Lynx, Ontario

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Lynx
Location of Lynx in Ontario
Coordinates: 50°06′29″N85°57′59″W / 50.10806°N 85.96639°W / 50.10806; -85.96639 Coordinates: 50°06′29″N85°57′59″W / 50.10806°N 85.96639°W / 50.10806; -85.96639
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionNortheastern 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.

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References

  1. "Lynx". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  2. Smith, Jeffrey P (2010-12-01). "Lynx". CNR in Ontario. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  3. "Ontario and Quebec Railway Territories" from the 2nd Edition, 1915, Atlas of Canada (Map). 1 : 2,217,600. Natural Resources Canada. 1913. Archived from the original on 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  4. Smith, Jeffrey P (2011-05-30). "CNR Pagwa Subdivision". CNR in Ontario. Retrieved 2011-08-26.