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The Ontario Legislature incorporated the Municipality of Shuniah in March 1873.

This early form of regional government comprised a vast area from Sibley Peninsula to the American border.

For eight years the residents of Neebing and Neebing Additional townships battled Port Arthur residents for the Thunder Bay terminus.

In March 1881, the inhabitants of Neebing and Neebing Additional petitioned the Ontario Legislature successfully to separate the southern townships from Shuniah and to create the Municipality of Neebing.