Florida is an dispersed rural community in Kennedy Township, Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.[1][3][4] It is on the Sucker River, a right tributary of the Abitibi River.[1][4]
Florida | |
|---|---|
  Florida Location in Ontario  Florida Florida (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 49°06′09″N 80°50′39″W / 49.10250°N 80.84417°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Cochrane |
| Part | Unorganized, North |
| Township | Kennedy |
| Elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| Postal Code | P0L 1C0 |
| Area codes | 705, 249 |
| GNBC Code | FBEMG[1] |
History
editFlorida had a post office from 1927 to 1931, and from 1936 to 1942.[5]
A chapter of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario was located in Florida from 1939 to 1945.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Florida". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
- ^ "Google Earth". Archived from the original on 2021-02-03. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
- ^ "Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part". Statistics Canada. November 2, 2016. Archived from the original on June 15, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ a b "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ^ "Florida". Library and Archives Canada. May 27, 2014. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ "List of Ontario WI Branches, Past and Present, with Tweedsmuir Location" (PDF). Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. July 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-11-21.