Lake of the Woods, Ontario


Lake of the Woods is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Rainy River District.
The township was formed on January 1, 1998, when the former incorporated townships of Morson and McCrosson/Tovell were amalgamated. The following year portions of Unorganized Kenora District were annexed.
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Geography

The township is located on the eponymous Lake of the Woods, consisting of mainland in the south-east part of the lake, the southern shores of Aulneau Peninsula, along with several islands in the lake, including Big Island and Bigsby Island. It fully surrounds the Anishnaabeg of Naongashiing, Big Grassy River 35G, Big Island Mainland 93, and Saug-a-Gaw-Sing 1 First Nation reserves.
The primary communities within the township are Bergland, Minahico and Morson.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lake of the Woods 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.

Notable people