Melgund, Kenora District, Ontario

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Melgund
Geographic township
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Melgund
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 49°35′09″N92°20′47″W / 49.58583°N 92.34639°W / 49.58583; -92.34639 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Kenora
Part Unorganized
Government
   MP Eric Melillo
   MPP Greg Rickford
Elevation
[2]
373 m (1,224 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (Central Time Zone)
Postal code FSA
P0V
Area code 807
Website melgundtownship.ca

Melgund is a geographic township [3] and local services board [4] in the Unorganized Part of Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. [1] It has two unincorporated communities, Dyment and Borups Corners, and is counted as part of Kenora, Unorganized, Northern Ontario in Statistics Canada census data. [5]

Ontario Highway 603 travels for its entire length between Dyment and Borups Corners.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Melgund". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  2. Taken from Google Earth at coordinates. Accessed 2016-03-04.
  3. "Melgund" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  4. Local Services Boards, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 737 Archived 2014-03-10 at the Wayback Machine . Canadian Legal Information Institute.
  5. "Kenora, Unorganized, Ontario (Code 3560090)". 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. 2012-10-24. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Retrieved 2016-03-04.

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