Blount, Cochrane District, Ontario

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Blount
Dispersed Rural Community
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Blount
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 49°15′41″N81°01′27″W / 49.26139°N 81.02417°W / 49.26139; -81.02417 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Cochrane
Geographic TownshipBlount
Elevation
[2]
251 m (823 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code FSA
P0L
Area codes 705, 249

Blount is a railway point and unincorporated place in the eponymous geographic Blount Township, [3] [4] Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada. [1] It is on the Ontario Northland Railway line from Cochrane to Moosonee, between the community of Gardiner to the north and Clute railway station to the south, but is not served by Polar Bear Express passenger trains.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Blount". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-12-10. (place)
  2. Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-12-10.
  3. "Blount" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-12-10.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "Blount". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-12-10. (township)

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