Powassan

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title: "Powassan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-in-parry-sound-district", "single-tier-municipalities-in-ontario", "1904-establishments-in-ontario", "2001-establishments-in-ontario", "populated-places-established-in-1904", "populated-places-established-in-2001", "powassan"] description: "Municipality in Ontario, Canada" topic_path: "general/municipalities-in-parry-sound-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powassan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Municipality in Ontario, Canada ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
name	Powassan
official_name	Municipality of Powassan
native_name
settlement_type	Municipality (single-tier)
image_skyline	Powassan ON.JPG
pushpin_map	Canada Southern Ontario
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Ontario
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Parry Sound District
government_type	Town
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Peter McIsaac
leader_title1	Governing Body
leader_name1	Municipality of Powassan Council
leader_title2	MP
leader_name2	Pauline Rochefort (L)
leader_title3	MPP
leader_name3	Vic Fedeli (PC)
established_title	Established
established_date	1904 (original boundaries)
2001 (current boundaries)
unit_pref
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	223.26
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_total	3346
population_density_km2	15.0
timezone	EST
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type	Postal code span
postal_code	P0H
area_code	705
website
::

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Powassan () is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located near North Bay.

The municipality includes the population centres of Powassan and Trout Creek, both along Highway 11.

History

Taken from a First Nations name that means "bend", Powassan's original settlement was at the bend of the South River. The location today is known as the Bingham Chute, and is where the present hydro plant is. The village of Powassan began in/about 1880 with the construction of a sawmill and a grist mill. Mill employees built their houses in that section of the village.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Trout_Creek_ON.JPG" caption="Trout Creek"] ::

A construction camp for the Northern and Pacific Junction Railway was established at Powassan in 1885. This section of track completed in 1886, was taken over by the Grand Trunk Railway in 1888 and absorbed by Canadian National Railways in 1923.

In 1886, the operation of the Northern and Pacific Junction Railway between Gravenhurst and Nipissing Junction saw the development of a second settlement near the railroad. Christopher Armstrong and William Faulkner Clark were granted two lots by the Crown, lots 15 and 16, respectively, in the 12th concession of the Township of Himsworth. The 15th sideroad of the Township of Himsworth was the road allowance reserve between the two lots, which is the present-day Main Street, Powassan's main thoroughfare. Armstrong divided lot 15 into sections that were 1/5 of an acre in size; Clark divided lots into lots of 1/4 acre each. Clark's plans are registered as numbers 43 and 57.

On November 30, 1904, a Royal Proclamation was issued that declared that Powassan was a separate and new municipality. In the same proclamation, the citizens were constituted a body corporate under the name of the Corporation of the Town of Powassan. In 1906, the present town hall was built.

Powassan virus, a tick-borne disease, is named after the town of Powassan, where it was identified in a 5-year-old boy who died from encephalitis in 1958.

The current Municipality of Powassan came into being on January 1, 2001 as a result of the amalgamation of the Town of Powassan, Town of Trout Creek and the Township of South Himsworth. The two main communities in the town are Powassan and Trout Creek.

Geography

Powassan is located in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, at its easternmost boundary with the Nipissing District.

Climate

|location = Powassan (1981−2010) |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan record high C = 13.0 |Feb record high C = 14.5 |Mar record high C = 20.6 |Apr record high C = 31.0 |May record high C = 32.2 |Jun record high C = 34.0 |Jul record high C = 36.0 |Aug record high C = 34.5 |Sep record high C = 31.5 |Oct record high C = 27.5 |Nov record high C = 18.9 |Dec record high C = 17.5 |year record high C = 36.0 |Jan high C = -6.9 |Feb high C = -4.3 |Mar high C = 1.3 |Apr high C = 9.8 |May high C = 17.6 |Jun high C = 22.5 |Jul high C = 24.9 |Aug high C = 23.4 |Sep high C = 18.4 |Oct high C = 11.0 |Nov high C = 3.5 |Dec high C = -3.1 |year high C = 9.8 |Jan mean C = −12.3 |Feb mean C = −10.0 |Mar mean C = -4.4 |Apr mean C = 4.2 |May mean C = 11.3 |Jun mean C = 16.2 |Jul mean C = 18.7 |Aug mean C = 17.5 |Sep mean C = 13.1 |Oct mean C = 6.6 |Nov mean C = -0.2 |Dec mean C = −7.5 |year mean C = 4.4 |Jan low C = -17.7 |Feb low C = -15.7 |Mar low C = -10.0 |Apr low C = -1.5 |May low C = 4.9 |Jun low C = 9.9 |Jul low C = 12.5 |Aug low C = 11.5 |Sep low C = 7.8 |Oct low C = 2.2 |Nov low C = -3.9 |Dec low C = -11.9 |year low C = -1.0 |Jan record low C = -43.5 |Feb record low C = -42.0 |Mar record low C = -36.0 |Apr record low C = -20.0 |May record low C = -5.6 |Jun record low C = -2.0 |Jul record low C = 1.5 |Aug record low C = -0.5 |Sep record low C = -6.0 |Oct record low C = -9.5 |Nov record low C = -29.0 |Dec record low C = -40.5 |year record low C = -43.5 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 63.1 |Feb precipitation mm = 48.7 |Mar precipitation mm = 60.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 63.8 |May precipitation mm = 86.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 81.2 |Jul precipitation mm = 97.7 |Aug precipitation mm = 93.1 |Sep precipitation mm = 105.5 |Oct precipitation mm = 96.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 89.1 |Dec precipitation mm = 64.1 |year precipitation mm = 949.7 |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 14.8 |Feb rain mm = 9.3 |Mar rain mm = 30.2 |Apr rain mm = 49.1 |May rain mm = 83.8 |Jun rain mm = 81.2 |Jul rain mm = 97.7 |Aug rain mm = 83.1 |Sep rain mm = 105.4 |Oct rain mm = 91.0 |Nov rain mm = 59.0 |Dec rain mm = 21.3 |year rain mm = 735.9 |snow colour = green |Jan snow cm = 48.3 |Feb snow cm = 39.3 |Mar snow cm = 29.8 |Apr snow cm = 14.7 |May snow cm = 2.8 |Jun snow cm = 0.0 |Jul snow cm = 0.0 |Aug snow cm = 0.0 |Sep snow cm = 0.1 |Oct snow cm = 5.9 |Nov snow cm = 30.1 |Dec snow cm = 42.8 |year snow cm = 213.7 |unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm |Jan precipitation days = 15.1 |Feb precipitation days = 12.1 |Mar precipitation days = 12.0 |Apr precipitation days = 13.0 |May precipitation days = 14.0 |Jun precipitation days = 14.0 |Jul precipitation days = 13.0 |Aug precipitation days = 12.2 |Sep precipitation days = 14.6 |Oct precipitation days = 15.8 |Nov precipitation days = 17.0 |Dec precipitation days = 15.9 |year precipitation days = 168.7 |unit rain days = 0.2 mm |Jan rain days = 3.0 |Feb rain days = 2.5 |Mar rain days = 5.2 |Apr rain days = 10.4 |May rain days = 13.8 |Jun rain days = 14.0 |Jul rain days = 13.0 |Aug rain days = 12.2 |Sep rain days = 14.6 |Oct rain days = 14.8 |Nov rain days = 10.7 |Dec rain days = 4.3 |year rain days = 118.6 |unit snow days = 0.2 cm |Jan snow days = 13.4 |Feb snow days = 10.4 |Mar snow days = 8.3 |Apr snow days = 4.1 |May snow days = 0.50 |Jun snow days = 0.0 |Jul snow days = 0.0 |Aug snow days = 0.0 |Sep snow days = 0.08 |Oct snow days = 1.9 |Nov snow days = 8.4 |Dec snow days = 13.3 |year snow days = 60.4 |source 1 = Environment Canada{{cite web | publisher = Environment Canada | url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=4493&lang=e&province=ON&provSubmit=go&page=101&dCode=1 | title = Powassan, Ontario | work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 | date=31 October 2011 | access-date = February 16, 2015}} |date=August 2010

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Powassan had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 223.26 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

|title = Historical census populations – Powassan |type = Canada |align = none |cols = 3 |footnote = Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes and mergers. |source = Statistics Canada, 2021, 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001 and 1996 , 1991 and 1986 |1911|644 |1921|614 |1931|650 |1941|775 |1951|832 |1961|1064 |1971|1163 |1981|1015 |1986|1112 |1991|1150 |1996|1125 |2001|3252 |2006|3309 |2011|3378 |2016|3455 |2021|3346

References

References

1. "Council". Town of Powassan.
2. {{SCref. (2021)
4. "The Powassan Story". Town of Powassan.
5. (January 2019). "Tick-Borne Flaviviruses, with a Focus on Powassan Virus". Clinical Microbiology Reviews.
6. (2018). "First confirmed case of Powassan neuroinvasive disease in Rhode Island". IDCases.
7. "Municipal restructuring activity summary table - Dataset - Ontario Data Catalogue". Government of Ontario.
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