Batchawana Bay, Ontario
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{{for multi|the bay of Lake Superior|Batchawana Bay|the First Nation|Batchewana First Nation}}
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| postal_code = P0S 1A0
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Batchawana Bay is an unincorporated place and Compact Rural Community in Algoma District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.{{cite web|url= http://www.gisapplication.lrc.gov.on.ca/CLAIMaps/Index.html?site=CLAIMaps&viewer=CLAIMaps&locale=en-US |title= CLAIMaps IV|publisher= Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines|date= 2016|access-date= 2018-07-01}}{{cite map|url= http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/images/pdf/northont/sheets/Map12.pdf |format= PDF|title= Map 12|series= Official road map of Ontario|publisher= Ministry of Transportation of Ontario|scale= 1 : 1,600,000|date= 2016-01-01|accessdate= 2018-07-01}}{{cite map|url= http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=6575|title= Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #4|year= 2006|series= Restructuring Maps of Ontario|publisher= Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing|accessdate= 2018-07-01|archive-date= 2014-04-10|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140410163016/http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=6575|url-status= dead}} It is also the name of a local services board, consisting of parts of the geographic townships of Fisher, Herrick, Ryan and Tilley.[http://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/regu/rro-1990-reg-737/latest/rro-1990-reg-737.html#BK6 Local Services Boards, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 737] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310130254/http://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/regu/rro-1990-reg-737/latest/rro-1990-reg-737.html |date=2014-03-10 }}. Canadian Legal Information Institute. It is located north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, on the shores of Batchawana Bay{{cite cgndb|id= FEGTU|title= Batchawana Bay|accessdate= 2018-07-01}} (bay) off Lake Superior.
The area is counted as part of Unorganized North Algoma District in Statistics Canada census data.
Batchawana Bay Provincial Park is nearby along Highway 17;{{cite cgndb|id= FIDES|title= Batchawana Bay Provincial Park|accessdate= 2018-07-01}} (park){{cite web|url= https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/batchawanabay|title= Batchawana Bay|publisher= Ontario Parks|access-date= 2018-07-01}} the community itself is reached from Highway 17 by Ontario Highway 563.
See also
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References
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Category:Communities in Algoma District
Category:Local services boards in Ontario
Category:Populated places on Lake Superior in Canada
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