Agate, Ontario Explained

Agate
Settlement Type:	Railway point
Pushpin Map:	Canada Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Ontario
Coordinates:	48.5228°N -82.9636°W
Coordinates Footnotes:	^[1]
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Canada
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Ontario
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Algoma
Unit Pref:	Metric
Elevation Footnotes:	^[2]
Elevation M:	320
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone1:	Eastern Time Zone
Utc Offset1:	-5
Timezone1 Dst:	Eastern Time Zone
Utc Offset1 Dst:	-4
Postal Code Type:	Postal Code FSA
Postal Code:	P0M

Agate is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Kapuskasing Township,^[3] in the Unorganized North part of Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line between the railway points of Dunrankin to the west and Elsas to the east, has a passing track, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains. The place is just northwest of Kapuskasing Lake, the source of the Kapuskasing River.

History

Agate is part of a section of what was originally the Canadian Northern Railway that was under construction from 1913 to 1915.

References

Other map sources:

• Map 14. PDF. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 1 : 1,600,000. 2010-01-01. 2016-08-05.
• Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3. 2006. Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2016-08-05.

Notes and References

1. FABUZ. Agate. 2016-08-05.
2. Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-08-05.
3. Web site: Kaspukasing . PDF . Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps . . 2016-08-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160825201821/http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/historic_claim_maps/K/Kapuskasing.pdf . 2016-08-25 .