Capreol
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Community (Dissolved town) | |
| Town of Capreol | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| Province | File:Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario |
| City | Greater Sudbury |
| Ward | 7 |
| Incorporated | April 1, 1918 |
| Government | |
| • City Councillor | Natalie Labbée |
| • Governing Body | Greater Sudbury City Council |
| • MP | Jim Belanger (Conservative) |
| • MPP | France Gélinas (NDP) |
| Population (2021)[1] | Template:Fix comma category |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | Template:Fix comma category |
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| Template:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal Code FSA | P0M 1H0 |
| Template:Pluralize from text | 705Template:Pluralize from text |
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Capreol (/ˈkeɪpriɒl/ Script error: No such module "Respell".)[2] is a community in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Situated on the Vermilion River, Capreol is the northernmost community in the city.
Capreol was founded in 1918 and became part of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury in 1973. It was an independent municipality until 2000, when the lower-tier municipalities of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury were amalgamated into the newly created single-tier city of Greater Sudbury.
History
The town was named after the Township of Capreol, which was surveyed in 1893. It was named for Frederick Chase Capreol, a businessman and promoter of the Northern Railway of Canada.
The Northern Railway reached Capreol in 1906, with the current alignment being completed by 1911.[3] By 1915, Capreol become a Divisional point of the railway with the completion of the station and roundhouse. By 1918, the population had grown to approximately 500 people. The town was incorporated on April 1, 1918.[3]
With the creation of the Canadian National Railway in 1923, rail transport continued to be the primary industry of the town. In 1921, a YMCA was constructed to address housing shortages. Water, sewage, and telephone services arrived by 1930.[3]
With the continued growth of the nearby city of Sudbury, Capreol became part of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury in 1973.[3] In 1993, the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre was established. It was formed around Prescott Park, which was created in 1967 when CN Rail donated a Canadian National Class U-1-f steam locomotive to the town.[4]
In 2000, Capreol ceased to be an independent municipality, and became a part of Greater Sudbury.
Sports
From 1978 to 1986, Capreol had a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League team called the Capreol Hawks, who won the league title in 1980-81.[5]
Ghost towns
Two former settlements existed within the boundaries of Capreol, Sellwood and Milnet. Both settlements were unincorporated, and based around the resource industry.[3]
Milnet was a small settlement established in the early 1900s around the lumber industry. A sawmill and planar mill were constructed to serve logging camps upstream on the Vermilion River. In 1933 the sawmill burned down, and the planar mill met the same fate in 1934. Several homes remain at the site.[3]
Sellwood was a company town settled around 1901 by John W. Gates and Associates after the discovery of iron deposits at Moose Mountain. By 1915, mining operations began slowing down, and the settlement had become a ghost town. The town sat vacant until 1959, when the structures were demolished to construct an open-pit mine. These operations, later operated by National Steel, brought iron ore south to Depot Harbour for shipment to its plants in Detroit. Operations ceased in 1979.[3]
Notable residents
- Jean Robert Beaulé, politician
- Fred Boimistruck, NHL hockey player
- Joffre Desilets, NHL hockey player
- Norman Fawcett, politician
- Pete Horeck, NHL hockey player
- Elie Martel, politician
- Rob MacDonald, mixed martial artist
- Shelley Martel, politician
- Frank Mazzuca Sr., politician
- Mike Miron, lacrosse player
- Doug Mohns, NHL hockey player
- Allan Patterson, politician
- Donald Bartlett Reid, politician
- Barbara Tyson, actress
See also
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Canada 2021 Census Community Profiles: Population Centre of Capreol". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press
- ^ a b c d e f g Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Capreol Public Library (1993). Capreol: The First 75 years. Journal Printing.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Our History – normhc". Retrieved 2025-08-24.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Capreolonline - Sports in by-gone days - The Capreol Hawks". capreolonline.com. Archived from the original on 2002-12-09. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
External links
- Capreol Online
- Capreol's Information Pages
- Abandoned Milnet
- History of Capreol at Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums
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