Blanche | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Northeastern Ontario |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Cochrane |
Subdivision Type4: | Part |
Subdivision Name4: | Cochrane, Unorganized, North |
Pushpin Map: | Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Blanche in Ontario |
Coordinates: | 50.0764°N -85.7125°W |
Elevation M: | 244 |
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: | P0L |
Area Codes: | 705, 249 |
Blanche is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Selwyn Township[1] [2] in the Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[3]
It is on a now abandoned portion of the Canadian National Railway main line originally constructed as the National Transcontinental Railway transcontinental main line,[4] between the railway points of Ogahalla to the west and Flintdale to the east, 6km (04miles) east southeast of where the line crossed the Kenogami River. On a 1913 map, it is named as "Ogaming".
Blanche is also on Ogaming Creek, part of the James Bay drainage basin, which flows via the Flint River, Kenogami River and Albany River to James Bay.