Shabaqua

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Shabaqua
dispersed rural community
unincorporated area
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Shabaqua
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°34′30″N89°54′21″W / 48.57500°N 89.90583°W / 48.57500; -89.90583 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Thunder Bay
Geographic townshipLaurie
Elevation
[2]
397 m (1,302 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code
Area code 807

Shabaqua is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated area in geographic Laurie Township [3] in the Unorganized Part of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. [1] It is on the right bank of the Shebandowan River, as well as on a Canadian National Railway main line, built originally as the Canadian Northern Railway transcontinental main line, between Mabella to the west and Glenwater to the southeast.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Shabaqua". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-09-02.
  2. Taken from Google Earth at geographic coordinates, accessed 2014-09-02.
  3. "Laurie" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2022-10-14.

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