Everything about Ignace Ontario totally explained
Ignace is a
township in the
Kenora District of
Northwestern Ontario, 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 2006, the population of Ignace was 1,431.
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 telephoning, which didn't 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, 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.
Local media
Newspapers
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
Mattabi Memo and the
Ignace Courier was published for the town's local news.
Radio
CBESAM 690 (CBC Radio One)
CKDRAM 1340
Television
CICA-26 channel 12 (TVO)
CBWDT-02 channel 13 (CBC)Further Information
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