Pringle Township, Ontario

Pringle is an unorganized geographic township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Almaguin Highlands region of the Parry Sound District. Part of the census subdivision of Unorganized Centre Parry Sound District, the township includes the communities of Bear Valley, Carr, Farleys Corners and Golden Valley. Although not an incorporated municipality, the township is served by two distinct local services boards: Bear Valley and Golden Valley are served by the LSB of Loring, Port Loring and District, while Carr and Farleys Corners are served by the LSB of Restoule.

The township is served by provincial highways 522, 524 and 534.

Etymology

This township in Parry Sound District was named in 1879 for Robert Roderick Pringle, a Toronto lawyer and close friend of Timothy B. Pardee, Ontario commissioner of crown lands, who named the township.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rayburn, Alan (1997). Place Names of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 282. ISBN 0-8020-7207-0.

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