Osborne Township, Ontario

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Osborne Township
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Osborne Township
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 46°39′51″N79°26′49″W / 46.66417°N 79.44694°W / 46.66417; -79.44694 Coordinates: 46°39′51″N79°26′49″W / 46.66417°N 79.44694°W / 46.66417; -79.44694 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Nipissing
Part Unorganized North
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Area codes 705, 249

Osborne Township is a geographic township in the Unorganized North Part of Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] [3] [4] The Ontario Northland Railway, constructed in the early 20th century, runs from the middle south to the northwest of the township. The dispersed rural community of Jocko, without any passing sidings, and the railway point of Osborne, with one passing siding, are at the middle south and northwest of the township respectively.

Osborne Township also contains the majority of the northwest part of Jocko Rivers Provincial Park. [2] [5] [6] Within the park borders are Jocko Lake, the source of the Jocko River, and two tributaries of the Jocko River (in downstream order): Black Duck Creek and (via Little Sucker Lake) Sucker Creek. [2] Other lakes all or in part in the township are Little Sucker Lake, Malone Lake and Sucker Lake. All are in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin.

A Hydro One transmission line traverses the township from north to south. [2]

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Little Sucker Lake is a lake in geographic Osborne Township in the Unorganized North Part of Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of the railway point of Osborne on the Ontario Northland Railway. It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin, and is the location of the mouth of Sucker Creek, the lake's only inflow, arriving at the northwest of the lake from the direction of Sucker Lake. The outflow from Little Sucker Lake flows out at the south as a left tributary of the Jocko River, which flows via Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River. The lake is entirely within Jocko Rivers Provincial Park.

Sucker Lake is a lake in geographic La Salle Township and geographic Osborne Township in the Unorganized North Part of Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, about 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) east of the railway point of Diver on the Ontario Northland Railway. It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is the source of Sucker Creek.

Sucker Creek is a stream in geographic Osborne Township in the Unorganized North Part of Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is a tributary of Little Sucker Lake. Sucker Creek forms part of the border of Jocko Rivers Provincial Park.

References

  1. 1 2 "Osborne". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  3. "Osborne" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  4. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #4 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  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.