English River, Ontario

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English River
Location of English River in Ontario
Coordinates: 49°13′36″N90°57′56″W / 49.22667°N 90.96556°W / 49.22667; -90.96556
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionNorthwestern Ontario
District Kenora
Elevation
463 m (1,519 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (Central)
Area code 807

English River is an unincorporated place on the border of geographic Corman Township, [1] Kenora District and the Unorganized Part of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. [2] It was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post between 1894 and 1911, [3] and is located where Ontario Highway 17 crosses the English River at its confluence with the Scotch River.

English River is also the name of a nearby railway point, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the southwest and wholly within Corman Township, Kenora District ( 49°10′27″N90°51′41″W / 49.17417°N 90.86139°W / 49.17417; -90.86139 ), [4] constructed as part of the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental main line. [5] In 1890 English River station was located at mile 115.4 from Port Arthur. [6]

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References

  1. "Corman" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  2. "English River". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2012-06-22. Infobox coordinates are from this reference.
  3. "English River". B. 371 (Beaver Lake Portage) to B.395 (Bucke). Hudson's Bay Company Archives. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  4. "English River". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  5. "Railways – Ontario and Quebec" (Map). 1st Edition, 1906, Atlas of Canada . Natural Resources Canada. 1904. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  6. Omer Lavallee, Van Horne's Road (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1974), page 297.

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