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| A Fall day on Simon Lake |
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| Photo by Bob Blaney - www.boblaney.com |
Some Local History
Simon Lake
Simon Lake is bordered on the north side by Naughton and on the south side
by Whitefish Lake (Atikameksheng Anishnawbek) First Nations Reserve.
Naughton is located in Northwestern Ontario
and was named after Andrew McNaughton, a Judge. Naughton was also the birthplace of Boston Bruins legend Art Ross.
In 1941, Ross donated the NHL trophy bearing his name awarded to the player scoring the most points during the season. Ross
was also inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945.
From 1973 to 2000, Naughton was part of the town of Walden,
in the Regional Municipality of Sudbury. On January 1, 2001, the Regional Municipality was dissolved into the single-tier
City of Greater Sudbury.
Simon Lake Park
Originally called Barclay Lake, head trader
T.B. Ross of the Whitefish Hudson's Bay Post renamed the lake after his first born son. The sign below marks a
3.5 km trail, through Simon Lake Park, called the Trapline to symbolize the area's history since the 1850s.
| Welcome to Simon Lake Park |
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Naughton's Historic Plaques
Naughton is also home to two historic plaques situated in a rest area within
the eastern boundary of Naughton, on the south side of Regional Road 55. These plaques were presented to Naughton by the Ontario
Heritage Foundation and Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation.
Plaque #1:
Salter's Meridian
1856 -- "While laying out a meridian line (a north-south survey line) in 1856, provincial land surveyor Albert Salter
observed severe compass needle deflections some five kilometers north of here. Alexander Murray, assistant provincial geologist,
examined the area and reported "the presence of an immense mass of magnetic trap". Analysis of rock samples revealed
nickel, copper and iron. This was the first indication of the Sudbury region's mineral wealth, but it aroused no interest
at the time because the site was so remote. In 1886 prospector Henry Ranger rediscovered the deposit, and in 1900 the Canadian
Copper Company (later International Nickel) began working the claim. It became the Creighton Mine, one of the world's leading
nickel producers."
Plaque #2:
Whitefish Lake Post -- "The Hudson's Bay Company had established
a fur trading post on the western shore of Whitefish Lake by 1824. It was hoped that a depot adjacent to the portage route
to Wakami Lake would help prevent independent traders in Michigan. Wisconsin and southern Ontario from encroaching on trade
north of the French River. In this the post was reasonably successful. In 1887 the Company dismantled the building and moved
it here to Naughton (Walden) so that it would be closer to the Canadian Pacific Railway line to Sault Ste. Marie. With the
development of lumbering and mining in the region, the fur trade declined in significance, and in 1896 the post was closed."
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