Florida, Cochrane District

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Florida
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Florida
Florida (Canada)
Coordinates: 49°06′09″N80°50′39″W / 49.10250°N 80.84417°W / 49.10250; -80.84417 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Cochrane
Part Unorganized, North
TownshipKennedy
Elevation
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280 m (920 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code
P0L 1C0
Area codes 705, 249
GNBC CodeFBEMG [1]

Florida is an dispersed rural community in Kennedy Township, Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada. [1] [3] [4] It is on the Sucker River, a right tributary of the Abitibi River. [1] [4]

History

Florida had a post office from 1927 to 1931, and from 1936 to 1942. [5]

A chapter of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario was located in Florida from 1939 to 1945. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Florida". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  2. "Google Earth". Archived from the original on 2021-02-03. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  3. "Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part". Statistics Canada. November 2, 2016. Archived from the original on June 15, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  5. "Florida". Library and Archives Canada. May 27, 2014. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  6. "List of Ontario WI Branches, Past and Present, with Tweedsmuir Location" (PDF). Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. July 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-11-21.