Diver, Ontario

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Diver
Railway point
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Diver
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 46°43′07″N79°30′07″W / 46.71861°N 79.50194°W / 46.71861; -79.50194 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Nipissing
Geographic Township La Salle
Elevation
[2]
320 m (1,050 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)

Diver is a railway point and unincorporated place in the southwest corner of geographic La Salle Township in the Unorganized North Part of Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. [1] [3] [4] It was created during the construction of the Ontario Northland Railway in the early 20th century. Diver is located on the railway line between the dispersed rural community of Otter to the north and the railway point of Osborne to the south. It has no railway siding.

Diver is also just outside the northwest corner of Jocko Rivers Provincial Park. [3] [5] [6]

A tertiary road leads from Diver: northeast to the community of McLaren's Bay on Lake Timiskaming; or, via a subsequent branching tertiary road, southeast to Ontario Highway 63, at a point about halfway between that highway's crossing over the Jocko River and Lake Timiskaming. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Diver". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  2. Elevation at coordinates taken from Google Maps. Accessed 2022-12-19.
  3. 1 2 3 "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  4. "La Salle" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  5. "Jocko Rivers". Ontario Parks . Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  6. "Jocko Rivers Provincial Park Management Statement". Ontario Parks. 2006-05-26. Retrieved 2018-02-07.