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Rossport is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in the Unorganized part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.〔 It is on the north shore of Lake Superior in geographic Lahontan Township, and is on Ontario Highway 17. Rossport is a designated place served by a local services board,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Local Services Boards, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 737 )〕 and has a population of 65.〔 ==History== Rossport is named after John Ross (c1820-1898), construction manager for the north shore of Lake Superior route of the Canadian Pacific Railway from August 1882 to June 1885. His construction headquarters during that time period were in Port Arthur, Ontario and at Rossport, then known as McKay's Harbour. McKay's Harbour was named after Alexander McKay who operated a small fur trading post at Pays Plat and his son Charles McKay who was lighthouse keeper at nearby Battle Island, 1878-1913. After the end of CPR construction in 1885, Rossport became an important commercial fishing centre. Bowman Street is named after John Bowman (1858–1950) who operated a fishing company there.〔"John Bowman," in F. Brent Scollie, ''Thunder Bay Mayors & Councillors 1873-1945'' (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 2000), 55.〕 In 1911 the luxury steam yacht ''Gunilda'' foundered on the McGarvey Shoal and sank 8 kilometers from Rossport. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rossport, Ontario」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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