OVERVIEW

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The Township of Assiginack is located on the eastern portion of Manitoulin Island, bounded by Georgian Bay to the east and Lake Manitou to the west. The main community, Manitowaning (the first European settlement on Manitoulin Island), is nestled in a picturesque bay side setting off Highway 6 South between Little Current and South Baymouth. The area of the Township encompasses 205 square kilometres, with a road network of 132 kilometres.

Manitowaning offers a diverse number of attractions and unique landmarks including; the Assiginack Arena and Fair Grounds (with public tennis courts and ball diamond), Bay Street Marina (offering access to the North Channel and Great Lakes), an original lighthouse still in operation (built in 1878), the Rainbow Ridge Golf Course (a recently constructed 18 hole Golf Course), 3 swimming beaches, Municipal parks with hiking trails, St. Paul’s Anglican Church (the oldest church in Northern Ontario), the Assiginack Museum Heritage Complex, which features the S.S. Norisle (the first passenger steam ship built in Canada after WW II), Burns Wharf Theatre, Manitoulin Roller Mills, and the main Museum exhibit building with an adjacent original blacksmith shop, authentic log home and early century school house.

Retail and services include municipal office, medical / dental clinic, ambulance services, waste disposal, public internet access, volunteer fire department, O.P.P. detachment, three churches, post office, public library, grocery store, restaurants, pharmacy, variety and convenience stores, chartered banking services with 24 hour ATM, real estate & insurance sales, building supply, building and construction contractors, automotive sales and services, marine sales and service, Laundromat, engineering services, liquor/beer store, greenhouses and landscaping, florist, farm & feed supply, aviation storage, flight charters, bus charters, fishing charters and lodging (resorts, motels and bed & breakfasts).

The main industries were originally shipping, forestry and farming, which over the years have evolved to include tourism as one of the main economic drivers for the Township, along with some forestry activities, farming and some light manufacturing.

POPULATION

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HEALTH CARE

The Township of Assiginack boasts a “community oriented” Medical and Dental Clinic. The Ontario Ministry of Health, through a Community Sponsored Contract funds a fulltime General Practitioner under the same roof as a Dentist who operates his own practice.

For further information visit the Township of Assiginack website at: www.assiginack.ca

Location

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