Manitoulin District

Canada Courthouses / Ontario / Manitoulin District
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Manitoulin District is named for the old Odawa name “Manidoowaalin” which means “cave of the spirit” for an underwater cave where a powerful spirit dwells.

 

Created:  1888

District Seat: 

Gore Bay   1888 – present

 

Courthouse – Gore Bay

 

Location:  27 Phipps Street / Dawson Street

Built:  1888 – 1889

Style:  Georgian

Architect:  Kivas Tully

Contractor:  George Ball

 

Description:  The building faces west and is a two grey coloured limestone structure. The building is located on sloped landscaped grounds. The west front has a central white coloured wood framed entrance with gable at the roof line. An addition was added on the north side in 1901. The architect was Francis Riley Heakes of Toronto and the contractor was the Ontario Department of Public Works. In 1924, the Registry was constructed by E T Charters.

 

Courthouses: 

N – Algoma District and Sudbury District

E – Sudbury District,  Parry Sound Distrct and Georgian Bay

S – Lake Huron

W – Michigan 

 

 

 

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Photos taken 2016