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    Georgian Bay

    Georgian Bay is the northeast arm of Lake Huron in southcentral Ontario. It is shielded from the lake by the limestone spine of the Niagara Escarpment, which extends in a great arc northwest up the Bruce Peninsula. The bay is fed from Lake Superior via the North Channel, between Manitoulin Island and the north shore, and independently by the Mississagi, Spanish, French, Magnetawan, Muskoka, Severn and Nottawasaga rivers. The strait between the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island is called Main Channel (25 km wide).

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    Georgian Bay Islands National Park

    Georgian Bay Islands National Park (established 1929, 12.7 km2) comprises 59 islands off the southeast coast of Georgian Bay. The national park includes the world’s largest freshwater archipelago. One notable location is Beausoleil Island, the largest island of the archipelago.

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    Georgina

    Georgina, Ontario, incorporated as a town in 1986, population 45,418 (2016 census), 43,517 (2011 census). The townships of North Gwillimbury and Georgina were amalgamated in 1971 and incorporated as the town of Georgina in 1986. The town of Georgina includes the communities of Udora, Keswick, Sutton and Jackson’s Point. It is located on the south shore of Lake Simcoe, 67 km north of Toronto.

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    Geraldton

    Geraldton, ON, population centre, population 1,761 (2021 census), 1,838 (2016 census). Incorporated as a town in 1937, Geraldton was amalgamated with several other communities in 2001 to create the Municipality of Greenstone. Geraldton is situated in northwestern Ontario, 282 km northeast of Thunder Bay, and was once on the Canadian National Railway. Established in the early 1930s as a consequence of the Little Long Lac gold rush, the town derived its name from its two co-founders, mining entrepreneurs J.S. FitzGerald and Joseph Errington.

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    Ghost Towns in Canada

    Abandoned towns, or ghost towns, can be found across Canada. Often, the rise and fall of these towns is tied to the boom-and-bust economy of natural resource extraction (see Resource Towns in Canada). At other times, a place may undergo several transformations before finally being deserted. While some ghost towns become tourist attractions, others crumble. Here are the stories of five such sites in Canada.

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    Gibbons

    Gibbons, Alta, incorporated as a town in 1977, population 3030 (2011c), 2642 (2006c). The Town of Gibbons is located 55 km northeast of Edmonton on the Sturgeon River. Gibbons is named in honour of William R. Gibbons, the first homesteader in the area in 1894.

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    Gibsons

    Gibsons, BC, incorporated as a town in 1982, population 4437 (2011c), 4182 (2006c). The Town of Gibsons is located just north of VANCOUVER at the western entrance to Howe Sound. The town is reached from Vancouver by car ferry from Horseshoe Bay.

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    Gimli

    Gimli, Manitoba, rural municipality, population 6,569 (2021 census), 6,181 (2016 census). Gimli was incorporated as a town from 1947 to 2003 after which it was reunited into the Rural Municipality of Gimli. (The original rural municipality was incorporated in 1887 and the village of Gimli separated from it in 1908.) The community is located on the west shore of Lake Winnipeg, 76 km north of Winnipeg.

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    Gjoa Haven

    Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, incorporated as a hamlet in 1981, population 1,349 (2021 census), 1,324 (2016 census). The hamlet of Gjoa Haven is located on the southeast coast of King William Island, off the mainland Arctic coast, and just over 1,320 km northwest of Iqaluit. Channels and bays in the area are icebound for most of the year. It derived its name from Roald Amundsen, the first person to navigate the Northwest Passage. He wintered there and called the site after his ship, the Gjoa.

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    Glace Bay

    Glace Bay,Nova Scotia, population centre, 16,915 (2021 census), 17,604 (2016 census). Glace Bay is a community located on the east coast of Cape Breton Island. On 1 August 1995 Glace Bay lost its status as a town when it was combined with the city of Sydney and five other towns in the area. Together, these municipalities formed the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Facing into the sun and the Atlantic Ocean, the location was known to the Mi’kmaq as Wasokusegwom (“bright home”). The French, who mined coal for Louisbourg from the cliffs, called the location “Baie de Glace.” The name was a reference to annual drift ice from the Gulf of St. Lawrence (see also Gulf).

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    Glacier National Park

    Glacier National Park (established 1886, 1349.3 km2) was carved from the rugged Selkirk and Purcell mountains of BC by more than 400 glaciers. Its sheer valley walls have been scarred by countless avalanches caused by heavy snowfalls. Many glaciers and avalanche slopes can be seen from the Trans-Canada Highway that bisects the park. Underground rivers have created unique cave systems.

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    Gladstone

    Gladstone, Manitoba, incorporated as a town in 1882, population 879 (2011c), 802 (2006c). The Town of Gladstone is located on the Whitemud River, 138 km northwest of Winnipeg and 30 km west of the southern tip of Lake Manitoba.

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    Glovertown

    Glovertown, NL, incorporated as a town in 1954, population 2122 (2011c), 2062 (2006c).

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    Goderich

    Goderich, Ont, incorporated as a town in 1850, population 7521 (2011c), 7563 (2006c), seat of Huron County. The Town of Goderich is located on a bluff above Lake Huron at the mouth of the Maitland River, 130 km northeast of SARNIA. 

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    Gold River

    Gold River, British Columbia, incorporated as a village in 1965, and again in 1972, population 1246 (2021c), 1267 (2011c), 1362 (2006c). The Village of Gold River is located approximately midpoint on the west coast of Vancouver Island at the head of Muchalat Inlet in Nootka Sound. Ninety kilometres west of Campbell River, Gold River is accessible by the highway that runs through Strathcona Provincial Park.

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