Ascalon, Ontario

Ascalon
Canadian National Railway Ascalon Station at Mink Lake, as seen in 1932.
Ascalon Location of Ascalon in Ontario
Coordinates: 46°04′27″N78°48′19″W / 46.07417°N 78.80528°W / 46.07417; -78.80528
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
District	Nipissing
Elevation	324 m (1,063 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code FSA	K0J
Area codes	705, 249

Ascalon is an unincorporated place and former railway point in geographic Pentland Township in the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. ^[1] Ascalon is located within Algonquin Provincial Park at the northwestern end of Mink Lake in the Amable du Fond River drainage basin.

It lies on the now-abandoned Canadian National Railway Alderdale Subdivision, a section of track that was originally constructed as the Canadian Northern Railway main line, between Kiosk to the west and Mink Lake to the east.

References

1. "Ascalon". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2011-08-10.

Other map sources:

• McMurtrie, Jeffrey (2008). "Algonquin Provincial Park and the Haliburton Highlands". Wikimedia Commons. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
• Map 9 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
• Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-10.