Meldrum Bay, Ontario
| Unorganized West Manitoulin District | |
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| Unorganized area | |
| Manitoulin, Unorganized, West Part | |
Meldrum Bay
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 Unorganized West Manitoulin
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| Coordinates: 45°52′N 83°00′W / 45.867°N 83.000°WCoordinates: 45°52′N 83°00′W / 45.867°N 83.000°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| District | Manitoulin |
| Government | |
| • Federal riding | Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing |
| • Prov. riding | Algoma—Manitoulin |
| Area | |
| • Land | 407.54 km2 (157.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 160 |
| • Density | 0.4/km2 (1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal Code | P0P 1R0, P0P 1Y0 |
| Area code(s) | 705 |
Unorganized West Part Manitoulin District is an unorganized area in Manitoulin District in northeastern Ontario, Canada, encompassing the portion of Manitoulin Island which is not part of an organized municipality. It comprises the geographic townships of Robinson and Dawson.
Separate local services boards provide services in Robinson and Dawson townships.
The division includes the communities of Burnt Island, Cook's Dock, Fernlee, Meldrum Bay and Silver Water.
Meldrum Bay (45°55′N 83°07′W / 45.917°N 83.117°W) is located at the western terminus of Highway 540, 72 kilometers west of Gore Bay, in Dawson township. Settled in the 1870s, and named after a town in Scotland, Meldrum Bay developed as a commercial fishing and lumbering centre. Once the village was home to a busy fishing fleet, and Great Lakes steamers tied up at the docks.
From the 1920s the Owen Sound Transportation Companysteamers provided weekly ferry service between Meldrum Bay and Thessalon, on its route between Owen Sound and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, however, the 1962 opening of the Trans-Canada Highway, and other road improvements has made this service unprofitable. Now during the summer, the docks are busy again, lined with pleasure craft from around the Great Lakes. This area holds some of the best chinook salmon fishing in all of Canada.
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