Dishnish, Ontario

Dishnish
Railway point
Dishnish
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°51′19″N 83°43′03″W / 48.85528°N 83.71750°W / 48.85528; -83.71750Coordinates: 48°51′19″N 83°43′03″W / 48.85528°N 83.71750°W / 48.85528; -83.71750[1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Algoma
Geographic township Legge
Elevation[2] 327 m (1,073 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code FSA P0M

Dishnish is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Legge 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 Dispersed Rural Community of Minnipuka to the west and the railway point of Fire River to the east, has a passing track, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian passenger trains. The place is on Dishnish Creek, a left tributary of the Fire River.

History

Dishnish is part of a section of what was originally the Canadian Northern Railway that was under construction from 1912 to 1913.

References

  1. 1 2 "Dishnish". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  2. ↑ Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2017-01-05.
  3. ↑ "Legge" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2017-01-05.

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 2017-01-05.
  • Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
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