Kirkland Lake

Kirkland Lake
Kirkland Lake
Town (single-tier)
	Town of Kirkland Lake
	Aerial view of Kirkland Lake
	Kirkland Lake
	Coordinates: 48°09′00″N 80°02′00″W / 48.15000°N 80.03333°W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Timiskaming
Established	1919 (Township of Teck)
Incorporated	1972 (Town)
Government
• Mayor	Stacy Wight
• Town Council	Councillors (as of 2018)
• MPs	Charlie Angus (NDP)
• MPPs	John Vanthof (ONDP)
Area
• Total	262.13 km2 (101.21 sq mi)
Elevation	243 m (797 ft)
Population (2016)
• Total	7,981
• Density	30.4/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Forward sortation area	P2N
Area code	705
Website	www.kirklandlake.ca

Kirkland Lake is a town and municipality in Timiskaming District of Northeastern Ontario. The 2016 population, according to Statistics Canada, was 7,981.^[1]

The community name was based on a nearby lake which in turn was named after Winnifred Kirkland, a secretary of the Ontario Department of Mines in Toronto. The lake was named by surveyor Louis Rorke in 1907.^[2] Miss Kirkland never visited the town, and the lake that bore her name did not exist as it dried because of mine tailings, but recently due to floodings of the mineshafts has come back up to about half of its initial deepness. The community comprises Kirkland Lake (Teck Township), as well as Swastika, Chaput Hughes, Bernhardt, and Morrisette Township.

Kirkland Lake was built on gold, but is also notable for its hockey players. As well, hockey broadcaster Foster Hewitt called Kirkland Lake "the town that made the NHL."^[2]^: 212 The town celebrated this via Hockey Heritage North, which was renamed Heritage North.

Until January 1, 1972, the town was known as Township of Teck. A by-law was introduced, on July 20, 1971, to change the municipality's name to Town of Kirkland Lake, effective January 1, 1972.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Census Profile: Kirkland Lake, Ontario". 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Barnes, Michael (1995). Gold in Ontario. Erin, Ontario: The Boston Mills Press. p. 49. ISBN 1-55046-146-X.
^ "Bylaws". Kirkland Lake Town Council. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2010.

[census2016-1] "Census Profile: Kirkland Lake, Ontario". 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 16, 2017.

[Barnes-2] Barnes, Michael (1995). Gold in Ontario. Erin, Ontario: The Boston Mills Press. p. 49. ISBN 1-55046-146-X.

[3] "Bylaws". Kirkland Lake Town Council. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2010.

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