Tehkummah

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Tehkummah
—  Township  —
The MS Chi-Cheemaun docking in South Baymouth.
Tehkummah is located in Ontario
Tehkummah
Coordinates: 45°39′N 81°59′W / 45.65°N 81.983°W / 45.65; -81.983Coordinates: 45°39′N 81°59′W / 45.65°N 81.983°W / 45.65; -81.983
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
District Manitoulin
Incorporated 1881
Government
 • Type Township
 • Reeve Gary Brown
 • MP Carol Hughes (NDP)
 • MPP Michael Mantha (NDP)
Area[1]
 • Land 132.48 km2 (51.15 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 406
 • Density 3.1/km2 (8/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code P0P 2C0
Area code(s) 705

Tehkummah is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on Manitoulin Island.

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[edit] Communities

The best known community in the township is South Baymouth, the northern docking point of the MS Chi-Cheemaun passenger-car ferry which traverses the Main Channel of Georgian Bay from the community of Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula. At the dock, the provincial Highway 6, whose southern segment ends at Tobermory, resumes and continues northward to its terminus at Highway 17 north of Espanola.

The administrative centre of the township is the community of Tehkummah.

The township also includes the community of Snowville and the ghost town of Michael's Bay.

[edit] Demographics

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