Manitoulin District: Populated Places Tables

Canada Ontario Manitoulin District

How Each Column Helps You With Your Research

1. POPULATED PLACE column: names the "populated place" or "location" of interest.

2. FORMER NAME, if applicable column: if the location was known by another name, it is listed here (a year of name change is given, if known).

3. TYPE column: gives type of location (i.e. village, town, city, etc.) - the size definition varies per province.

4. FHL CATALOG column: links the "catagories of sources" available in the FamilySearch Library for this populated place or location.

5. WIKIPEDIA column: links to background information regarding this location or its county if Wikipedia does not have an article for that specific place.

Useful Websites

• Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) - gives brief information about a place, including historic names/places. For historic information, scroll to #3, and click Formerly Official, also try with All.
  

• Google Maps - shows the whereabouts of places on a map.
  

• Google Images - shows pictures/photos/old maps (sometimes) of a place.
  

• WorldCat - shows sources (books, maps, etc.) at various libraries/repositories, etc. for a place.

Notes

• Listed below are the Populated Places in this district, according to the Gazetteer of Canada: Ontario of 1962. This gazetteer is used for the sources of locations or Populated Places in the FamilySearch Library Catalog for the Province of Ontario.
  

• If you wish the current division, where your Populated Place now exists, check the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base listed above.

Populated Places Table

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POPULATED PLACE	FORMER NAME, if applicable	TYPE	FHL CATALOG	WIKIPEDIA
Billings		Township	Link	Link
Cockburn Island		Township	Link	Link
Gore Bay			Link	Link
Killarney			Link	Link
Little Current			Link	Link
Manitoulin Island			Link	Link
Sandfield		Township	Link	Link
Wikwemikong			Link	Link
ANY NEW LOCATIONS IN FS Library CATALOG???			Link