Matachewan
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| Township of Matachewan | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Timiskaming |
| Settled | 1920s |
| Incorporated | 1976 (Improvement District) |
| Incorporated | 1995 (Township) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Mayor | Mike Young |
| • Fed. riding | Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk |
| • Prov. riding | Timiskaming—Cochrane |
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| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal Code | P0K 1M0 |
| Template:Pluralize from text | 705, 249Template:Pluralize from text |
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Matachewan is a township in Timiskaming District, Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located at the end of Highway 66 along the Montreal River. The name is derived from the Cree word for "meeting of the currents".[2]
The town's main economy is based on mineral mining, mainly gold mining, with some tourism.
History
Matachewan began as a trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company, called Fort Matachewan, located about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of the present town site. It consisted only of a large depot and stores, with a church added later on. The local First Nations, who traded their furs here, would camp along the Montreal River but not settle permanently.[3]
Jake Davidson discovered gold in 1916 and teamed up with Weldy Young in 1930 to start the Young-Davidson mine. Sam Otisse staked a claim next to Davidson in 1917, which became the Matachewan Consolidated Mines. Alex Mosher staked claims which became the Ashley Gold Mine (1932-1936).[4]
The impetus to the town's growth came in the 1920s when mineral deposits, such as gold, copper, and molybdenite, were found in the area. From then on it experienced boom and bust cycles of typical mining towns, depending on the swings in commodity prices, but its economy has gradually shifted to forestry and tourism.[3]
Matachewan was first incorporated in 1947 out of unorganized areas,[5] but in 1962, it reverted to unorganized.[6] In January 1976, the Improvement District of Matachewan was formed, and in 1995, it was incorporated as a township.
The Otisse Lake overflowed into mine tailings on 17 Oct. 1990, and 170,000 cubic metres of mine slimes entered the Matachewan River.[4]
In 2006, a medivac helipad was built to help accommodate the possibility of injuries that may occur at the Young-Davidson mine site. In 2008, an old and worn out wooden bridge over the Montreal River which was built in 1937 was replaced with a new steel-concrete reinforced structure for safety reasons regarding the heavy traffic to/from the mine.[7]
Geology
Matachewan is on the southwest portion of the Abitibi greenstone belt and within the Abitibi gold belt. Between 1933 and 1957, the Young-Davidson Mine and the Matachewan Consolidated Mine produced 9.6 million tonnes of ore containing 3.1 grams of gold per ton and 0.93 grams per ton of silver. Between 1979 and 1980, Pamour Porcupine Mines Limited open-pit mining produced 18,000 tonnes of ore containing more than 3.4 grams per ton of gold.[8]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Matachewan had a population of 268 living in 134 of its 202 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2016 population of 225. With a land area of 539.56 km2 (208.33 sq mi), it had a population density of Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Sortkey' not found. in 2021.[1]
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| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 268 (+19.1% from 2016) | 225 (-45.0% from 2011) | 409 (9.1% from 2006) |
| Land area | 539.56 km2 (208.33 sq mi) | 543.58 km2 (209.88 sq mi) | 543.63 km2 (209.90 sq mi) |
| Population density | 0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi) | 0.4/km2 (1.0/sq mi) | 0.75/km2 (1.9/sq mi) |
| Median age | 53.2 (M: 52.8, F: 53.2) | 52.7 (M: 52.2, F: 52.9) | 50.8 (M: 48.0, F: 52.5) |
| Private dwellings | 202 (total) 134 (occupied) | 166 (total) | 260 (total) |
| Median household income | $67,500 | $57,216 |
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Culture
Matachewan is known for celebrating local cultures every July during the Matachewan Villages Festival event.
Transportation
Provincial highways:
See also
- List of townships in Ontario
- List of francophone communities in Ontario
- Kirkland Lake
- Porcupine Gold Rush
- Cobalt silver rush
- Red Lake, Ontario
- Greenstone, Ontario
- Hemlo, Ontario
References
- ^ a b c d Script error: No such module "cite".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 158. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About Matachewan". Township of Matachewan. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Barnes, Michael (1995). Gold in Ontario. Erin: The Boston Mills Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 155046146X.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ninth Census of Canada 1951 - Volume I - Population General Characteristics (Report). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1953. p. C-15. CS98-1951-1.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2). Statistics Canada. July 1973.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Perry Kong (April 30, 2007). "The Community Where Adventure Begins" (PDF). Northern News. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Powell, W.G.; Kilbourne, M.W.; Hodgson, C.J. (1991). "Gold Related Geology of the Matachewan Camp". Society of Economic Geologists. Archean Gold Deposits of the Matachewan-Kirkland Lake-Larder Lake Area, Ontario, Canada (Guidebook Series Vol. II): 72.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Corrections and updates". Statistics Canada. 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
- ^ 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
External links
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