Stewart Township, Ontario

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Stewart Township
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Stewart Township
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 46°34′44″N79°26′49″W / 46.57889°N 79.44694°W / 46.57889; -79.44694 Coordinates: 46°34′44″N79°26′49″W / 46.57889°N 79.44694°W / 46.57889; -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 code(s) 705, 249

Stewart 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 south to north through the township, and the dispersed rural community of Tomiko with two passing sidings is on the railway in the centre-east.

Lakes that are all or in part in Stewart Township include Brûlé Lake, Ferguson Lake, Little Rock Lake, Little Tomiko Lake, Moose Lake, Notman Lake, and Sturgeon Lake.

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McLaren's Bay is a Dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in geographic Parkman Township in the Unorganized North Part of Nipissing District in Central Ontario, Canada. The community lies on the eponymous McLaren's Bay on the west shore of Lake Timiskaming, at the mouth of Opimika Creek. McLaren's Point is just north of the community.

References

  1. 1 2 "Stewart". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  2. "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  3. "Stewart" (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.