Atikokan
Sign in to savethumb|A bike rack in Atikokan, Ontario. Because the town is considered the "Canoeing Capital of Canada", a number of canoe symbols are seen around town. Atikokan () is a town in the Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The population was 2,642 as of the 2021 census. The town is one of the main entry points into Quetico Provincial Park and promotes itself as the "Canoeing Capital of Canada". Atikokan was originally established as a Divisional Point for the Canadian Northern Railway.
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23 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- 19th century to mid-20th century
- The road to Atikokan
- The first settler residents
- Economic history
- Fur trade era
- Mining
- Forestry
- Recent history
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Transportation
- Recreation
- Arts
- Municipal government
- Hospital
- Education
- Media
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|A bike rack in Atikokan, Ontario. Because the town is considered the "Canoeing Capital of Canada", a number of canoe symbols are seen around town. Atikokan () is a town in the Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The population was 2,642 as of the 2021 census. The town is one of the main entry points into Quetico Provincial Park and promotes itself as the "Canoeing Capital of Canada". Atikokan was originally established as a Divisional Point for the Canadian Northern Railway.
The town of Atikokan is an enclave within the Unorganized Rainy River District. It is geographically located within the Central Time Zone, but uses UTC−05:00 year round and does not observe daylight saving time. Therefore, in practice it observes Central Daylight Time from March to November, and Eastern Standard Time from November to March.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atikokan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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