Johnson, Ontario

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Desbarats, Ontario, April 2007

Johnson is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Algoma District. The township had a population of 701 in the Canada 2006 Census.

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Desbarats, the main community in the township, is located on Highway 17, 54 kilometres east of Sault Ste. Marie.

Located in Desbarats is Central Algoma Secondary School, a high school of 650+ students which serves a catchment area extending from Echo Bay to Thessalon.

West of Desbarats on Highway 17 is Ripple Rock, a unique rock cut that was uncovered with the blasting of the rock cuts through northern Ontario for the creation of the Trans-Canada Highway. Puddingstone Road in Johnson Township was named for the geological phenomenon more commonly associated with Hertfordshire, England and Boston, Massachusetts. Puddingstone is commonly found at nearby St. Joseph Island.

Since the late 1990s about 40 Mennonite families from Southern Ontario have moved to the Desbarats area. Along with other local farmers, they sell their produce at the Desbarats Farmers' Market on Fridays and Saturdays.

v • d • e Algoma District, Ontario

Cities	Elliot Lake • Sault Ste. Marie

Towns	Blind River • Bruce Mines • Spanish • Thessalon

Townships	Dubreuilville • Hilton • Hornepayne • Huron Shores • Jocelyn • Johnson • Laird • Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional • Michipicoten • North Shore • Plummer Additional • St. Joseph • Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional • White River

Villages	Hilton Beach

First Nations	Garden River • Goulais Bay • Gros Cap • Missanabie • Mississagi River • Rankin Location • Sagamok • Serpent River • Thessalon

Unorganized areas	North (Batchawana Bay, Goulais River, Hawk Junction, Missanabie, Oba, Prince, Ranger Lake, Searchmont) • South East (Dunns Valley, Leeburn, Ophir, Wharncliffe)