Hornepayne

Hornepayne is a place in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the Algoma District and had 2006 1.209 inhabitants.

History

As with almost all places in Canada, so also the story Hornepaynes fed from two sources, the First Nations and immigrants, first of Europeans. Three Cree families moved after 1900 to the Nagagamisis Lake. They came from Fort Albany on the Hudson Bay. As their chief was George Taylor, the other two heads of families were B. Taylor and Shaganash. They had left the James Bay, the huge bulge in the southern Hudson Bay and were rowed up with canoes and the Albany River Shekak to ensure their survival, what seemed to them impossible on James Bay. The Hudson 's Bay Company operated a fur trading post at the Narrows of Lake Nagagamisis. Chief George Taylor and his wife Anne led these trading posts.

The second development branch in the region, immigration, is connected with the railway. 1877 began a surveyor named Gamsby with investigations in order to define a route for the Canadian Pacific Railway. This route was known there as Gamsby Trail Line. The Mackenzie Mann and Company acquired this survey route and so, according to survey of land by Wickstead between 1900 and 1910 the Northern Ontario Railway Line, a distance at which the Township of Wicksteed was born. Around 1911-1912, the construction of the West and East began at the same time and the routes met 19195 west of Hill Sports ( mile 45.5 ) to each other.

Why Fitzback station was built exactly where today stands Hornepayne, is unclear. On October 15, 1915, the first train reached the station. The Jackfish River served as the only source of water.

The trading post of the Cree were now too far away, and the store of the Hudson Bay in Fitzback made ​​him stiff competition. Therefore, the Cree moved to the vicinity of the place where a part of them is still alive today. They form the Hornepayne First Nation, their chief is Laura Medeiros. They are represented in the Matawa First Nations Tribal Council, but government not recognized.

John G. Leggat led in 1914 to the store, the post office, trading post and meeting room of the small community was at the same time. Leggat received annually hundred dollars and went on for a week the 130 km trip to Oba to pick up the mail. In May 1915, his wife and daughter came to. Leggat was the first treasurer of the town, organized the first school, was justice of the peace, but burned him twice from the store. Together with his brothers Leo and Chris, he built him a new location again.

So the place was founded in 1915 under the name Fitzback originated with the Canadian Northern Railway, one of the transcontinental railways, a section built here. In 1920 it was renamed in Hornepayne, after the British financier Robert Horne - Payne Montgomery. He drew from 1894-1928 £ 500 million in capital over the British Empire Trust Co to ​​Canada, particularly to Ontario. He was from 1901 to 1918, when the Canadian government took over the company, director of the Canadian Northern Railway in London. In addition, he was from 1897 to 1928 Chairman of the BC Electric Railway.

Soon the Canadian Northern Ontario portion of the Canadian National Railways were, which was created in 1919. Among the earliest four houses of the settlement, which were connected only by paths, came between autumn 1918 and the end of 1921 several railway buildings and cottages for the employees.

The municipality was incorporated in 1927 as Wicksteed Township, named after the geographic township in which the village lies. This type of township is represented in Ontario, especially in the north and is to be distinguished from the political townships. First Mayor ( reeve, as they are called in Ontario's rural areas, not mayor ) was J. McLeod. Only since 1986, the place is called Hornepayne again.

In 1967 the Hornepayne Public Library, the first was located in the Municipal Building, where today sits the council. In 1982, they moved to 200 Front Street to the North Star Centre. It offers in addition to special services for seniors and children or adolescents First Nation community services. The first director was John Moylan (1967-1975), and since then passes Lynda Kahara the house.

1982 was a commercial and administrative center. In 1988 the cities within Hearst, Mattice -Val Côté, Constance Lake First Nation and Hornepayne merged to form an economic development community, the North - Aski region. The name comes from the French word for 'North' and the Cree word for ' land ' together. It focuses on the timber industry.

Population

The place is mainly influenced by Anglo- Canadians who represent over 78% of native speakers. A strong minority are the French Canadians, which account for 16.3%. Additional 5.4 % of the population use other native languages. The Francophones is in Hearst, a campus of Collège Boréal founded in 1995, is available.

The population is rapidly declining. So Hornepayne in 1991, had still 1,610 inhabitants in 1996, 130 less. Five years later, the place had lost another 118 inhabitants, by 2006 times 153

Economy

Main employer in the region in addition to Canadian National Railway ( 300 jobs, as of 2002) the timber industry. Here is the largest company in the Olav Haavaldsrud Timber Co. Ltd.. with about 150 employees. In addition Kenogami Lumber is appreciably with 35 employees, all other is micro-enterprises. The most significant public employers are adjacent to the hospital, the school and the administration with around 120 employees. With 85 jobs to the area of ​​accommodation and food is on the third place.

Traffic

Since the founding of the town is a stopping point on the route, which was taken after the First World War by the Canadian National Railway, and Via Rail operates the station.

The flight connections are handled by the Hornepayne Municipal Airport ( 3,500 feet long, 75 wide), the Highways 17 and 631 connect the city with the neighboring towns.

Education

The Hornepayne Founded in 1980, High School for grades 9-12 in 2005 had 82 pupils in 2007 were only 69 expected. 1998, there were 97 students. The building has an area of ​​1,209 m².

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