Town of Latchford

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Latchford is a Single-tier municipality town in Timiskaming district in Northeastern Ontario. It is located on Bay Lake on the Montreal river near the town of Cobalt and the municipality of Temagami, and is 20 kilometres (13 miles) from the city of Temiskaming shores. The population of the town in the Canada 2011 Census was 387. The town's slogan is « The Best Little Town by a Dam Site ! ». Latchford was first settled in 1902 when the decision to build the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (now the Ontario Northland Railway) was struck. It was decided the railway would cross the Montreal river at the location of what is today Latchford, and a bridge was finished in 1904. Hence, the settlement was known first as Montreal-River-Station. It was renamed Latchford in 1905 in honour of the provincial commissioner of public works, Francis-Robert Latchford.

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