Onaping Falls, Ontario
| Onaping Falls | |
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| Community | |
High Falls on the Onaping River as seen from the A.Y. Jackson Lookout
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 Location of Onaping Falls within Greater Sudbury. |
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| Country |
Canada 
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| Province |
Ontario 
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| City | Greater Sudbury |
| Ward | 3 |
| Incorporated | January 1, 1973 |
| Dissolved | December 31, 2000 |
| Government | |
| • City Councillor | Gerry Montpellier |
| • Governing Body | Greater Sudbury City Council |
| • MPs | Marc Serré (Liberal) |
| • MPPs | France Gélinas (NDP) |
| Population (2011)Statistics Canada | |
| • Total | 4,874 |
| Population is for Census Tract 5800140.00 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal Code FSA | P0M |
| Area code(s) | 705 |
| Website | Onaping Falls Community Action Network |
Onaping Falls (1996 census population 5,277) was a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, which existed from 1973 to 2000. It was created as part of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury, and took its name from the waterfalls (High Falls) on the Onaping River.
On January 1, 2001, the town and the Regional Municipality were dissolved and amalgamated into the city of Greater Sudbury. The town is now part of Ward 3 on Greater Sudbury City Council, and is represented by councillor Gerry Montpellier.
In the Canada 2011 Census, the main communities in Onaping Falls were listed for the first time as two of six distinct population centres (or urban areas) in Greater Sudbury: Dowling (population 1,690, density 475.0 km2) and Onaping-Levack (population 2,042, density 251.3 km2).
Onaping Falls is an amalgamation of three local communities: Dowling, Onaping, and Levack. Dowling is located 11 km from Onaping along Highway 144, while Levack is located north of the highway along Municipal Road 8. The smaller subdivisions of Levack Station and Phelans are also located along Highway 144 between Dowling and Onaping.
The area is known for its recreational abundance; fishing, hunting, snowmobiling, cross-country and downhill skiing and most other recreational sports are common activities of the residents.
It has become famous for High Falls, where the Onaping River drops 46 metres in a single plunge. The town is at the point where the Canadian Shield meets the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive, caused by a meteorite strike two billion years ago. There is a lookout off Highway 144 called the A. Y. Jackson Lookout, for the famous Group of Seven artist who memorialized the view on his canvas.
The town is also home to Windy Lake Provincial Park.
Prior to the early 1970s, the communities of Onaping Falls were company towns with no direct municipal government.
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