Foleyet is an unincorporated community in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada,[1] midway between Chapleau and Timmins on Highway 101.

The town was created during the construction of the Canadian Northern Railway (CNR) through the area in the early years of the 20th century.

[4][5] A designated place administered by a local services board,[6] Foleyet had a population of 165 in the Canada 2021 Census.

[2] In the early 1900s, Canadian Northern Railway decided to build a railroad through the area Foleyet now occupies.

The goal of the construction was to unite the western lines from Current Junction, now part of Thunder Bay, to the eastern section, between Toronto and Ruel, which was accomplished in 1912.

Local legend has it that the early residents applied for a post office named to honour their former employer the Foley Brothers, but were frustrated in their wishes because the name Foley Post Office already existed near Parry Sound.

Located about midway between Capreol and Hornepayne, Foleyet was established as a divisional point, for changing train crews and servicing rolling stock, and there was with a large railway roundhouse as well.

The Canadian Northern Railway built a large sawmill, west of the station, equipped with a pulp barker, planing mill, and a powerhouse.

This firm was started around 1923 by D. H. Haight, who had been supplying mining timber and fuel wood to the International Nickel Co. since the early 1900s.

The land occupied by Foleyet was originally an island, before an esker was destroyed and the lake receded dramatically.

As the train was held in quarantine for ten hours, the item made the national Canadian and other international news media.