Bigwood, Ontario
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French River Rivière-des-Français |
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| Municipality (single-tier) | |
| Municipality of French River Municipalité de Rivière-des-Français |
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The French River at the French River Post
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 French River
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| Coordinates: 46°10′N 80°30′W / 46.167°N 80.500°WCoordinates: 46°10′N 80°30′W / 46.167°N 80.500°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| District | Sudbury |
| Incorporated | 1999 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town |
| • Mayor | Claude Bouffard |
| • Governing Body | French River Municipal Council |
| • MP | Marc Serré (Liberal) |
| • MPP | John Vanthof (NDP) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 735.48 km2 (283.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 2,662 |
| • Density | 3.6/km2 (9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 705 |
| Website | www |
French River, also known as Rivière-des-Français, is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the Sudbury District. The municipality had a population of 2,662 in the Canada 2016 Census. It was formed in 1999 through the merger of the Township of Cosby, Mason and Martland and surrounding unincorporated portions of the Unorganized North Sudbury District. It was named after the French River that flows through the municipality.
The borders of the municipality are composed of Highway 69 to the west (the French River Trading Post and French River Inn properties are also included within the municipal boundary), West Arm to the north on Highway 535 (just east of Shaw Rd.), the end of Wolseley Bay Rd to the east (Highway 528) and the community of North Monetville to the northeast.
Along with the municipalities of St. Charles, Killarney, and Markstay-Warren, it is part of the region known as Sudbury East. These communities partner together on several ventures, including the Sudbury East Planning Board, Sudbury East Municipal Association, Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board (MSDSB) and Sudbury East Board of Trade.
The municipality comprises the communities of Alban, Bigwood, Chartrand Corner, Delamere, French River Station, Happy Landing, Jamot, Monetville, Noëlville, North Monetville, Ouellette, Rutter, Sucker Creek Landing and Wolseley Bay.
The community of Alban was originally established in 1907 as Rutter, named for the nearby railway station in 1907, but in 1937 the community was renamed for Rev. J. Alban Filiatrault. In 1934, the Parish of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes is created. Mr. Jean-Baptiste Rochon donates several acres of land to the habitants of Alban to erect a church. During the night of February 6, 1953, the church burns to the ground. The following Sunday, Father Oliva Campeau proposes the immediate reconstruction of the church. This time, it will be constructed with brick and the walls of plaster instead of wood. In 1984, the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish celebrates its 50th anniversary.
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