Chisholm, Ontario

The township has a rectangular shape, long by wide, with gently undulating terrain that gradually rises from in the north to in the south. It is situated on the height of land between the Great Lakes watershed and the Ottawa River watershed; the Wasi River flows west to Lake Nipissing, while the Depot Creek flows into Lake Nosbonsing and from there into the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers. The township administrative offices are located in Chiswick. Alderdale, Fossmill, Grahamvale, and Wasing were all once stops or milepoints along the Canadian National Railway Alderdale Subdivision. Rail service declined in the mid-20th century and was eliminated altogether in 1996. ==History==

Circa 1860, logging began in the area and continued for some 50 years until all old-growth trees were clearcut. Afterwards, farming and sawmill operations were the main economic activity. In 1880, the township was surveyed, named after Kenneth Chisholm. In 1912, the Township of Chisholm was incorporated. In 1915, the Canadian Northern Railway was built through the township, with stations at Fossmill, Alderdale, and Wasing. At Fossmill, a large sawmill was built that led to the rapid development of the community. Its fortunes reversed after a big fire in the lumber yard in 1934 and another one in 1936 that burned down the mill itself. It was not rebuilt, and Fossmill became a ghost town. == Demographics ==

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chisholm had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. ==See also==