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About Burk's Falls

Burk's Falls is located at the intersection of Highway 11 and Highway 69, approximately halfway between North Bay and Sudbury. The village has a population of 1,977 (2011 census) with an average age of 41.4 years old.[1] History [ edit ] The area was first settled in 1853 by David Francis Burk who had been granted land there under the Free Land Grant Act. He named it after himself; Burk's Falls.[2][3] In 1855 he built a sawmill on the Magnetawan River which became one of Canada’s largest lumber mills during its heyday in the late 19th century.[4] A post office opened in 1861,[5][6] but closed later that year due to flooding from ice jams on river[7]. It reopened again two years later[8], then closed permanently for good around 1900 when mail delivery began to be handled out-of-town at Temagami Post Office instead[9].