Wallbridge is an unorganized geographic township in

Parry Sound District Parry Sound District is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its boundaries are District of Muskoka to the south, the Sudbury District to the north-northwest, the French River and Lake Nipissing in the north, Nipissing Distri ...

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. Part of the census subdivision of

Unorganized Centre Parry Sound District Unorganized Centre Parry Sound District is an unorganized area in central Ontario, Canada, between Georgian Bay and Lake Nipissing in the Parry Sound District, District of Parry Sound. It is made up of Township (Canada), geographic townships wh ...

, the township includes the communities of

Britt Britt may refer to: Places * Britt, Iowa, United States * Britt, Minnesota, United States * Britt, Ontario, Canada * Britt Peak, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica * Britt Township, Hancock County, Iowa, United States Other uses * Britt (actress), Swedi ...

Byng Inlet Byng Inlet is a body of water on the eastern shore of Georgian Bay, between Parry Sound and the mouth of the French River. It is a widening of the Magnetawan River, near its mouth. The name of the river "Magnetawan", meaning "long open channel" ...

and Harris Lake and the

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s of Drocourt and North Magnetawan. Although not an incorporated municipality, Britt and Byng Inlet are jointly served by a

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Geography

The township is adjacent to

Georgian Bay The Georgian Bay () is a large bay of Lake Huron, in the Laurentia bioregion. It is located entirely within the borders of Ontario, Canada. The main body of the bay lies east of the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island. To its northwest is t ...

Lake Huron Lake Huron ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the lake is derived from early French ex ...

. The

Magnetawan River The Magnetawan River is a long river in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. The river flows 175 km from its source of Magnetawan Lake inside Algonquin Provincial Park to empty into Georgian Bay at the community of Britt, Ontario, Britt on ...

flows from east to west across the breadth of the township to its mouth on Lake Huron. Other rivers flowing to Lake Huron include the Naiscoot River flowing east to west at the south of the township, and the Giroux River in the middle of the township. The

Magnetawan First Nation The Magnetawan First Nation () is an Ojibwe First Nation community in Ontario, Canada. The community is situated on reserve lands in Britt, Ontario. Magnetawan Indian Reserve No. 1 Magnetawan No. 1 is a First Nation reserve 6 km east of ...

with the Magnetawan No. 1 reserve occupies a large portion of the centre of the township, and the majority of the Naiscoutaing 17A reserve of the Shawanaga First Nation is at the southeast.

Transport

The township is served by provincial highways 69,

526 __NOTOC__ Year 526 ( DXXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Olybrius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1279 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomina ...

529 __NOTOC__ Year 529 ( DXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Decius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1282 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination ...

and

645 __NOTOC__ Year 645 (Roman numerals, DCXLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 645 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent m ...

. There are Ontario Northland motor coach

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s on Highway 69 for Britt and Byng Inlet, at the turn offs for highways 526 and 529 respectively. They are both served by local buses on the Toronto–Barrie–Parry Sound–Sudbury corridor.

References

Other map sources: * * Communities in Parry Sound District Geographic townships in Ontario {{Ontario-geo-stub Populated places on Lake Huron in Canada

Geography

Transport

See also

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