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The Rosseau-Nipissing Road, also called the Nipissing Road, encouraged settlement in what is now Parry Sound. The project was authorized in 1864, with surveying done from 1864 to 1865. Construction began in 1866, and the road was open by 1873.
Nipissing is an incorporated (political) township in Parry Sound District in Central Ontario, Canada. [1] [4] It is on Lake Nipissing and is part of the Almaguin Highlands region. Nipissing was surveyed between 1874 and 1881, and was incorporated in 1888. Among the first settlers in the area were the Chapman and Beatty families.
Parry Sound District is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario.Its boundaries are District of Muskoka to the south, the Sudbury District to the north-northwest, the French River and Lake Nipissing in the north, Nipissing District and North Bay in the north and east and parts of Algonquin Park in the northeast.
While Almaguin is generally regarded to encompass the eastern half of Parry Sound District, by extension it includes the western portions of Butt and McCraney townships (annexed by the Town of Kearney in 1980), as well as the western portions of the unorganized townships of Ballantyne and Paxton, which lie outside of Algonquin Park and all of which are found in the Nipissing District.
The Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board (known as English-language Separate District School Board No. 30B prior to 1999 [2]) administers separate school Catholic education for an area of 11,653 km 2 (4,499 sq mi) in central Ontario, Canada. Its headquarters are in North Bay. [citation needed]
Nipissing Township; Town of Parry Sound; Perry Township; Town of Powassan; Ryerson Township; Seguin Township; Village of South River; Strong Township; Village of Sundridge; Whitestone; Unorganized Areas. Laurier Geographic Township (Parry Sound, Unorganized, North East Part) Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part
Secondary Highway 654, commonly referred to as Highway 654, is a secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario.The highway is 23.1 kilometres (14.4 mi) in length, connecting Highway 534 south of Nipissing with Highway 11 in Callander.
The portion of the highway between Highway 524 and Highway 654 is part of the Lake Nipissing Circle Tour. The entire route is located within Parry Sound District . In 2007, the busiest section was between Highway 11 and Highway 654, which had an annual average daily traffic (AADT) count of 830, while the least busiest section was between ...