Espanola (2006 census population 5,314) is a town in Northern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the Spanish River, and is the seat of Sudbury District, approximately 70 kilometres west of downtown Sudbury, and just south of the junction of Highway 6 and Highway 17. Image File history File links Ontario-espanola. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario, Canada, which lies north of Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, the French River and Lake Nipissing. ... The Spanish River is a river in Ontario which flows 240 km from Lake Biscotasi and Duke Lake through Lake Pogamasing and Agnew Lake and empties into the north shore of Lake Huron. ... The Sudbury District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... 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. ... Ontario provincial highway 6 is one of the Kings Highways in the province of Ontario, Canada. ... Highway 17 in Mattawa. ...

History

Espanola was founded in the early 1900s as a company town for the employees of the Spanish River Pulp and Paper company, which opened a pulp and paper mill there. The town expanded quickly, with a hotel, school, theatre and a bustling company town. // Public flight demonstration of an airplane by Alberto Santos-Dumont in Paris, November 12, 1906. ...

The town was independently incorporated on March 1, 1958. is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Origin of the name

The name "Espanola" has been attributed to a story which dates back to the mid 18th century. The story goes that the area's Ojibwa tribe sent a raiding party a long distance to the south and brought back with them a white woman who spoke Spanish. The woman married a local brave of a family living near the mouth of the river and taught her children to speak Spanish. Later, when the French Voyageurs came upon the settlement and heard fragments of Spanish spoken by the local natives, they remarked "Espagnole", which had been later anglicized to "Espanola", and the river was named the Spanish River. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Chippewa redirects here. ... A coureur de bois was an individual who engaged in the fur trade without permission from the French authorities. ...

Spanish River and Domtar mill in Espanola, Ontario.

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Industry

In 1929, the mill was closed due to the Great Depression, and Espanola became a ghost town until the Second World War, when the mill site became a camp for German prisoners of war. In 1946, the paper mill was reopened by the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company (KVP), producing specialty kraft paper. Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Great Depression was a time of economic down turn, which started after the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Kraft process is used in production of paper pulp and involves the use of caustic sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide to extract the lignin from the wood fiber in large vats called digesters. ...

In 1966 The KVP Co, was bought by Brown Co. a division of Charles Bluhdorn's industrial conglomerate Gulf and Western Industries. Brown Forest Industries operation was sold to E.B. Eddy, who operated the mill until June 1998.Now owned by Domtar, it continues to be the town's largest employer. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The E.B. Eddy Company was originally incorporated in 1886 as The E. B. Eddy Manufacturing Company with Ezra Butler Eddy as its president. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Domtar, Corporation is a U.S. pulp and paper company with head offices in Montreal, Quebec. ...

Media

• Radio and television availability in Espanola:

Any other radio and television signals that are available in Espanola come from either Sudbury, or Manitoulin Island. In March, 2007, Joco Communications of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, has applied to open up a local radio station to serve Espanola at 99.3 FM. See CRTC notice of Public Hearing March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Sturgeon Falls, Ontario in the 1940s The town of Sturgeon Falls is located in the District of Nipissing of northeastern Ontario and is part of the Municipality of West Nipissing. ...

• See the following radio, television and newspapers in Espanola below:

Radio

• FM 94.9 CBON-7, La Première Chaîne

CBON is a Canadian radio station. ... La Première Chaîne is the news and information service of la Société Radio-Canada, the French-language public broadcaster in Canada. ...

Television

• Channel 4: CBLFT-7 - SRC

CBLFT is the Societé Radio-Canada station serving franco-ontarians in Toronto and most of Ontario, including the Western, Central and Northeastern regions. ... Télévision de Radio-Canada, often simply Radio-Canada, is the main French language television service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ...

Print

Espanola is home to the Mid North Monitor, a weekly community newspaper.

• Mid North Monitor - Website

Public services

Espanola's three primary schools, A.B. Ellis Public School, Sacred Heart School (Roman Catholic), and Ecole St. Joseph (French Roman Catholic), and two secondary schools, Espanola High School and Ecole secondaire catholique Franco-Ouest, service the local students, as well as those from surrounding commuities such as Massey, Webbwood, McKerrow, Nairn Centre, Willisville and Whitefish Falls. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Massey is a small community in the Canadian province of Ontario at the junction of the Sables and Spanish Rivers, close to the northern shore of Lake Huron. ... Webbwood is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Willisville is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Whitefish Falls is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario. ...

In 1999 a modern recreation complex was constructed, replacing the aging arena and community swimming pool. Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...

Notable events

On January 17, 1910, a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train derailed off a trestle 10 km. east of Espanola. Seventy people died from the railcar's 27-foot plunge into the icy water of the Spanish River. It was the one of the CPR's worst accidents. January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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). ... An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ... An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ...

Espanola got some bad press in the early 1980s when the mill accidentally discharged toxic effluent into the Spanish River, killing fish by the thousands. The spill acted like a "flush", and when the fish came back a few years later, they were untainted and thriving. Now the mill has one of the most stringent "zero-emissions" pulp bleaching processes in the world, and the area below the Spanish River Dam is an excellent spot for pickerel fishing. Look up flush in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Species  E. americanus –       grass and redfin pickerels  E. lucius – northern pike  E. masquinongy – muskellunge  E. niger – chain pickerel   – Amur pike Esox Linnaeus, 1758, is a genus of freshwater fish, the only member of the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes. ...

The 1960s CBC Television series Adventures in Rainbow Country was filmed near Espanola, in the small native community of Birch Island. The series starred Lois Maxwell, the actress who played "Ms. Moneypenny" in Bond films such as Dr. No and Goldfinger. She lived in Espanola for 18 years. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... CBC Television is the primary English language television service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... Adventures in Rainbow Country was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television in 1970 and 1971. ... Lois Maxwell (born Lois Hooker on 14 February 1927 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise. ... Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... Dr. No is a 1962 spy film. ... For the villain in this film, see Auric Goldfinger. ...

Two-time NHL All-Star Al Secord grew up in Espanola. The National Hockey League All-Star Game (French: Match des Étoiles de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey) is an exhibition hockey game that traditionally marks the midway point of the National Hockey Leagues regular season, with many of the leagues star players playing against each other. ... Al Secord (born March 3, 1958 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey left wing who played in the National Hockey League for twelve seasons from 1978-79 until 1989-90. ...

In 2001, a group of volunteers staged a fundraiser for the local hospital by attempting to set a record for worlds longest hockey game. They were successful, playing for over three days straight. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

References

• Espanola on the Spanish, by George R. Morrison (1989)

External links

• Town of Espanola website

Coordinates: 46°15′N, 81°46′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...