Chapleau is a township in Ontario, Canada. It is home to the world's largest wildlife preserve. Chapleau has a population of roughly 2,800 people. The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th) • Land 917,741 km² • Water 158,654 km² (14. ...

The town has two high schools, Chapleau High School and École Secondaire Catholic Trillium, and three elementary schools, Chapleau Public School, École Sacre Coeur, and Our Lady of Fatima. Chapleau High and Chapleau Public belong to the Algoma District School Board, the others belong to the French and English Catholic School Boards. Algoma District School Board is a public school board in the Canadian province of Ontario. ...

The major industries within town are two logging mills, Tembec and Domtar, and the CN railyards. Tembec, a paper company in Canada, was created in 1973 in the town of Temiscaming, in Quebec near the border of Ontario. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. ...

Geography and location

Chapleau is located in central North-Eastern Ontario, in the heart of the Canadian Shield. Chapleau is geographically isolated; the nearest cities are Sault Ste. Marie, Timmins, and Sudbury, but all are more than a 2 hour drive. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th) • Land 917,741 km² • Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Canadian Shield The Canadian Shield is a large craton in eastern and central Canada and adjacent portions of the United States, composed of bare rock dating to the Precambrian Era (between 4. ... Sault Ste. ... Timmins, with a population of 43,686 (2001), is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. ... Motto: Come, let us build together. ...

History

The first European settlement in the area was established in 1777 by the Hudson Bay Company. The settlement was a fur traiding post about 50 miles to Chapleau's north, on Big Missinabi Lake. 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Hudsons Bay Company building in Montreal The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) is the oldest corporation in Canada and is one of the oldest in the world still in existence. ...

In 1885 the Canadian Pacific Railway was built through the area. The CPR chose this as a division point, and the town was founded. Logging mills developed later, but overexploitation of natural resources has lead to many layoffs and difficult times for the town. 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. ...

At its largest, with large CPR and logging opperations, the town had a population of 5000. However, the town has been gradually shrinking since 1950. 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Current events

Project Chapleau

As of November 9th, 2005, Chapleau, Ontario residents have been testing a wireless mesh Internet technology designed and implemented through a partnership between Bell Canada Enterprises, Nortel Networks, and the Township of Chapleau. Called Project Chapleau, this Wi-Fi connection covers the entire town and is the first of its kind in Canada. When the one-year trial finishes, Chapleau will become a model for the rest of the world for wireless integration and socioeconomic change made possible through advanced broadband technologies. The as of technique is a way to deal with statements that date quickly. ... Wireless is an old-fashioned term for a radio receiver, referring to its use as a wireless telegraph. ... Mesh networking is a way to route data, voice and instructions between nodes. ... Bell Canada Enterprises, legally BCE Inc. ... Nortel Networks Corporation, formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited and now familiarly known simply as Nortel, is a telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Canada. ... Headline text Chapleau, Ontario Chapleau is home to the worlds largest Wildlife Preserve. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Wi-Fi (short for wireless fidelity, sometimes written Wi-fi, WiFi, Wifi, wifi) is a trademark for sets of product compatibility standards for wireless local area networks (WLANs). ...

External links

• Project Chapleau

See also

List of Communities in Ontario Communities of the Province of Ontario, Canada note: this is a list of communities, and are not necessarily organized municipalities. ...

External links

• Official Chapleau Community Portal
• Chapleau Tourism website