Missonga, Ontario Explained

Missonga
Settlement Type:Railway point
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ontario
Coordinates:48.3878°N -82.6906°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sudbury
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:356
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

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. 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

Missonga is on 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. FDYCP. Missonga. 2016-09-11.
  2. Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-09-11.
  3. Web site: Shenango. Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. 2016-09-11.