Ikutora

...It occupies the drainage basin of the upper reaches of the Sorachi River, with the Ishikari Mountains and Hidaka Mountains in the east and the foothills of the Yubari Mountains in the west. Settlements are scattered along the Sorachi River, with the central settlement being Ikutora, which is served by the Nemuro Main Line and National Route 38. In the mid-Meiji period, gold panners settled near the gold mines in the west, and around 1900, a group of people from Ise Prefecture settled near Ikutora, and development began. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…空知川上流部の集水域を占め，東部は石狩山地と日高山脈の山地，西部は夕張山地の山麓である。集落は空知川沿いに点在し，中心集落は根室本線，国道38号線が通じる幾寅（いくとら）。明治中期に西部の金山付近に砂金採取者が入地し，1900年ごろ三重県から伊勢団体が幾寅付近に入植，開拓が始まった。…

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