Onaping Falls, Ontario

Onaping Falls, Ontario

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map_caption = Location of Onaping Falls within Greater Sudbury.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Canada
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Ontario
subdivision_type2 = City
subdivision_name2 = Greater Sudbury
subdivision_type3 = Ward
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leader_title = City Councillor
leader_name = Claude Berthiaume
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leader_name1 = Greater Sudbury City Council
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leader_name2 = Ray Bonin (Lib)
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leader_name3 = France Gélinas (NDP)
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established_title = Incorporated
established_date = January 1, 1973
established_title2 = Dissolved
established_date2 = December 31, 2000
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postal_code = P0M
area_code = 705
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website = [http://communities.mysudbury.ca/Sites/ofcan/default.aspx Onaping Falls Community Action Network]
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Onaping Falls (1996 census population 5,277) was a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, which existed from 1973 to 2000.

It was created as part of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury. The town took its name from the waterfalls on the Onaping River.

On January 1, 2001, the town and the Regional Municipality were dissolved and amalgamated into the city of Greater Sudbury. The town is now part of Ward 3 on Greater Sudbury City Council, and is represented by councillor Claude Berthiaume.

The town comprised the communities of Dowling, Levack, Levack Station, Onaping and Phelans.

History

This 5,000 resident town was originally a lumber and ore/nickel mining town, 55 km northwest of Sudbury. It has become famous for High Falls, where the Onaping River drops 46 metres in a single plunge. The town is at the point where the Canadian Shield meets the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive, caused by a meteorite strike two billion years ago. There is a lookout off the main road, called the A.Y. Jackson Lookout, for the famous Group of Seven artist who memorialized the view on his canvas.

The town is also home to Windy Lake Provincial Park.

Economy

The main employers in Onaping Falls are CVRD Inco and Xstrata, both international mining companies.

External links

* [http://communities.mysudbury.ca/Sites/ofcan/default.aspx Onaping Falls Community Action Network]
* [http://www.levackontario.com Levack history portal]
* [http://www.sudburymuseums.ca/index.cfm?app=w_vmuseum&lang=en&currID=1398&parID=1390 History of Onaping Falls] at Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums


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