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 Dokis     
 Alban, ON (Nearby: Loring, Port Loring, Arnstein, Lavigne, Garden Village)

 
 

Hwy 69 S RR # 2,
Alban, Ontario
P0M 1A0

Ontario Tourism Region : Northeastern Ontario

Phone : (705) 857-2115
Your Host(s) : French River Trading Post

Description From Owner:

  • Pop. 153. In Parry Sound Dist. on the E end of Okikendawt I. at the mouth of the French R. where it becomes French River Main Channel, at the W end of Nipissing, , 4.1 km. E of Noelville.
  • The place is named after the Dokis family which settled here in 1910.
  • An ancestor of the family, Chief Nigisi of the Algonquin Nation, signed the Robinson Treaty in 1850.
  • His pronunciation of the Algonquin name for 'ducks' resulted in the family surname
  • From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884


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Off the beaten track:
 
  • Dokis, 0km
  • Lunge Lodge, 3km
  • The Depot, 16km
  • Keystone Camps, 15km
  • Spring Creek, 19km
  • Port Loring, 24km
  • Wolseley Bay, 19km
  • Notre Dame du Lac, 24km
  • Caderette, 28km
  • Sturgeon Falls, 27km


  • Nearby Lakes:
     
  • Limbo Lost Lake, 5km
  • Spruce Lake, 6km
  • Number Four Lake, 8km
  • Woodcock Lake, 9km
  • Redpine Lake, 9km
  • Bruce Lake, 7km
  • Dishaw Lake, 7km
  • Number Three Lake, 8km
  • Number Two Lake, 9km
  • Ethier Lake, 8km

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