East Gorham is a local services board for the unincorporated geographic townships of Gorham[3][4] and Jacques[5][6] in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.[7]

East Gorham
East Gorham is located in Ontario
East Gorham
East Gorham
Location of the board office in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°33′48″N 89°25′02″W / 48.56333°N 89.41722°W / 48.56333; -89.41722[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictThunder Bay
Government
 • ChairMurray Cook
 • Board MembersVicki Kutzak, Pat Williams, Ted Post, Shelley Tuomi
Elevation451 m (1,480 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code
P7G
Area code807

The area is counted as part of Unorganized Thunder Bay District in Statistics Canada census data.

The elections for the board for the period October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020, held on September 19, 2020, had the result of Murray Cook as chair and Vicki Kutzak, Patricia Williams, Ted Post and Shelley Tuomi as board members.[needs update][8]

The community of Lappe is at the southern border of the board's jurisdiction at the junction of Ontario Highway 589 and Ontario Highway 591. Ontario Highway 589 continues north through Gorham and Jacques townships and then further on its way to its northern terminus at Dog Lake.

References edit

  1. ^ Coordinates taken from Google Earth at mailing address of the board: 5 Kam Current Road; Gorham, ON; P7G 0J7. Accessed 2015-07-06.
  2. ^ Elevation taken from Google Earth at coordinates given in the Infobox. Accessed 2015-07-06.
  3. ^ "Gorham". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  4. ^ "Gorham" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  5. ^ "Jacques". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  6. ^ "Jacques" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  7. ^ Local Services Boards, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 737 Archived March 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Canadian Legal Information Institute.
  8. ^ "Autumn 2014 Newsletter". Local Services Board of East Gorham. Retrieved 2015-07-06.

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