Agate, Ontario

Agate
Railway point
Agate
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°31′22″N 82°57′49″W / 48.52278°N 82.96361°W / 48.52278; -82.96361Coordinates: 48°31′22″N 82°57′49″W / 48.52278°N 82.96361°W / 48.52278; -82.96361[1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Algoma
Elevation[2] 320 m (1,050 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code FSA P0M

Agate is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Kapuskasing 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 Dunrankin to the west and Elsas to the east, has a passing track, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains. The place is just northwest of Kapuskasing Lake, the source of the Kapuskasing River.

History

Agate is part of a section of what was originally the Canadian Northern Railway that was under construction from 1913 to 1915.

References

  1. 1 2 "Agate". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  2. ↑ Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-08-05.
  3. ↑ "Kaspukasing" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-05.

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 2016-08-05.
  • Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
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