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Bala

compact rural community in Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada
Place Compact Rural Community Q804569

Facts

9 properties

Identity

Instance of
compact rural community, town
Inception
1868[7]

Location

Country
Canada[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 45.017°, -79.617°
Located in or next to body of water
Lake Muskoka, Moon River[3][4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Muskoka Lakes[1]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+232[8]
More facts +2
Founder
Thomas Burgess[5]
Named after
Bala[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bala fa بلا
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Bala Bay.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
51175
CGNDB unique ID
FEGIL
Freebase ID
/m/04jhcc
GeoNames ID
8125783
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1014572
J9U entity ID
987007471504305171
OpenWeatherMap city ID
8125783
UN/LOCODE
CABAA
Who's on First ID
1125803743
Yale LUX ID
place/2e6d083d-ad8b-4e66-84c4-daed53f014e4

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🔗 Connections
Located in or next to body of water 2
Lake Muskoka, Moon River
Country 1
Canada
Instance of 1
town
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Muskoka Lakes
Named after 1
Bala
← Narrative location 1
The Blue Castle
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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . www4.rncan.gc.ca. Retrieved . www4.rncan.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [1] ↑ . gisapplication.lrc.gov.on.ca. Retrieved . gisapplication.lrc.gov.on.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . bala.muskoka-ontario.com. Retrieved . bala.muskoka-ontario.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . gisapplication.lrc.gov.on.ca. Retrieved . gisapplication.lrc.gov.on.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . gisapplication.lrc.gov.on.ca. Retrieved . gisapplication.lrc.gov.on.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . heritagetrust.on.ca. Retrieved . heritagetrust.on.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . mapcoordinates.net. Retrieved . mapcoordinates.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder → Thomas Burgess
    Country → Canada
    Named after → Bala
    Located in or next to body of water → Lake Muskoka, Moon River
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: Added ur:بالا، اونٹاریو"
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