Tehkummah, Ontario
| Tehkummah | |
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| Township (single-tier) | |
| Township of Tehkummah | |
The MS Chi-Cheemaun docking in South Baymouth.
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 Tehkummah
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| Coordinates: 45°39′N 81°59′W / 45.650°N 81.983°WCoordinates: 45°39′N 81°59′W / 45.650°N 81.983°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| District | Manitoulin |
| Incorporated | 1881 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Reeve | Eric Russell |
| • MP | Carol Hughes (NDP) |
| • MPP | Michael Mantha (NDP) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 132.48 km2 (51.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 406 |
| • Density | 3.1/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal code | P0P 2C0 |
| Area code(s) | 705 |
Tehkummah is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on Manitoulin Island.
The best known community in the township is South Baymouth, the northern docking point of the MS Chi-Cheemaun passenger-car ferry which traverses the Main Channel of Georgian Bay from the community of Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula. At the dock, the provincial Highway 6, whose southern segment ends at Tobermory, resumes and continues northward to its terminus at Highway 17 north of Espanola.
The administrative centre of the township is the community of Tehkummah.
The township also includes the community of Michael's Bay and the ghost town of Snowville.
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