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Cochrane, Ontario, Canada is a northern Ontario town situated on Highway 11. Highway 11 is the major highway in the area and is part of the Trans-Canada Highway system. The town's population is made up of approximately half anglophone and half francophone residents. Cochrane is located east of Kapuskasing, northeast of Timmins, south of Moosonee, and north of Iroquois Falls. It is about a 1 hour drive from Timmins, the major city of the region. It is the seat of Cochrane District. Image File history File links Ontario-cochrane. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked... The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins all ten provinces of Canada. ... Kapuskasing (2001 population of 9,238) is a town on the Kapuskasing River in the Cochrane District of northern Ontario, Canada. ... Timmins, with a population of 42,997 (2006), is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. ... Moosonee, Ontario, Canada, is the railhead on James Bay of the Ontario Northland Railway where goods are transferred to barges and aircraft for transport to more northerly communities. ... Paper mill in Iroquois Falls. ... Cochrane District, Ontario is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. ...

Cochrane was founded as a railway town and was incorporated in 1910. It was named for politician and merchant Frank Cochrane, a former mayor of Sudbury, Ontario minister of Lands & Forests and federal minister of Railways and Canals in the cabinet of Robert Borden. The Town of Cochrane amalgamated with the surrounding townships of Glackmeyer and Lamarche to create a newly expanded Town of Cochrane in 2000. Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Francis Cochrane (November 18, 1852 – September 22, 1919) was a Canadian politician. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = Location City Information Established: 1883 (as Sudbury) 2001 (as Greater Sudbury) Area: 3,354 km² Population:  - City (2001)  - CD Rank  - Municipal Rank 155,219 20th in Canada 26th in Canada Population density: 46. ... Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC, DCL, LL.D (June 26, 1854 – June 10, 1937) was the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911, to July 10, 1920, and the third Nova Scotian to hold this office. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

According to the 2006 Census. Cochrane has a population of about 5,487, a 3.6 percent decrease from the 2001 Census. Like many northern Ontario communities, the population is declining due to lack of employment. The main industries in Cochrane are the railway, tourism and lumber industries. Marginal farming also exists around Cochrane. Though the soil is considered to be of good quality, the growing season is too short to have substantial crop production.

The town contains many references to polar bears. Its mascot is a large polar bear statue known as Chimo. There are also live polar bears at the new "Polar Bear Conservation and Educational Habitat and Heritage Village" which opened in the summer of 2004.

Cochrane's railway station.

The town's railway station is a part of the Ontario Northland Railway which operates the Northlander train to Toronto six days per week. The railway provides the only form of ground transportation to Moosonee, Ontario. The popular Polar Bear Express summer time train tour leaves Cochrane for Moosonee, and is a popular tourist activity. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 505 pixelsFull resolution (1809 × 1143 pixel, file size: 341 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 505 pixelsFull resolution (1809 × 1143 pixel, file size: 341 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A pair of Ontario Northland diesels work in Hearst, in 2003. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Moosonee, Ontario, Canada, is the railhead on James Bay of the Ontario Northland Railway where goods are transferred to barges and aircraft for transport to more northerly communities. ... A pair of ON diesels work Hearst, ON, in 2003 Ontario Northland Railway (ONR, AAR reporting marks ONT, ONTA) is a Canadian railway and provincial Crown corporation. ...

Cochrane is close to the northern end of the road system in the area. The last roads in this part of Ontario end about halfway between Cochrane and Moosonee at Otter Rapids.

Cochrane was the site of the trial for 20 Reesor Siding farmers charged with the killing of 3 union employees during the Reesor Siding 1963 Strike. Detail of monument to the incident The Reesor Siding Strike of 1963 was one of the defining labour conflicts in Canadian history, resulting in the shooting of 11 union members. ... Monument to the shootings The Reesor Siding 1963 Strike was one of the defining labour conflicts in Canadian history. ...

Cochrane is the birthplace of Tim Horton, a hockey player who founded the Tim Hortons doughnut and coffee shop chain in Hamilton, Ontario in 1964. A new multi-purpose arena and events centre, the Tim Horton Events Centre, built in honour of him, was officially opened in the fall of 2006. A new aquatic centre is currently under construction, while the arena is oficially open. The Tim Horton Museum is still in the works. Early photo of Tim Horton. ... Tim Hortons is a coffee-and-doughnut fast food restaurant chain largely based in Canada. ... Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Location in the province of Ontario, Canada Coordinates: , Country Canada Province Ontario Incorporated June 9, 1846[1] Government  - Mayor Fred Eisenberger  - City Council Hamilton City Council  - Representatives 5 MPs and 5 MPPs Area [2]  - City 1,138. ...

Cochrane as seen across Lake Commando.

Cochrane is also the birth place of Tim Horton classmate Donald McKinnon (born 1929). McKinnon was first in forestry but later became a prospector. He is most famous as the co-discoverer of the goldfields at Hemlo on Lake Superior, resulting in three great gold mines. He lives and works out of Timmins under McKinnon Prospecting and was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 1996. A book The Scholalry Prospector - Don MacKinnon authored by Michael Barnes, was published in 2007, Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 448 pixelsFull resolution (2036 × 1139 pixel, file size: 786 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 448 pixelsFull resolution (2036 × 1139 pixel, file size: 786 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

External links

• Town of Cochrane homepage
• Polar Bears in Cochrane
• Ontario Highway 11 Homepage - Cochrane
• CHPB Radio 98.1 FM