Hornepayne
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![The Hallmark Centre in Hornepayne: built in 1980 and opened in 1982. It was a home to a variety of stores and businesses, a hotel, the post office, apartments, highschool, town pool and gym. It was closed in 2011 as it was no longer economically viable.](/Images/godic/202501/18/Hornepayne_ON3909.jpg")
![The CN rail yard; the old station in the background is no longer in use and fallen in disrepair.](/Images/godic/202501/18/Hornepayne_ON_33909.JPG")
Hornepayne is a township of 1050 people (Canada 2011 Census) located in the Algoma District of Ontario, Canada. The town was originally established in 1915 as Fitzback when the Canadian Northern Railway's transcontinental line was built through the area. It was renamed Hornepayne in 1920 after British financier Robert Horne-Payne. The municipality is currently incorporated as Wicksteed Township, after the geographic township in which Hornepayne is located.