West Ferris Township, Ontario
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West Ferris is a geographic Township and former municipality in the District of Nipissing in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
The township was surveyed in 1880, and named after James Marshall Ferris, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was amalgamated into the city of North Bay in 1968.
The township was quite small in size, sandwiched between the City of North Bay on the north, the township of North Himsworth on the south, East Ferris on the east, and Lake Nipissing on the west. The township consists of North Bay's southern suburbs, namely the community of Ferris. It also includes Sunset Park, Marshall Park, Champlain Park, Thorncliff and Nipissing Junction. The La Vase River bifricates the township running from the east into Lake Nipissing, as does Highway 11 running north-south. The township is home to about 14,000 people.
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- MapArt Ontario Road Atlas
- Statistics Canada
- Heritage Perspectives
