Flintdale, Ontario

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Flintdale
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Flintdale
Location of Flintdale in Ontario
Coordinates: 50°03′23″N85°35′36″W / 50.05639°N 85.59333°W / 50.05639; -85.59333
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionNortheastern Ontario
District Cochrane
Part Cochrane, Unorganized, North
Elevation
215 m (705 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code FSA
P0L
Area codes 705, 249

Flintdale is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Selwyn Township [1] [2] in Unorganized North Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. [3]

It is on a now abandoned portion of the Canadian National Railway main line originally constructed as the National Transcontinental Railway transcontinental main line, between the railway points of Blanche to the west and Wilgar to the east, 13 kilometres (8 mi) east southeast of where the line crossed the Kenogami River. It is on the Flint River, part of the James Bay drainage basin, which flows via the Kenogami River and Albany River to James Bay.

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References

  1. "Selwyn" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  2. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #2 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  3. "Flintdale". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2011-08-24.