Shawmere, Ontario

Shawmere
Dispersed Rural Community
Shawmere
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°20′22″N 82°32′31″W / 48.33944°N 82.54194°W / 48.33944; -82.54194Coordinates: 48°20′22″N 82°32′31″W / 48.33944°N 82.54194°W / 48.33944; -82.54194[1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Sudbury
Elevation[2] 314 m (1,030 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code FSA P0M

Shawmere is an unincorporated place and dispersed rural community in geographic Oates Township,[3] in the Unorganized North part of Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line between the railway point of Missonga to the west and the compact rural community of Foleyet to the east, has a passing track, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains. Shawmere is on the Shawmere River, part of the James Bay drainage basin.

History

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Shawmere". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  2. ↑ Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-09-11.
  3. ↑ "Oates" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2016-09-11.

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 2016-09-11.
  • Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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