Ignace

For the main-belt asteroid, see 11963 Ignace.
Ignace
Township (single-tier)
Township of Ignace
Ignace
Coordinates: 49°25′N 91°40′W / 49.417°N 91.667°W / 49.417; -91.667Coordinates: 49°25′N 91°40′W / 49.417°N 91.667°W / 49.417; -91.667
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
District Kenora
Founded 1879
Incorporated 1908
Government
  Mayor Lee Kennard
  Federal riding Kenora
  Prov. riding Kenora—Rainy River
Area[1]
  Land 72.66 km2 (28.05 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 1,202
  Density 16.5/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Postal code P0T 1T0
Area code(s) 807
Website town.ignace.on.ca

Ignace is a township in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located at Highway 17 (Trans Canada Highway) and Secondary Highway 599, and on the Canadian Pacific Railway between Thunder Bay and Kenora. It is on the shore of Agimak Lake, and as of 2011, the population of Ignace was 1,202.

The town was named after Ignace Mentour by Sir Sandford Fleming in 1879. Ignace Mentour was the key aboriginal guide through this region during Fleming's 1872 railway survey, recorded in George Monro Grant's journal of the survey, Ocean to Ocean. Mentour had also served with Sir George Simpson in Simpson's final years as governor of Rupert's Land.

During Ignace's early days, there was a settlement of railway boxcars used by the English residents there called "Little England."

Although Ignace was incorporated in 1908, it was something of a latecomer to some modern conveniences, such as rotary dial telephone, which did not arrive to the town until 1956.

Lumbering and tourism support Ignace's economy, today, and one attraction is the 3-storey log White Otter Castle, located on White Otter Lake at Turtle River, and built by James Alexander McOuat between 1903 and 1914.

In the 1950s, Ignace saw its first newspaper, the Village Tattler, started there to serve the town, published by the local YMCA. In 1971, Dennis Smyk started the Ignace Driftwood, which was suspended two years later, but was revived in 1979 and still serves the town today. During Driftwood's suspension, the Ignace Courier was published for the town's local news.

Demographics

Canada census – Ignace community profile
2011 2006 2001
Population: 1202 (-16.0% from 2006) 1431 (-16.3% from 2001) 1709 (-4.1% from 1996)
Land area: 72.66 km2 (28.05 sq mi) 72.66 km2 (28.05 sq mi) 72.67 km2 (28.06 sq mi)
Population density: 16.5/km2 (43/sq mi) 19.7/km2 (51/sq mi) 23.5/km2 (61/sq mi)
Median age: 48.1 (M: 48.6, F: 47.7) 42.5 (M: 42.7, F: 42.2) 37.0 (M: 37.2, F: 36.8)
Total private dwellings: 680 741 801
Median household income: $57,250 $45,973
References: 2011[2] 2006[3] 2001[4]

Historic populations:[4][5]

Local media

Newspapers

Radio

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ignace census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
  2. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
  3. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  4. 1 2 "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  5. Statistics Canada: Canada 1996 Census
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