Hurkett
Hurkett | |
|---|---|
Dispersed rural community | |
Derelict harbour of Hurkett | |
Hurkett Location of Hurkett in Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 48°50′57″N 88°29′05″W / 48.84917°N 88.48472°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Thunder Bay |
| Area | |
• Total | 52.65 km2 (20.33 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 193 m (633 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 236 |
| • Density | 4.48/km2 (11.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| Postal code | P0T |
| Area code | 807 |
Hurkett is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in the Unorganized part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is on Black Bay on the north shore of Lake Superior in geographic Stirling Township,[4] and is on Ontario Highway 582, a short spur off Ontario Highway 17. Hurkett is a designated place served by a local services board,[5] and has a population of 236.[6]
History
In 1902 Robert Nuttall of Port Arthur began to harvest ice at Wolf River Station for his Black Bay pound net business. With brothers Allen and Alonzo (A.W.) he constructed an ice-house at Hurkett Cove near the former native settlement of Cranberry (Chief's) Bay (Concession 1, lots 13 and 14). A trail connected this settlement with one at Dog Lake, and an unpublished report by fisherman Mark Peacock (A History of Dorion, 1901-1932, owned by the Nuttall family) stresses its role in colonization of the territory.[7] When Robert left the fisheries, the business was managed by A.W. Nuttall who In 1919 employed 16 men for the winter fisheries of Black Bay. Other local fishermen were Joe Collins and Kate Morrow, and prior to the 1920's the Nipigon Bay Fish Company of Rossport maintained interests in the Hurkett fisheries.[8]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hurkett had a population of 94 living in 51 of its 75 total private dwellings, a change of -56.1% from its 2016 population of 214. With a land area of 53.08 km2 (20.49 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.8/km2 (4.6/sq mi) in 2021.[9]
| 2011 | |
|---|---|
| Population | 236 (-17.2% from 2006) |
| Land area | 52.65 km2 (20.33 sq mi) |
| Population density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Median age | 49.7 (M: 48.2, F: 50.2) |
| Private dwellings | 121 (total) |
| Median household income |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Hurkett". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
- ^ a b "Hurkett, Ontario (Code 350027) census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Elevation taken from Google Earth at coordinates given in the Infobox. Accessed 2015-07-12.
- ^ "Stirling" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ "Local Services Boards, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 737". Canadian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ a b "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ Goodier, John L. (1982). "The Fish and Fisheries of Canadian Lake Superior" (Document). Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto. pp. 34–36. doi:10.5281/zenodo.14941988.
- ^ Goodier, John L. (1985). "Commercial fisheries of the Canadian Great Lakes - a systems planning resource inventory and evaluation" (Document). Parks Canada, Cornwall, Ontario. pp. 442–464. doi:10.5281/zenodo.14885284.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved Sep 2, 2022.
Other map sources:
- Map 13 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #2 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2015-07-12.