Killarney, Ontario
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Killarney, Ontario is a town located on the northern shore of Georgian Bay in the Sudbury District. It is commonly associated with Killarney Provincial Park, which is a large wilderness park located to the east of the town.
Although the community of Killarney is quite small (its population in the 2001 census was just 739) and located right on the shore of Georgian Bay, in 1999 the Ontario provincial government expanded the boundaries of the municipality of Killarney to include the geographic townships of Hansen, Goschen, Sale, Attlee, Kilpatrick, Travers, Struthers, Allen and Bigwood in the District of Sudbury; Killarney and part of Carlyle in Manitoulin District and the northern part of Henvey in Parry Sound. The municipality was also transferred from the Manitoulin District to the Sudbury District at that time.
The larger municipality of Killarney now encompasses virtually all of Killarney Provincial Park and the French River delta, and in fact extends all the way to Highway 69, over 70 kilometres from the townsite.
External link
- Home Page for Killarney History (http://www.killarneyhistory.com)