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Missonga, Ontario

Coordinates: 48°23′16″N 82°41′26″W / 48.38778°N 82.69056°W / 48.38778; -82.69056
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Missonga
Railway point
Missonga is located in Ontario
Missonga
Missonga
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°23′16″N 82°41′26″W / 48.38778°N 82.69056°W / 48.38778; -82.69056[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictSudbury
Elevation356 m (1,168 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code FSA
P0M

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.

History

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Missonga is on part of a section of what was originally the Canadian Northern Railway that was under construction from 1912 to 1913.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Missonga". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  2. ^ Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-09-11.
  3. ^ "Shenango" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2016-09-11.

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