Osborne, Nipissing District

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Osborne
Railway point
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Osborne
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 46°41′34″N79°29′16″W / 46.69278°N 79.48778°W / 46.69278; -79.48778 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Nipissing
Geographic Township Osborne
Elevation
[2]
319 m (1,047 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)

Osborne is a railway point and unincorporated place in geographic Osborne Township in the Unorganized North Part of Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. [1] [3] [4] It was created during the construction of the Ontario Northland Railway in the early 20th century. Osborne is located on the railway line between the railway point of Diver to the north and the dispersed rural community of Jocko to the south. It has one railway siding.

Osborne is also along Black Duck Creek, a tributary of the Jocko River, [3] in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin, and is bordered on the east side, but is not part of, the northwest part of Jocko Rivers Provincial Park. [3] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Osborne". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  2. Elevation at coordinates taken from Google Maps. Accessed 2017-12-13.
  3. 1 2 3 "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  4. "Osborne" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  5. "Jocko Rivers". Ontario Parks . Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  6. "Jocko Rivers Provincial Park Management Statement". Ontario Parks. 2006-05-26. Retrieved 2017-12-13.