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James is an incorporated township in the
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, located in Timiskaming District. The primary community within the township is Elk Lake, which is located at the junction of
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and Ontario Highway 560. The township had a population of 348 in the
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, compared to 420 in
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. Elk Lake Airport and Elk Lake Water Aerodrome are located here.


History

Elk Lake began as a mining boom town when native silver was discovered in James Township in 1906. Mining activity peaked between 1907 and 1913, when there were about thirty active mining properties in the area. The population at one point reached almost 10,000 people. By 1908 the town included six large hotels, many stores, warehouses, banks, lawyer's offices, a post office, a hospital and a Mining Recorder's Office. The town of Elk Lake was incorporated in 1909 as the Corporation of the Township of James. The Township's first Reeve was the famous athlete and prospector Jack Munroe. Access to Elk Lake was initially only by motorboat via the Montreal River. By 1909 the road from Elk Lake to Charlton could be traversed by coach, although commercial steamers on the Montreal River continued to provide summer access from Latchford for most heavy equipment and freight. The steamboat era on the Montreal River lasted only a few years, ending when a branch of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (now Ontario Northland Railway) was built into Elk Lake in 1913. Commercial logging in the Temiskaming area dates back to the 1840s. In 1905, the Montreal River Pulp Concession, an area of , was sold to J. R. Booth. From 1907 to 1923, Booth maintained a large pulpwood depot in Elk Lake. In the spring of 1930, Booth completed the last log drive on the Montreal River shortly after he sold his local interest to the E.B. Eddy Company. The Indian Chute Generating Station was constructed on the Montreal River in 1923, north-west of Elk Lake. Today, Elk Lake's economy continues to be driven by a sustainable forest industry. The town also boasts a significant number of tourist camps and lodges offering excellent packages for the outdoor sports and nature enthusiasts. The Makobe-Grays River Provincial Park has protected the Makobe River since 1985. This popular whitewater canoeing route flows into the Montreal River at Elk Lake.


Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by
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, James had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Mother tongue (2016): * English as first language: 73.8% * French as first language: 25.0% * English and French as first language: 1.2% * Other as first language: 1.2%


In popular culture

Canadian songwriter Hayden Desser recorded an album entitled '' Elk-Lake Serenade''.


See also

* List of townships in Ontario * List of francophone communities in Ontario


References

Other map sources: * *


External links

* {{Timiskaming District Municipalities in Timiskaming District Single-tier municipalities in Ontario Township municipalities in Ontario