Alcona, Ontario

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Alcona
Location of Alcona in Ontario
Coordinates: 50°04′20″N91°45′14″W / 50.07222°N 91.75389°W / 50.07222; -91.75389 Coordinates: 50°04′20″N91°45′14″W / 50.07222°N 91.75389°W / 50.07222; -91.75389
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionNorthwestern Ontario
District Kenora
Elevation
377 m (1,237 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (Central Time Zone)
Postal code FSA
P0V
Area code(s) 807

Alcona is a railway point and settlement in the town of Sioux Lookout, Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. [1] [2]

It has a passing track, and is on the abandoned Graham Subdivision main line of the Canadian National Railway, between Thunder Bay at the southeast and Superior Junction on the transcontinental main line at the north; the next point on the line to the north is Superior Junction and to the southeast is Zarn.

Ontario Highway 642 passes through the settlement.

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References

  1. "Alcona". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  2. "Sioux Lookout Boundary Map" (PDF). Town of Sioux Lookout. October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-22.