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Coordinates: 50°06′29″N85°57′59″W / 50.10806°N 85.96639°W Coordinates: 50°06′29″N85°57′59″W / 50.10806°N 85.96639°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Region | Northeastern Ontario |
District | Cochrane |
Part | Cochrane, Unorganized, North |
Elevation | 275 m (902 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone) |
Postal code FSA | P0L |
Area codes | 705, 249 |
Lynx is an unincorporated place and railway point in the Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. [1]
It was a railway station at mile 110 [2] on a now abandoned portion of the Pagwa Subdivision, Cochrane Division of the Canadian National Railway main line originally constructed as the Hearst Subdivision, District 2 of the National Transcontinental Railway transcontinental main line, [3] between the railway points of Jobrin to the west and Ogahalla to the east. [4]
Lynx is also on Lynx Creek, part of the James Bay drainage basin, which flows via the Atikasibi River to the Kenogami River.
The Kenogami River is a river in the James Bay drainage basin in Thunder Bay and Cochrane districts in Northern Ontario, Canada, which flows north from Long Lake near Longlac to empty into the Albany River. The river is 320 kilometres (199 mi) in length and its name means "long water" in the Cree language. A portion of the river's headwaters have been diverted into the Lake Superior drainage basin.
Brent is a community on Cedar Lake on the Petawawa River in northern Algonquin Provincial Park, and is located in geographic Deacon Township in the Unorganized south part of Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.
Grant is an unincorporated place, former railway point and now a ghost town in the Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located 25.5 kilometres (15.8 mi) east of Nakina, Ontario.
Constance Lake First Nation is an Oji-Cree First Nations band government located on the shores of Constance Lake near Hearst, Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is directly north of the community of Calstock along a continuation of Ontario Highway 663. Constance Lake First Nation is home to close to 1605 members of Cree and Ojibway ancestry with approximately 820 living on reserve. It may also be known as "Home of Sonny Sutherland". The reserves, Constance Lake 92 and English River 66, total 7,686 acres (3,110 ha) in size.
Amesdale is an unincorporated place and community in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on the Canadian National Railway (CNR) transcontinental main line, between Niddrie to the west and Richan to the east, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains. It is also at the junction of a former CNR railway branch line through Ear Falls to Bruce Lake, Ontario that serviced the Griffith iron ore mine.
Kashabowie is an unincorporated place and Compact Rural Community in southwestern Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on the Canadian National Railway Kashabowie Subdivision main line, built originally as the Canadian Northern Railway transcontinental main line, between the railway points of Planet to the west and Postans to the east, and has a passing siding.
Pagwa River is a community in the Cochrane District of Ontario. It is a part of Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part in Canadian census data.
The Kabinakagami River is a river in Cochrane and Algoma Districts in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is part of the James Bay drainage basin and is a right tributary of the Kenogami River.
The Kapuskasing River is a river in the James Bay drainage basin in Cochrane District and Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. The river is a left tributary of the Mattagami River.
Ogahalla is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Barlow Township in the Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
Flintdale is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Selwyn Township in Unorganized North Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
Blanche is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Selwyn Township in the Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
Wilgar is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Henderson Township in Unorganized North Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
Pagwa is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Bicknell Township in Unorganized North Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is named for the Pagwachuan River.
Jobrin is an unincorporated place and community in the Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
The Ivanhoe River is a river in Cochrane District and Sudbury District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The river is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Groundhog River.
The Groundhog River is a river in Cochrane District and Sudbury District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The river is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Mattagami River.
The Kashabowie River is a river in southwestern Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a tributary of the Shebandowan Lakes.
Postans is an unincorporated place and railway point in southwestern Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on the Canadian National Railway Kashabowie Subdivision main line, built originally as the Canadian Northern Railway transcontinental main line, and just off Ontario Highway 11, at this point part of the Trans-Canada Highway, in both cases between the community of Kashabowie to the west and the railway point of Kabaigon to the east. Postans is also at the outlet from Postans Lake where an unnamed creek heads west to Postans Bay on Kashabowie Lake, part of the Kashabowie River.
The Canadian National Railway Alderdale Subdivision was an east-west railway line connecting Brent in the east with Capreol in the west within Northeastern Ontario, Canada. At Capreol it formed the eastern component of an east-west-south wye junction.