Nipigon

Nipigon
Township (single-tier)
Township of Nipigon
Nipigon
Coordinates: 49°00′N 88°25′W / 49°N 88.42°W / 49; -88.42Coordinates: 49°00′N 88°25′W / 49°N 88.42°W / 49; -88.42
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Thunder Bay
Government
• Mayor	Richard Harvey
• Federal riding	Thunder Bay—Superior North
• Prov. riding	Thunder Bay—Superior North
Area
• Land	109.14 km2 (42.14 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,631
• Density	14.9/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal Code	P0T 2J0
Area code(s)	807
Website	nipigon.net

Nipigon (/ˈnɪpᵻɡən/, unlike the lake) is a township in Thunder Bay District, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located along the west side of the Nipigon River and south of the small Lake Helen running between Lake Nipigon and Lake Superior. Lake Nipigon is located approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Nipigon.

Nipigon is served by several transportation corridors:

For about 15 km, Highway 11 runs within Nipigon River and a lake. Nipigon is located northeast of Thunder Bay, southwest of Geraldton and Beardmore, west of Marathon and northwest of Sault Ste. Marie. The crater on Mars named Nipigon Crater or Crater Nipigon is named after this town.

Nipigon is surrounded with pine and other varieties of forests. The power line connecting from Lake Nipigon supplies electricity to Thunder Bay and area. The other power line runs between Thunder Bay and the rest of Ontario. Timbering has been common sporadically to the north, the northwest and further north within Lake Nipigon along with parts of the southwest which formed old forest roads to the northeast and north. The municipality of Greenstone lies to the north. A manufacturing plant lies to the south. Several other unincorporated municipalities were around Nipigon. A communications tower near Nipigon broadcasts a local radio station and television channels from Thunder Bay including CKPR (TBT), CFNO and CBQT.

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