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Lynx, Ontario

Coordinates: 50°06′29″N 85°57′59″W / 50.10806°N 85.96639°W / 50.10806; -85.96639
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Lynx
Lynx is located in Ontario
Lynx
Lynx
Location of Lynx in Ontario
Coordinates: 50°06′29″N 85°57′59″W / 50.10806°N 85.96639°W / 50.10806; -85.96639
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionNortheastern Ontario
DistrictCochrane
PartCochrane, Unorganized, North
Elevation
275 m (902 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code FSA
P0L
Area codes705, 249

Lynx is an unincorporated place and railway point in the Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1]

It was a railway station at mile 110[2] on a now abandoned portion of the Pagwa Subdivision, Cochrane Division of the Canadian National Railway main line originally constructed as the Hearst Subdivision, District 2 of the National Transcontinental Railway transcontinental main line,[3] between the railway points of Jobrin to the west and Ogahalla to the east.[4]

Lynx is also on Lynx Creek, part of the James Bay drainage basin, which flows via the Atikasibi River to the Kenogami River.

References

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  1. ^ "Lynx". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  2. ^ Smith, Jeffrey P (2010-12-01). "Lynx". CNR in Ontario. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  3. ^ "Ontario and Quebec Railway Territories" from the 2nd Edition, 1915, Atlas of Canada (Map). 1 : 2,217,600. Natural Resources Canada. 1913. Archived from the original on 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  4. ^ Smith, Jeffrey P (2011-05-30). "CNR Pagwa Subdivision". CNR in Ontario. Retrieved 2011-08-26.