Dishnish, Ontario

Dishnish
Railway point
Dishnish Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°51′19″N83°43′03″W / 48.85528°N 83.71750°W / 48.85528; -83.71750 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Algoma
Geographic township	Legge
Elevation [2]	327 m (1,073 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code FSA	P0M

Dishnish is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Legge Township, ^[3] in the Unorganized North part of Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. ^[1] It is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line between the Dispersed Rural Community of Minnipuka to the west and the railway point of Fire River to the east, has a passing track, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian passenger trains. The place is on Dishnish Creek, a left tributary of the Fire River.

History

Dishnish is part of a section of what was originally the Canadian Northern Railway that was under construction from 1912 to 1913.

References

1. "Dishnish". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2017-05-01.
2. Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2017-01-05.
3. "Legge" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2017-01-05.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Other map sources:

• Map 14 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
• Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2017-01-05.