Missonga is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Shenango 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 Oatland to the west and the dispersed rural community of Shawmere to the east, has a railway siding, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains. Missonga is on Shenango Lake, at a point where Mishionga Creek leaves the lake; Mishionga Creek is a left tributary of the Shawmere River.
Missonga | |
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Railway point | |
  Missonga Location in Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 48°23′16″N 82°41′26″W / 48.38778°N 82.69056°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Sudbury |
| Elevation | 356 m (1,168 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| Postal Code FSA | P0M |
History
editMissonga is on part of a section of what was originally the Canadian Northern Railway that was under construction from 1912 to 1913.
References
edit- ^ a b "Missonga". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-09-11.
- ^ "Shenango" (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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