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South River is a village on Highway 124 near Algonquin Park in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District of Ontario, Canada. It is about halfway between North Bay [3] and Huntsville [4] or a 3-hour drive (300 km) north from Toronto. [5] South River has access to the Algonquin Park for canoeists at Kawawaymog (Round Lake). [6]
In the Village of South River on the shores of the waterway is located the Tom Thomson Park, the site in which Thomson would pull his canoe from the river and board the train bound for his studio and clients in Southern Ontario. The Municipality of Powassan organizes a canoe race every summer along the portion of the river within its boundaries ...
South River Railway Station is located in the community of South River in Ontario. The station was originally constructed by the Northern and Pacific Junction Railway , a subsidiary of the Northern and Northwestern Railway , in 1884.
South River-Sundridge District Airport Parallel to Highway 11 is the main Canadian National Railway line which was built through the Highlands in the late 19th century. Communities along this rail line were serviced by the Northlander and the South River railway station , however, that train service came to an end in late 2012.
Johnston served as a municipal councillor in the village of South River, Ontario, and as a trustee and then Chair of the South River School Board. He was elected to the provincial legislature in a December 1948 by-election when Charles Cragg, the member who won the 1948 provincial election in June died suddenly after only two months in office. [2]
Lorne Howard Maeck (March 7, 1926 – May 5, 2014) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1981 who represented the riding of Parry Sound. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis.
The region lies south of the province's other primary region, Northern Ontario, although the exact northern boundary of Southern Ontario is disputed. However, its core region is situated south of Algonquin Park, the latter being in an area of transition between coniferous forest north of the French and Mattawa Rivers and southern deciduous forest.
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