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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
363:. 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. 1715: 71: 43: 1720: 1367: 1240: 1096: 100: 1689: 1725: 1673: 1642: 855:"Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario" 39: 1668: 1202: 1122: 586:. 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. 428: 927: 1360: 1233: 1089: 854: 743: 1647: 704: 352: 907: 880: 710:
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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Index

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
District of Muskoka

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