"2001 Community Profiles" 939:"2006 Community Profiles" 919:"2011 Community Profiles" 892:"2016 Community Profiles" 674: 663: 653: 642: 631: 620: 613: 608: 575:2021 Census of Population 567: 498:—     303: 291: 270: 253: 245: 237: 232: 224: 219: 210: • Prov. riding 209: 199: 191: 183: 178: 170: 160: 150: 142: 107: 76: 67: 62: 48: 41: 1032:Natural Resources Canada 979:"2006 Community Profile" 308:www.thearchipelago.on.ca 1274:Wasauksing First Nation 1051:2006 Community Profiles 675:Median household income 657:58.5 (M: 58.4, F: 58.6) 649:0.9/km (2.3/sq mi) 646:0.9/km (2.3/sq mi) 440:Pointe au Baril Station 368:Wasauksing First Nation 395: 1638:Local services boards 627:566 (-1.7% from 2006) 624:531 (-6.2% from 2011) 393: 272: • Summer ( 249:0.9/km (2/sq mi) 1388:Parry Sound District 1004:The Montreal Gazette 964:2001 Canadian census 944:2006 Canadian census 924:2011 Canadian census 897:2016 Canadian census 670:3,008 (total)  667:2,693 (total)  332:Parry Sound District 326:, Canada, along the 246: • Density 27:For other uses, see 844:Statistics Canada: 799:. 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February 9, 2022 824:"Township History" 643:Population density 471: 447:Seven Mile Narrows 396: 238: • Total 192: • Reeve 1714: 1713: 1673:Unorganized areas 1354: 1353: 1349: 1348: 1227: 1226: 1222: 1221: 1055:Statistics Canada 1047:"The Archipelago" 870:Statistics Canada 684: 683: 664:Private dwellings 579:Statistics Canada 571: 570: 313: 312: 225: • Land 184: • Type 127:45.583°N 80.383°W 16:(Redirected from 1744: 1614:Naiscoutaing 17A 1428: 1381: 1374: 1367: 1358: 1357: 1332: 1331: 1315: 1314: 1307: 1306: 1288: 1287: 1268: 1254: 1247: 1240: 1231: 1230: 1196: 1195: 1179: 1178: 1171: 1170: 1148: 1147: 1130:Naiscoutaing 17A 1124: 1110: 1103: 1096: 1087: 1086: 1082: 1081: 1079:Official website 1065: 1063: 1062: 1042: 1040: 1039: 1012: 989: 983: 982: 981:. 13 March 2007. 975: 969: 968: 955: 949: 948: 935: 929: 928: 915: 909: 908: 906: 905: 888: 882: 881: 879: 877: 862: 856: 842: 836: 835: 833: 831: 820: 809: 808: 806: 804: 793: 784: 779: 749: 744: 743: 742: 723:one-room schools 604: 603: 596: 592: 588: 584: 487: 482: 474: 470: 277: 138: 137: 135: 134: 133: 128: 124: 121: 120: 119: 116: 92: 91: 85: 72: 39: 38: 21: 1752: 1751: 1747: 1746: 1745: 1743: 1742: 1741: 1717: 1716: 1715: 1710: 1689: 1668: 1633: 1599:French River 13 1587:Indian reserves 1582: 1546: 1520: 1441:The Archipelago 1429: 1420: 1394: 1385: 1355: 1350: 1316: 1261: 1258: 1228: 1223: 1180: 1117: 1114: 1077: 1076: 1073: 1068: 1060: 1058: 1045: 1037: 1035: 1027:Atlas of Canada 1020: 1016: 1015: 990: 986: 977: 976: 972: 957: 956: 952: 937: 936: 932: 917: 916: 912: 903: 901: 890: 889: 885: 875: 873: 864: 863: 859: 843: 839: 829: 827: 822: 821: 812: 802: 800: 795: 794: 787: 780: 773: 768: 745: 740: 738: 735: 712: 691:Mother tongue: 688: 687: 602: 594: 590: 586: 582: 469: 460: 435:Pointe au Baril 403:Blackstone Lake 388: 351:Pointe au Baril 316:The Archipelago 271: 132:45.583; 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Index

Naiscoot
Archipelago (disambiguation)
Township
single-tier

The Archipelago is located in Southern Ontario
45°35′N 80°23′W / 45.583°N 80.383°W / 45.583; -80.383
Ontario
Parry Sound
Parry Sound-Muskoka
Parry Sound—Muskoka
Time zone
UTC-5
EST
DST
UTC-4
EDT
Area code
705
www.thearchipelago.on.ca
township
Ontario
Georgian Bay
Parry Sound District
municipality
Carling
Parry Sound
Pointe au Baril
Shawanaga
Britt

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