Greater Oxdrift

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Greater Oxdrift is a local services board in Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It provides services to the geographic townships of Aubrey, Britton, Brownbridge, Eton, Rugby, Van Horne, Wainwright, and Zealand [1] [2] and was created in 2009.

Its service area is immediately adjacent to the incorporated municipalities of Machin and Dryden, and includes the named dispersed rural communities of Oxdrift [3] and Eton-Rugby. [4]

Oxdrift is the administrative headquarters of the Eagle Lake First Nations band government.

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References

  1. Local Services Boards, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 737. Government of Ontario, 2009 revision.
  2. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #1 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  3. "Oxdrift". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  4. "Eton-Rugby". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-11-11.

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