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80 St. Agnes St.
Azilda,
Ontario
P0M 1B0
Ontario Tourism Region : Northeastern Ontario
Phone : (705) 983-2294
Your Host(s) : Post Office
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 4,300. Part of the Town of Rays ide-Balfour, Reg. Mun. of Sudbury lID C. Rd. 35, 9 km NW of Sudbury.
- CPR construction worker Joseph Belanger was the fIrst settler in the area, around 1880.
- His bride, the former Azilda Brisbois, 80 impressed township residents that they asked authorities to name the post office Ste-Azilda in her honour.
- In 1891 the post office was established under that name. When it was learned there was no such saint, the post office changed the name to Rayside, in 1900, after the township.
- Residents succeeded in having the name Ste. Azilda reinstated the following year, but the Ste. was dropped a few months later.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/azilda
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Visitors to this page: 2,815
Off the beaten track: |
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Simard, 1km
Belanger, 2km
Boninville, 5km
Murray Mine, 5km
Milate, 7km
Clara Belle, 7km
Sprecher, 7km
Hull, 8km
Flake, 9km
Guilletville, 9km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Whitewater Lake, 3km
Pump Lake, 5km
Clara Belle Lake, 7km
Lady Macdonald Lake, 8km
Turner Lake, 9km
Leach Lake, 10km
Meatbird Lake, 10km
North Star Lake, 11km
Kelly Lake, 12km
Mud Lake, 11km
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