Nipigon FD

Nipigon is a township in Thunder Bay District, Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located along the west side of the Nipigon River and south of the small Helen Lake, running between Lake Nipigon and Lake Superior. Lake Nipigon is approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Nipigon. At latitude 49.0125° N, Nipigon is the northernmost community on the Great Lakes.

The Nipigon Crater, or Crater Nipigon on Mars, is named after this town.

Nipigon is located northeast of Thunder Bay, southwest of Geraldton and Beardmore (both in the municipality of Greenstone), west of Marathon, and northwest of Sault Ste. Marie.

Township of Nipigon, located in the Thunder Bay District

• Operates a full-service volunteer fire department

• Responsible for fire prevention and administration of the Ontario Fire Code

• Issues applicable burn permits required for brush piles, incinerators and open fires, excluding campfires

• Provides fire safety and prevention education