Missonga, Ontario

Missonga
Railway point
Missonga Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°23′16″N82°41′26″W / 48.38778°N 82.69056°W / 48.38778; -82.69056 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Sudbury
Elevation [2]	356 m (1,168 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code FSA	P0M

Missonga is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Shenango Township, ^[3] in the Unorganized North part of Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. ^[1] It is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line between the railway point of Oatland to the west and the dispersed rural community of Shawmere to the east, has a railway siding, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains. Missonga is on Shenango Lake, at a point where Mishionga Creek leaves the lake; Mishionga Creek is a left tributary of the Shawmere River.

History

Missonga is on part of a section of what was originally the Canadian Northern Railway that was under construction from 1912 to 1913.

References

1. "Missonga". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-09-11.
2. Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-09-11.
3. "Shenango" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-09-11.

Other map sources:

• Map 14 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
• Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2016-09-11.