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.
Dishnish | |
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Railway point | |
  Dishnish Location in Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 48°51′19″N 83°43′03″W / 48.85528°N 83.71750°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Algoma |
| Geographic township | Legge |
| Elevation | 327 m (1,073 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| Postal Code FSA | P0M |
History edit
Dishnish is part of a section of what was originally the Canadian Northern Railway that was under construction from 1912 to 1913.
References edit
- ^ a b "Dishnish". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ^ Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2017-01-05.
- ^ "Legge" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2017-01-05.[permanent dead link]
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. Archived from the original on 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
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