McDougall Township still has active farmlands within its boundaries, a fairly substantial number of cottages on the shores of Georgian Bay and our inland lakes and rivers, and several other well-developed residential areas, which still retain a rural flavour but are close to the Town of Parry Sound and its many amenities.

Our Township is also the proud home of an 18-hole golf course, extensive cross-country ski trails meticulously maintained by the Georgian Nordic Ski and Canoe Club, an equally impressive network of snowmobile trails, and our own municipal parks and beaches.

Even though our major employment base has disappeared, the Township of McDougall continues to flourish and we can easily boast that it is "A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE and A GREAT PLACE TO VISIT".

NOBEL
Location:
1. On the shore of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.
2. Village in McDougall Township.
3. Most of C.I.L. property in McDougall Township.
4. Some of C.I.L. property is in Carling and Ferguson Townships.
5. 161.2 miles north of Toronto on main C.P.R. line to the west.
6. 167 miles north of Toronto on Trans-Canada Highway.
7. About 100 miles south of Sudbury.
8. Approximately 7 miles north of Parry Sound, located on the northeast shore of the Great Sound.

It is located in well-wooded and rocky country, excellent territory for fishermen and hunters.

HISTORY
The original inhabitants of the area surrounding Parry Sound were the Ojibway Indians of Algonquin stock.  Various bands of this group are presently living in the district on reservations such as Shawanaga, Parry Island.

In the early days of history of Canada the Parry Sound Area (including what is now known as Nobel) lay on the route of such early explorers as Champlain and later many fur traders followed the same routes.  Later in its history this area was centre of a very busy lumbering area but because of the ruthless cutting and a complete lack of forest management in those days there is very little lumbering done today.  However the forests are being properly managed now and a program of reforestation is in hand which should prove of benefit in years to come.

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