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July 25, 2026

Dorion is a township in northern Ontario about 45 minutes east of Thunder Bay. The township was opened in the 1880s when the Canadian Pacific Railway built a line through the area with settlement beginning in 1893. By 1906 it had a post office and a school. The population reached 216 by 1911. A road to Lakehead (Thunder Bay) opened in 1922. Electrical ...


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November 29, 2025

Ontario’s first gold rush happened in 1866 on a farm north of Madoc. August 15 was the fateful day when Marcus Herbert Powell discovered gold while prospecting for copper on the farm of John Richardson. Richardson had given up on farming and was looking for one last opportunity to make money from his property. He had hired Powell because of his ski...


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