Postans, Ontario

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Postans
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Postans
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°40′01″N90°21′43″W / 48.66694°N 90.36194°W / 48.66694; -90.36194 Coordinates: 48°40′01″N90°21′43″W / 48.66694°N 90.36194°W / 48.66694; -90.36194 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Thunder Bay District
Elevation
[2]
470 m (1,540 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (Central Time Zone)
Postal Code
P0T 1Y0
Area code(s) 807
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Postans is an unincorporated place and railway point in southwestern Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. [1] [3] [4] [5] It is on the Canadian National Railway Kashabowie Subdivision main line, [6] [7] built originally as the Canadian Northern Railway transcontinental main line, [8] and just off Ontario Highway 11, at this point part of the Trans-Canada Highway, in both cases between the community of Kashabowie to the west and the railway point of Kabaigon to the east. Postans is also at the outlet from Postans Lake where an unnamed creek heads west to Postans Bay on Kashabowie Lake, part of the Kashabowie River.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Postans". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  2. Elevation taken from Google Maps at coordinates. Accessed 2018-07-02.
  3. "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  4. Map 13 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  5. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #2 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
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