Oatland, Ontario

Oatland
Railway point
Oatland Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°28′08″N82°47′43″W / 48.46889°N 82.79528°W / 48.46889; -82.79528 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Algoma
Elevation [2]	331 m (1,086 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code FSA	P0M

Oatland is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Lougheed Township, ^[3] in the Unorganized North part of Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. ^[1] It is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line between the railway points of Elsas to the west and Missonga to the east, has a passing track, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains. Oatland is on Shiners Creek, a right tributary of the Nemegosenda River.

History

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

References

1. "Oatland". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-09-01.
2. Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-09-01.
3. "Lougheed" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-09-01.

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 2016-09-01.
• Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2016-09-01.