Hydro is an unincorporated place and former railway point in geographic Barron Township in the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] Hydro is located within Algonquin Provincial Park on Grand Lake on the Barron River.
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  Hydro Location of Hydro in Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 45°54′05″N 77°53′11″W / 45.90139°N 77.88639°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Northeastern Ontario |
| District | Nipissing |
| Part | Nipissing, Unorganized South |
| Elevation | 226 m (741 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 Brawny to the west and Achray to the east, at a point where a still-operational Hydro One transmission line crossed the line.
References
edit- ^ "Hydro". 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. Archived from the original on 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
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