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Dryden (aka "Sunset Country") (2001 population 10,100) is a city in northwestern Ontario, Canada located on Wabigoon Lake. Image File history File links Ontario-dryden. ...
2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 106 24...
Wabigoon lake is located in Northwestern Ontario and is the headwater for the Wabigoon river. ...
Dryden, was founded as an agricultural community by John Dryden, then Ontario's Minister of Agriculture in 1896. While his train was stopped at what was then known as Barclay Tank to re-water, he noticed clover growing at the side of the tracks and decided to found an experimental farm the following year. The success of the farm brought settlers from the Uxbridge area of southern Ontario as well as the Bruce Peninsula and the community came to be known as New Prospect. It became a town in 1910 and a city in 1998 after merging with the neighbouring township of Barclay. Dryden's eastern boundary is located near Aaron Provincial Park on Thunder Lake. John Dryden (born June 5, 1840 in Whitby Township, Ontario - died July 29, 1909 in Toronto, Ontario) was a farmer and politician in Ontario, Canada. ...
1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Map of Southern Ontario showing Bruce Peninsula in red. ...
1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Pulp and Paper came to the town in 1910 which today is its main industry though agriculture, tourism and some mining are also important segments of the local economy. An International Paper mill in South Carolina The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American (United States, Canada), northern European (Sweden, Finland) and East Asian countries (such as Japan). ...
The town came onto the national consciousness in the early 1970's when natives at the community of Grassy Narrows became sick with Minamata disease (mercury poisoning). Investigation determined that an alkaline chlorine plant located at the Dryden mill was the source of the mercury in the Wabigoon and English river systems. Asubpeeschoseewagong (Asabiinyashkosiwagong, in the Anishinaabe language), also known as Grassy Narrows #149, is an Indian reserve located 80km north of Kenora, Ontario. ...
Minamata disease ), sometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamata disease ), is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. ...
Even though Dryden is in Ontario, most of which is in the Eastern Standard Time Zone, because it is so close to the Manitoba border, Dryden is in the Central Standard Time Zone. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 106 24...
The Eastern Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting five hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). ...
Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Flower Prairie Crocus Tree White Spruce Bird Great Grey Owl Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 14...
CST or UTC-6 The Central Standard Time Zone (CST) is a geographic region in the Americas that keeps time by subtracting six hours from UTC (UTC-6). ...
To put the size of Dryden into perspective, it has 8 sets of traffic lights, 4 of which are on Highway 17(the Trans-Canada Highway). Trans Canada Highway over Canada Map The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins all ten provinces of Canada. ...
Pre-History (by Mel Fisher) The Dryden area was part of the Ojibway nation, which covered a large area from Lake Huron in the east to Lake of the Woods and beyond, disputed by Cree from the north, and Sioux from the south. The Ojibway was a nomadic culture, groups from family to village size moving over the land with the seasons and the availability of game or the necessities of life, so that permanent or lasting settlements were not made.
It is believed that the Bending Lake/Turtle River area was a meeting place for aboriginal peoples ranging from as far away as the southern US and much of central Canada, for trade and cultural exchange, and there is still evidence of ancient occupancy there in the form of pictographs, artifacts, burial grounds, and one might consider this our prehistoric centre. Bending Lake is in the triangle between Dryden, Ignace, and Atikokan.
Events: Dryden holds an annual Moosefest, during which The Walleye Masters is held, which is an exciting fishing tournament.
Dryden is known by people passing by as the home of "Max the Moose", Dryden's 5.6m high mascot on the TransCanada highway.
Media
Radio - FM 92.7 - CKDR, adult contemporary
- FM 97.3 - CJIV, Christian
- FM 98.5 - CFCD, tourist information
- FM 100.9 - CBQH, CBC Radio One
- FM 102.7 - CKSB-6, La Première Chaîne
- [[FM 104.5 - Q104, hot adult contemporary]]
also on FM 103.3 CKDR is a radio station in Dryden, Ontario, Canada. ...
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CKQV is a radio station in Vermilion Bay, Ontario. ...
Television CBWFT is the Societé Radio-Canada French language television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ...
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Print Dryden has one community newspaper, The Dryden Observer and is also serviced by the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal, which operates a bureau in Dryden. NWO Update, offers news and information for the region. The Dryden Observer is a weekly publication based in Dryden, Ontario and was originally established as the Wabigoon Star in 1897. ...
The Chronicle-Journal is the daily newspaper in Thunder Bay. ...
Politics Dryden is currently part of the provincial electoral district of Kenora—Rainy River. Kenora—Rainy River's Member of Provincial Parliament, Howard Hampton, is leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party. Federally the city is part of the Kenora riding and is represented by Roger Valley, a Liberal. An electoral district is a geographically-based constituency upon which Canadas representative democracy is based. ...
Kenora—Rainy River was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Ontario. ...
Ontario NDP Leader Howard Hampton Howard Hampton (born May 17, 1952) is the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) and a Member of Provincial Parliament from the northern riding of Kenora—Rainy River. ...
The Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Ontario Section) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. ...
Kenora is a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Ontario. ...
Roger Valley (born January 28, 1957 in Kenora, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. ...
The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party positioned at the centre of the political spectrum, combining a progressive social policy with moderate economics. ...
Dryden's mayor is Anne Krassilowsky. Mayor of Dryden, Ontario, Canada. ...
Notable residents Dryden is also the birthplace of NHL hockey players Chris Pronger and brother Sean Pronger. Also the birthplace of Division 1 Women's Hockey goaltender Tiffany Thompson. Christopher Robert Pronger (born October 10, 1974, in Dryden, Ontario, Canada) is a professional hockey player for the Anaheim Ducks. ...
Sean Pronger (born November 30, 1972 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has played in the National Hockey League for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins, Columbus Blue Jackets and the Vancouver Canucks. ...
External links Coordinates: 49°47′N 92°50′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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