Larder Lake, Ontario

Larder Lake
Township (single-tier)
Township of Larder Lake
Larder Lake
Larder Lake
Larder Lake is located in Ontario
Larder Lake
Larder Lake
Coordinates: 48°06′00″N 79°43′00″W / 48.1°N 79.7167°W / 48.1; -79.7167[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictTimiskaming
Established1907 (1907)
Government
 • TypeTownship
 • MayorPatricia Quinn
 • MPCharlie Angus
 • MPPJohn Vanthof
Area
[2]
 • Total229.52 km2 (88.62 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
299 m (981 ft)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total730
 • Density3.2/km2 (8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code span
P0K
Area code(s)705, 249
Websitewww.larderlake.ca Edit this at Wikidata

Larder Lake is an incorporated municipal township[1] and eponymous constituent dispersed rural community[4] in Timiskaming District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located along Ontario Highway 66 and Ontario Highway 624 at the north-western part of the lake bearing the same name.[5][6][7] The area of the township is 229.65 km2 (88.67 sq mi)[8] and includes the geographic townships of Hearst, McVittie and Skead.[5]

Located within the "Larder Lake-Cadillac Fault Zone", a geologic region rich in precious metals, the town was the site of the first gold rush in northeastern Ontario.

  1. ^ a b "Larder Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-05-19. (municipal township)
  2. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Larder Lake, Township". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  3. ^ Elevation taken from Google Earth at geographical coordinates, accessed 2014-05-20.
  4. ^ "Larder Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2017-12-17. (community)
  5. ^ a b "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  6. ^ Map 15 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  7. ^ Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #4 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference SC11 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).