Lake Traverse is the name of two adjacent unincorporated places, one a former railway point[1] and the other a compact rural community,[2] in geographic White Township in the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. They are both located within Algonquin Provincial Park, the compact rural community on Lake Travers (spelled without an "e" on the end) on the Petawawa River and the railway point slightly inland.
Lake Traverse | |
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  Lake Traverse Location of Lake Traverse in Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 45°56′39″N 78°04′34″W / 45.94417°N 78.07611°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Northeastern Ontario |
| District | Nipissing |
| Part | Nipissing, Unorganized South |
| Elevation | 251 m (823 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| Postal code FSA | K0J |
| Area codes | 705, 249 |
The railway point lies on the now abandoned Canadian National Railway Beachburg Subdivision, a section of track that was originally constructed as the Canadian Northern Railway main line, between Radiant to the west and Stuart to the east; it had a passing track.
Lake Traverse is the location for the Algonquin Radio Observatory.
References edit
- ^ "Lake Traverse". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2011-08-10. Source of coordinates in infobox.
- ^ "Lake Traverse". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
Other map sources:
- McMurtrie, Jeffrey (2008). "Algonquin Provincial Park and the Haliburton Highlands". Wikimedia Commons. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- Map 9 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
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