Chapleau, Ontario

Chapleau
Township (single-tier)
Township of Chapleau
The railway yard cuts through the centre of Chapleau.
Motto: Prosperity, Industry
Chapleau
Coordinates: 47°50′N 83°24′W / 47.833°N 83.400°W / 47.833; -83.400Coordinates: 47°50′N 83°24′W / 47.833°N 83.400°W / 47.833; -83.400
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Sudbury
Established	1885
Government
• Type	Township
• Mayor	Michael J. Levesque
• MP	Carol Hughes (NDP)
• MPP	Michael Mantha (NDP)
Area
• Land	14.22 km2 (5.49 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	1,964
• Density	138.2/km2 (358/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code span	P0M 1K0
Area code(s)	705 (864 exchange)
Website	www.chapleau.ca

Chapleau is a township in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada. It is home to one of the world's largest wildlife preserves. Chapleau has a population of 1,964 according to the Canada 2016 Census.

The major industries within town are the logging mill, Tembec, and the Canadian Pacific Railway railyards.

Chapleau is located in central Northeastern Ontario, in the heart of the Canadian Shield. Chapleau is geographically isolated; the nearest cities are Sault Ste. Marie, Timmins, and Sudbury, but all are more than a two-hour drive away. Highway 129 links the town with Highway 101, running east to Timmins and west to Wawa. Highway 129 also runs south, connecting with the Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 17 at Thessalon, 227 km from Chapleau.

Three First Nation reservations are located near the township: Chapleau Cree First Nation, Brunswick House First Nation, and Chapleau Ojibway First Nation.

One unusual feature of the community's transportation network is that because a railway yard separates the community into distinct halves, the main street in the western portion of the community loops back over itself in a manner resembling a cloverleaf interchange, and then crosses over both itself and the railway yard on a grade separation before returning to street level to link to the eastern street grid.