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{{Short description|Town in Ontario, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Atikokan
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|settlement_type = [[List of towns in Ontario|Town]] ([[List of municipalities in Ontario#Single-tier municipalities|single-tier]])
|other_name =
|native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
|nickname =
|motto = Canoeing Capital of Canada
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|map_caption =
|pushpin_map = Ontario
|pushpin_mapsize = 200
|subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
|subdivision_name = Canada
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|established_title2 = Incorporated
|established_date2 = 1954
|area_magnitudetotal_type = Total
|area_footnotes = <ref name=SCref21>{{SCref |year=2021 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}} |access-date=2024-09-30}}</ref>
|area_footnotes = <ref name="cp2011-2">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3559001&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Rainy&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |title=Atikokan, Ontario (Code 0028) and Ontario (Code 35) (table). Census Profile. |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2011 Census|2011 Census]] |access-date=2012-03-30}}</ref>
|area_total_km2 =
|area_land_km2 = 313.64
|area_water_km2 =
|area_water_percent =
|area_urban_km2 = 2.37
|area_urban_footnotes = <ref name="SC21-PC">{{cite web |title=Atikokan Ontario [Population centre] Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=atiko&DGUIDlist=2021S05100028&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada - Statistics Canada |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref>
|population_as_of = 2021
|population_footnotes = <ref name="SCref21"/>
|population_footnotes = <ref name="cp2016-2">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Atikokan&DGUIDlist=2021A00053559001&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0|title=Atikokan, Ontario (Code 0028) and Ontario (Code 35) (table). Census Profile. |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2021 Census|2021 Census]] |date=9 February 2022 |access-date=2022-02-09}}</ref>
|population_note =
|population_total = 2642
|population_density_km2 = 8.4
|population_urban = 1929
|population_density_urban_km2 = 815.1
|population_urban_footnotes = <ref name="SC21-PC"/>
|timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] all year.<ref name="timezone"/>
|utc_offset = −5
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| title = Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000 |location=Atikokan, Ontario |publisher=Environment Canada |access-date=2012-03-19}}</ref>
|elevation_m = 395.30
|postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Canada|Postal code]]
|postal_code = P0T 1C0
|area_code = [[Area code 807|807]]
|website = {{Official URL|http://www.atikokan.ca/}}
|footnotes =
}}
 
[[File:AtikokanOntarioBikeRackAN.jpg|thumb|A bike rack in Atikokan, Ontario. Because the town is considered the "Canoeing Capital of Canada", many canoe symbols are seen around town.]]
'''Atikokan''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|æ|t|ɪ|ˈ|k|oʊ|k|ən}}, [[Anishinaabe language|Ojibwe]] for '[[caribou]] bones') is a town in the [[Rainy River District]] in [[Northwestern Ontario]], Canada. The population was 2,642 as of the 2021 census. The town is one of the main entry points into [[Quetico Provincial Park]] and promotes itself as the "[[Canoeing]] Capital of Canada". Atikokan was originally established as a Divisional Point for the [[Canadian Northern Railway]].
 
The town of Atikokan is an enclave within the [[Unorganized Rainy River District]]. It is geographically located within the Central Time Zone, but uses [[UTC−05:00]] year round and does not observe [[daylight saving time]].<ref name="timezone">{{cite web |url=https://www.timetemperature.com/tzon/atikokan.shtml |title=Atikokan, Ontario Current Local Time and Time Zone |publisher=timetemperature.com |access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref> Therefore, in practice it observes [[Central Time Zone#Central Daylight Time|Central Daylight Time]] forfrom twoMarch thirdsto of the year (in the warmer months)November, and [[Eastern Standard Time]] for thefrom restNovember (overto winter)March.
 
==History==
 
===Early history===
The original settlersinhabitants to the Atikokan area wereat the "Oschekamegatime Wenenewak"of (Thefirst peoplecontact ofwith Europeans were the cross"Oschekamega ridges)Wenenewak" (Ojibwa / Chippewa). They lived by themselves until the arrival of [[Jacques de Noyon]] in 1688. His journey was critical for the expansion and exploration of the Atikokan area.<ref name="Vita, Alan 1974">Vita, Alan (1974). ''A History of Atikokan,'' 75th Anniversary Booklet Committee.</ref>
 
===19th century to mid-20th century===
 
====The road to Atikokan====
Palliser Gladman-Hind suggested the first real road in the area, he intended for it to go as far as possible starting from Arrow Lake, and after the road's end travellers would take a waterway to Fort Frances. Simon Dawson, on the other hand, thought the road could go from [[Dog Lake (Northern Ontario)|Dog Lake]], to Thunder Bay, then using a series of dams, would allow even the larger boats to travel along the route of [[Dog River (Ontario)|Dog River]], Savanne River, Lac des Mille Lacs, via Pickerel Lake and [[Sturgeon Lake (Ontario)|Sturgeon Lake]].
 
The government, ignoring both plans, decided to build a road west of Lac des Mille Lacs, down the Seine River and finally into [[Rainy Lake]]. In 1859, [[Simon James Dawson]] was hired to begin the route, but the plan was held up due to poor economic conditions in the east. In 1867, after Confederation, there became an increased need for communication to the west. Construction of the Dawson Trail began in [[Port Arthur, Ontario|Prince Arthur's Landing]] in 1868. Construction was sped up in 1869 as the [[Red River Rebellion|Riel Rebellion]] resulted in the need to transport troops.<ref name="Vita, Alan 1974"/>
 
====The first settler residents====
Tom Rawn and his wife, Mary, were the first residents of Atikokan of European descent, arriving by canoe in 1899. Rawn was lured to Atikokan by both the allure of gold in the area and because of plans by the Canadian Northern Railway to build a [[divisional point]]. Tom moved here because he heard there was need of shelter for the workers on the railway. Within a year of moving to Atikokan, Tom Rawn built the Pioneer Hotel, which had 18 rooms on its second story. In 1900, he was the first to strike a claim for iron ore in the Steep Rock area.
<ref name="Vita, Alan 1974"/>
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In 1932, Dr. McKenzie and Tom Rawn staked out the entire South East bay of Steep Rock. They then found a spot, sunk a shaft and found it was rich with high grade hematite. The mine was quickly abandoned as they had trouble keeping water out of it. In 1940, Rawn sold 109 claims located west of Steep Rock to Midwest Iron Mining Corporation, and in March of that year, with 60 claims in his name, created Rawn Iron Mines Ltd. Four months later, on July 23, Rawn went out [[prospecting]] near Sapawe, and never returned. Parties searched for weeks, but his remains were never found.
 
An [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|aboriginalindigenous person]] discovered The Hammond Reef Mine in 1894 on the shore of Sawbill Lake, about 30 miles from Atikokan and showed it to John Hammond. A 10 stamp mill was built there in 1897 and 30 more stamps were added along with a hydro electric power house. It closed in 1899 because the results were disappointing. It then reopened in 1938.<ref name="Vita, Alan 1974"/>
 
====Forestry====
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{{Weather box
|location = Atikokan, 1971−20001991−2020 normals, extremes 1914−present
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
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|Feb record high C = 15.1
|Mar record high C = 25.6
|Apr record high C = 3228.23
|May record high C = 35.0
|Jun record high C = 37.8
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|Sep record high C = 37.2
|Oct record high C = 30.0
|Nov record high C = 21.14
|Dec record high C = 11.10
|year record high C = 42.2
|Jan high C = −11−9.28
|Feb high C = −6.53
|Mar high C = 01.4
|Apr high C = 109.0
|May high C = 1817.0
|Jun high C = 2122.74
|Jul high C = 24.7
|Aug high C = 2223.85
|Sep high C = 1618.53
|Oct high C = 9.63
|Nov high C = 0.06
|Dec high C = −8−6.46
|year high C = 8.16
|Jan mean C = −18−15.14
|Feb mean C = −13.8
|Mar mean C = −6−5.5
|Apr mean C = 2.83
|May mean C = 10.43
|Jun mean C = 1416.70
|Jul mean C = 1718.76
|Aug mean C = 1617.14
|Sep mean C = 1012.46
|Oct mean C = 4.57
|Nov mean C = −4−3.87
|Dec mean C = −14−11.27
|year mean C = 12.67
|Jan low C = −24−21.96
|Feb low C = −20.93
|Mar low C = −13−12.46
|Apr low C = −4.42
|May low C = 23.75
|Jun low C = 79.76
|Jul low C = 1012.84
|Aug low C = 911.32
|Sep low C = 46.38
|Oct low C = −00.62
|Nov low C = −9−7.57
|Dec low C = −20−16.14
|year low C = −4−3.93
|Jan record low C = −48.9
|Feb record low C = −48.9
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|Dec rain mm = 2.9
|year rain mm = 568.3
|snow colour = green
|Jan snow cm = 40.7
|Feb snow cm = 33.8
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|Dec percentsun = 28.9
|year percentsun = 43.3
|source 1 = [[Environment Canada]] (precipitation/rain/snow/sunshine 1971–2000)<ref name= "CCN">{{cite web
| archive-url = httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20230926011113/https://climate.weatherofficeweather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_eresults_1991_2020_e.html?stnIDsearchType=3929stnProv&langlstProvince=e&dCodetxtCentralLatMin=0&provincetxtCentralLatSec=ONT0&provButtxtCentralLongMin=Search0&month1txtCentralLongSec=0&month2stnID=12152000000&dispBack=0
| archive-date = September 26, 2023
| title = Atikokan, Ontario
| url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1991_2020_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=152000000&dispBack=0
| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000
| title = Atikokan, Ontario
| publisher = Environment Canada
| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020
| language = en, fr
| date = September 25, 2013
| access-date = 28 October 2016}}</ref><ref name= "Atikokan CLI">{{cite web
| publisher = Environment Canada
| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=atikokan+cli&searchMethod=contains&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=2016&Month=10&Day=27&selRowPerPage=25
| titlelanguage = Atikokanen, CLIfr
| access-date = September 25, 2023}}</ref><ref name= "CCN1971">{{cite web
| work = Canadian Climate Data
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230926011322/https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=ON&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=3929&dispBack=0
| date = 31 October 2011
| archive-date = September 26, 2023
| publisher = Environment Canada
| url = https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=ON&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=3929&dispBack=0
| language = en, fr
| title = Atikokan, Ontario
| access-date = 28 October 2016}}</ref><ref name= "Atikokan (AUT)">{{cite web
| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000
| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=atikokan+%28aut%29&searchMethod=contains&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=2016&Month=10&Day=27&selRowPerPage=25
| titledate = AtikokanJanuary 19, (AUT)2011
| publisher = Environment Canada
| work = Canadian Climate Data
| language = en, fr
| date = 31 October 2011
| access-date = September 25, 2023}}</ref><ref name= "Atikokan CLI">{{cite web
| publisher = Environment Canada
| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=atikokan+cli&searchMethod=contains&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=2016&Month=10&Day=27&selRowPerPage=25
| language = en, fr
| title = Atikokan CLI
| access-date = 28 October 2016}}</ref>
| work = Canadian Climate Data
| date = 31 October 2011
| publisher = Environment Canada
| language = en, fr
| access-date = 28 October 2016}}</ref><ref name= "Atikokan (AUT)">{{cite web
| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_stations_e.html?searchType=stnName&timeframe=1&txtStationName=atikokan+%28aut%29&searchMethod=contains&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&Year=2016&Month=10&Day=27&selRowPerPage=25
| title = Atikokan (AUT)
| work = Canadian Climate Data
| date = 31 October 2011
| publisher = Environment Canada
| language = en, fr
| access-date = 28 October 2016}}</ref>
|date=March 2012}}
 
==Demographics==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Atikokan had a population of {{val|2642|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1259|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1464|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:2642-2753}}|2753|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|2753|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|313.64|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2642|313.64|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name="SCref21"/>
{{Historical populations
|title = Atikokan, Ontario<br />historical populations
|type = Canada
|align = right
|percentages =
|footnote =<ref>Statistics Canada: [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]] census</ref><ref name="cp2001"/><ref name="cp2006"/><ref name="cp2011-2"/><ref name="cp2016-2"/>
| 1991| 4047
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]| 4043
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]| 3632
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]| 3293
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]| 2787
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]| 2753
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2021]]| 2642
}}
 
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Atikokan had a population of {{val|2642|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1259|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1464|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:2642-2753}}|2753|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|2753|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|313.64|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|2642|313.64|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000235 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 30, 2022}}</ref>
{{Canada census
|location = Atikokan
|2021_population=2,642 | 2021_pop_delta=-4.0 | 2021_land_area=313.64 | 2021_pop_density=8.4
|2021_population=2,642 | 2021_pop_delta=-4.0 | 2021_land_area=313.64 | 2021_pop_density=8.4
|2021_median_age= | 2021_median_age_m= | 2021_median_age_f=
|2021_median_age=51.6 | 2021_median_age_m=50.8 | 2021_median_age_f=52.4
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=1,464 | 2021_mean_hh_income= | 2021_access_date=2022-02-09
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=1,464 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=1,259 |2021_mean_hh_income=69,000
|2021_geocode=2021A00053559001 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2016_population=2,753 | 2016_pop_delta=-1.2 | 2016_land_area=319.52 | 2016_pop_density=8.6
|2016_median_age=50.3 | 2016_median_age_m=50.2 | 2016_median_age_f=50.4
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|2001_median_age=39.2 | 2001_median_age_m=38.5 | 2001_median_age_f=39.6
|2001_total_pvt_dwell=1,621 | 2001_mean_hh_income=46,511 | 2001_access_date=2012-03-30
}}
 
{{Historical populations
|title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Atikokan
|type = Canada
|align = none
|cols = 2
|footnote =
| source = Statistics Canada<ref name="SCref21"/><ref>[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]] census</ref><ref>{{SCref |year=2011 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}}}}</ref><ref name=census1971>{{cite journal |title=1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical) |journal=Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, Part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2) |date=July 1973 |pages=76, 139 |publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref>
| 1951 |2821
| 1956 |6113
| 1961 |7093
| 1966 |6386
| 1971 |6087
| 1976 |5803
| 1981 |4452
| 1986 |4345
| 1991 |4047
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]| 4043
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]| 3632
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]| 3293
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]| 2787
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]| 2753
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2021]]| 2642
}}
 
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Fitness facilities exist at the Atikokan Native Friendship Centre (ANFC) and Ironworks Gym.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atikokaninfo.com/business/atikokan-native-friendship-centre/|title=Atikokan Native Friendship Centre}}</ref>
 
==Arts==
The Atikokan Public Library started on December 16, 1952, with only 700 books. Currently it has a varied collection of 30,000 items such as books, CDs, DVDs, and e-books, and offers public computers and computer instruction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aplibrary.org/ |title=Home |website=aplibrary.org}}</ref>
 
The Atikokan Centennial Museum has a collection of heavy equipment from early logging, mining and railroad days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atikokaninfo.com/highlights/centennialMuseum/ |title=Centennial Museum |access-date=2012-01-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231054723/http://www.atikokaninfo.com/highlights/centennialMuseum/ |archive-date=2011-12-31 }}</ref>
 
The Atikokan Entertainment Series offers six or more high quality performances per season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://atikokaninfo.com/highlights/atikokan-entertainment-series/|title = Atikokan Entertainment Series}}</ref>
 
Quetico Provincial Park's Artist in Residence Program offers workshops, demonstrations and opportunities to artists from around the world to immerse themselves in the beauty of the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quetico100.com/ |title=Home |website=quetico100.com}}</ref>
 
The Pictograph Gallery is a volunteer-run gallery that features arts and crafts of local and regional artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atikokaninfo.com/community/artCulture/cultureDetails.php?businessID%3D19 |title=Pictograph Gallery |access-date=2012-01-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122142320/http://www.atikokaninfo.com/community/artCulture/cultureDetails.php?businessID=19 |archive-date=2012-01-22 }}</ref>
 
==Municipal government==
The 40th Council for the Corporation of the Town of Atikokan was elected in October 2022, for a term ending in 2026. In this election, previous councillor Rob Ferguson was elected as mayor to lead the municipal government in Atikokan. In addition to the mayor, a total of six councillors represent Atikokan, two of which were reelected; Liz Shine and Jim Johnson, while four Councillors; Gord Knowles, Gord Martin, Kristi McQuay, and Janelle Zacharias are new to council.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://atikokan.ca/life-in-atikokan/local-government/ |title=Local Government - Town of Atikokan |website=Atikokan.ca |publisher=Town of Atikokan |access-date=March 1, 2023}}</ref>
 
==Hospital==
The Atikokan General Hospital is a 41-bed hospital. Serving about 6,000 patients a year, this hospital offers emergency care, long-term care, and rehabilitation services.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aghospital.on.ca/ |title=Home |website=aghospital.on.ca}}</ref>
 
==Education==
[[File:Atikokan High School.JPG|thumb|right|Partial view of Atikokan as seen from above]]
 
Atikokan is served by one [[elementary school]], one [[separate school]] and one [[high school]]. Public Schools are (administered by the [[RainyNorthwest RiverCatholic District School Board]],) St.and Patrick'sone School[[State isschool|public school]] (administered by the [[NorthwestRainy CatholicRiver District School Board]]).
 
Public schools:
*North Star Community School
*Atikokan High School
 
Community schools:
Separate school:
*[https://ahs.rrdsb.com/ Northern Lakes K-12 School]
*St. Patrick's Separate School
*St. Patrick's Separate School (K-8)
 
==Media==
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Television:
*Channel 7 - [[CBWT|CBWCT-1]] - [[CBC Television|CBC]] - no longer transmitting (since digital conversion of TV transmitters)
 
==Arts==
The Atikokan Public Library started on December 16, 1952, with only 700 books. Currently it has a varied collection of 30,000 items such as books, CDs, DVDs, and e-books, and offers public computers and computer instruction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aplibrary.org/ |title=Home |website=aplibrary.org}}</ref>
 
The Atikokan Centennial Museum has a collection of heavy equipment from early logging, mining and railroad days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atikokaninfo.com/highlights/centennialMuseum/ |title=Centennial Museum |access-date=2012-01-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231054723/http://www.atikokaninfo.com/highlights/centennialMuseum/ |archive-date=2011-12-31 }}</ref>
 
The Atikokan Entertainment Series offers six or more high quality performances per season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://atikokaninfo.com/highlights/atikokan-entertainment-series/|title = Atikokan Entertainment Series}}</ref>
 
Quetico Provincial Park's Artist in Residence Program offers workshops, demonstrations and opportunities to artists from around the world to immerse themselves in the beauty of the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quetico100.com/ |title=Home |website=quetico100.com}}</ref>
 
The Pictograph Gallery is a volunteer-run gallery that features arts and crafts of local and regional artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atikokaninfo.com/community/artCulture/cultureDetails.php?businessID%3D19 |title=Pictograph Gallery |access-date=2012-01-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122142320/http://www.atikokaninfo.com/community/artCulture/cultureDetails.php?businessID=19 |archive-date=2012-01-22 }}</ref>
 
==Municipal government==
The 40th Council for the Corporation of the Town of Atikokan was elected in October 2022, for a term ending in 2026. In this election, previous councillor Rob Ferguson was elected as mayor to lead the municipal government in Atikokan. In addition to the mayor, a total of six councillors represent Atikokan, two of which were reelected; Liz Shine and Jim Johnson, while four Councillors; Gord Knowles, Gord Martin, Kristi McQuay, and Janelle Zacharias are new to council.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://atikokan.ca/life-in-atikokan/local-government/ |title=Local Government - Town of Atikokan |website=Atikokan.ca |publisher=Town of Atikokan |access-date=March 1, 2023}}</ref>
 
==Hospital==
The Atikokan General Hospital is a 41-bed hospital. Serving about 6,000 patients a year, this hospital offers emergency care, long-term care, and rehabilitation services.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aghospital.on.ca/ |title=Home |website=aghospital.on.ca}}</ref>
 
==See also==
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