Dishnish, Ontario Explained

Dishnish
Settlement Type:Railway point
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ontario
Coordinates:48.8553°N -83.7175°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Algoma
Subdivision Type3:Geographic township
Subdivision Name3:Legge
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:327
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

Dishnish is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Legge 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 Dispersed Rural Community of Minnipuka to the west and the railway point of Fire River to the east, has a passing track, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian passenger trains. The place is on Dishnish Creek, a left tributary of the Fire River.

History

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

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Notes and References

  1. FAWVI. Dishnish. 2017-05-01.
  2. Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2017-01-05.
  3. Web site: Legge. Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. 2017-01-05.