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Killarney is a municipality located on the northern shore of Georgian Bay in the Sudbury District of Ontario, Canada. Killarney is commonly associated with Killarney Provincial Park, which is a large wilderness park located to the east of the townsite which occupies much of the municipality's expanded boundary.

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Municipality
Municipality of Killarney
George Lake in Killarney
Coordinates: 45°59′N 81°31′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Sudbury
Incorporated	January 1, 1999
Town founded	1820
Prior incorporation	The township of Rutherford and Geroge island
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Mayor	Nancy Wirtz
• Governing Body	Killarney Municipal Council
• Killarney Municipal Councilors	Robert Campbell, Barbara Haitse, Micheal Reider,John Dimitrijevic,Jim Rook
• MP	Marc Serré (Liberal)
• MPP	France Gélinas (NDP)
Area [1]
• Land	1,653.32 km2 (638.35 sq mi)
Population  (2021[7])[1]
• Total	397
• Density	0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	705
Website	Municipality of Killarney

In addition to the community of Killarney itself, the communities of Hartley Bay and Bigwood, and the ghost towns of French River, Collins Inlet and Key Harbour, are also located within the municipal boundaries.

The eastern end of the La Cloche Mountain Range is also located within the municipality of Killarney.

History

Killarney's Established community was founded in 1820 by Etienne De La Morandiere (although indigenous peoples were living there prior), a French Canadian originally from Varennes, Quebec and a fur trader in Sault St Marie, Michigan, along with his wife Josette Sai Sai Go No Kwe, an indigenous woman from Michigan and a close relative of Chief Kitchi, meaning Big Gun. Soon after the arrival of the De La Morandieres, many french Canadian families started to settle in Killarney, including the Proulxs and the Roques, starting many fishing businesses in the process. Although there was already an existing settlement here at that time, they are credited with the founding of the settlement.

The Population increased when the logging industry took off in colins inlet in the late 1800s when hundreds of people from around Ontario went to colins inlet for work and established a large community in the area. The logging industry collapsed in the early 1900s because of the low demand, as a result, hundreds of people left Killarney. You can still see the remains of the large village down in Mill Lake across from the present-day Mill Lake lodge.

Another key industry that had a major impact on Killarney's economy was the fishing industry. There were many fishing companies in Killarney including C.W.L (Charles William Low), The Nobles, Charles Low/Joseph Roque partnership, and Albert Lowe. Most of these people at some point worked together in Killarney to sustain the fishing needs of the community. The collapse of the fishing industry at the end of the 1950s affected many families in Killarney including the Low, Roque, Jackman, Proulx, and Herbert families. The collapse caused many families of Killarney to either go broke or have to look into other means of employment in order to support their families.

Killarney was operated as a fishing camp by the Fruehauf Trailer Company in Detroit, Michigan. Roy Fruehauf, president of the company from 1949 to 1961, was primarily responsible for operating Killarney. Clients and guests would be flown in via Mallard sea planes for vacations during the warmer summer months.

The quarry in Killarney bay had fixed this issue for many families by creating more employment opportunities in the area. The quarry is located on the westside of the Landsdowne channel and had been very financially efficient after the downfall of the fishing industry.

In July of 1962, Highway 637 was established, connecting the people of Killarney to major highways like Highway 69 and Highway 17, making it easier for people to travel to major cities like Toronto or Sudbury.  Before that, the people of the town had to either go by boat in the summer to Little Current and then take a train to Sudbury or other areas to obtain food and resources or by horse and buggy in the winter.

The current municipality was incorporated on January 1, 1999, when the Ontario provincial government expanded the boundaries of the township of Rutherford and George Island, the former governing body of the community of Killarney. The municipality was also transferred from the Manitoulin District to the Sudbury District at that time. In 2006, the municipality was enlarged again when it annexed the unorganized mainland portion of Manitoulin District.[2]

The larger municipality of Killarney now encompasses virtually all of Killarney Provincial Park and the French River delta, and in fact extends all the way to Highway 69, over 70 kilometres from the townsite. Despite the municipality's geographic size, however, most of its population continues to reside in the community of Killarney itself, although smaller settlements also exist at Hartley Bay and Bigwood.

The municipal boundaries of Killarney encompass the geographic townships of Rutherford and George Island, Hansen, Goschen, Sale, Attlee, Kilpatrick, Travers, Struthers, Allen, Bigwood, Killarney, Humboldt and Carlyle, and the northern part of Henvey.

List of Former Mayors

Municipality of Killarney:

• Laurier Low: 1999−2006
• Morgan Pitfield: 2006−2014
• Ginny Rook: 2014−2020
• Nancy Wirtz: 2020−Incumbent

Economy

The Killarney area's economy is based primarily on tourism, consisting mainly of wilderness lodges, campgrounds and retail services geared toward campers and other visitors to Killarney Provincial Park.

The Killarney Mountain Lodge draws in lots of tourism to the area.

A community museum, the Killarney Centennial Museum, is located in Killarney adjacent to the municipal government offices. One tourism website listed 21 things to do in the area, although much of the content is related to the provincial park.[3]

Although not officially part of the Sudbury East region, Killarney participates in the regional Sudbury East Planning Board with the municipalities of French River, St. Charles and Markstay-Warren.

Killarney Provincial Park is also home to the Killarney Provincial Park Observatory.

During spring and summer 2020, the area's tourism was suffering because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and restrictions on travel to Canada from other countries, including the US.

Transportation

The primary road access to Killarney is via Highway 637. The town is also served by the small Killarney Airport. It is also possible to travel to Killarney by boat, usually from the town of Little Current.

Demographics

Killarney, Ontario Historical populations

Year	Pop.	±%
1996	738	—
2001	428	−42.0%
2006	454	+6.1%
2011	505	+11.2%
2016	386	−23.6%
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Killarney had a population of 397 living in 193 of its 443 total private dwellings, a change of 2.8% from its 2016 population of 386. With a land area of 1,469.4 km² (567.3 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.3/km² (0.7/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

See also

• List of townships in Ontario

References

External links

• Official website

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[ru] Килларни (Онтарио)

Ки́лларни — небольшой город в провинции Онтарио, Канада. Входит в состав административного округа Садбери. Население — 454 чел. (по переписи 2006 года)[1].

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