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200 Main N.
Callander,
Ontario
P0H 1H0
Ontario Tourism Region : Northeastern Ontario
Phone : (705) 752-1380
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Callander
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 1,158. In North Himsworth T., Parry Sound Dist., on the E end ofL. Nipissing, 11 km SE of North Bay.
- The first settlers were lumbermen from nearby Wasi Falls just south of the village.
- A post office was opened in 1881, and George Morrison, the first settler and the postmaster, suggested the name of Callander, his hometown in Scotland.
- In 1934 the Dionne quintuplets were born in a farmhouse near Callander, delivered by Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe.
- News of the multiple birth reached the world when the father, Elzire Dionne, went to the North Bay Daily Nugget to place five separate birth notices.
- A plaque at a lookout over L. Nipissing, 1.5 km S of Callander, explains the creation of the lake.
- When glacial ice began to retreat, about 9000 BC, the Nipissing Basin formed an eastern extension of Georgian Bay and drained into the Ottawa and Mattawa Rs.
- With the gradual tilting of the land, the lake began to drain westward about 7,000 years later, creating the French River.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Untitled Document
Map Below gives Canadian Geographical Names
Natural Resources Canada in the District of Parry Sound.
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/callander
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Visitors to this page: 2,742
Off the beaten track: |
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Derland, 1km
Booth, 4km
Thorncliff, North Bay area, 6km
Nipissing Junction, 5km
Champlain Park, North Bay area, 5km
Hills Siding, 9km
Sunset Park, 8km
Marshall Park, 8km
Tweedsmuir, 9km
Ferris, 9km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Dreany Lake, 8km
Pasmore Lake, 9km
McLean Lake, 10km
Twin Lakes, 10km
Trout Lake, 11km
Depensiers Lake, 11km
Jennings Lake, 10km
Camelot Lake, 11km
Circle Lake, 11km
Delaney Lake, 11km
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