Thessalon, Ontario

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subdivision_name = Canada
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Ontario
subdivision_type2 = District
subdivision_name2 = Algoma
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government_type = Town
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Donna Latulippe
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leader_name1 = Huron Shores Municipal Council
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leader_name2 =Brent St. Denis (LPC)
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leader_name3 =Mike Brown (OLP)
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population_total = 1312
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timezone = EST
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website = [http://www.townthessalon.ca/ Town of Thessalon]
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Thessalon is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located at the junction of Highway 17 and Highway 129, surrounded by but not part of the municipality of Huron Shores, and part of the District of Algoma.

Thessalon sits on the north shore of Lake Huron in the Algoma District. The main industries are timber and tourism. The population of Thessalon was 1,312 in the Canada 2006 Census. The town is a popular retirement community. There's an arena and one grade school in the town. It's home to a few local celebrities, including Jackie Layer (former assistant coach of the Colorado Rockies), and Lloyd Boyer (former Montreal Canadiens prospect/small town hockey legend). William Tremblay of the Sault Greyhounds was born here, and Angelina Napolitano, the first person in Canada to use the battered woman defence for murder, lived here briefly in the early 20th century."Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online": Angelina Napolitano. By Franca Iacovetta. University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2004. [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=42085&query= page accessed June 2008] ] It was also home to the Thessalon Flyers.

The Thessalon River runs off the mouth of Lake Huron at Water Street, and runs through the town. Fishing is excellent in the high-tide river, with game from yellow perch, pickerel, bass, northwater salmon, muskie and Jellyfish.

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External links

* [http://www.townthessalon.ca/ Town of Thessalon]