Owaissa | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ontario |
Coordinates: | 47.1378°N -79.7694°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nipissing |
Subdivision Type3: | Geographic Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Strathy |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 309 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | Eastern Time Zone |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Timezone1 Dst: | Eastern Time Zone |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
Owaissa is an unincorporated place and railway point in the municipality of Temagami, Nipissing District, in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in geographic Strathy Township,[3] [4] and is located on Ontario Highway 11, on the Ontario Northland Railway, and on the northern arm of Net Lake, about north of
Owaissa is the locality of the historic Owaissa Sawmill.[5] In 1954, an Ontario Northland Railway passing track was constructed at Mileage 86, making the short passing track at Owaissa redundant. This was during a time when passing tracks were being extended along the Ontario Northland Railway to make allowance for the greatly increased length of trains under diesel operation.[6]
Owaissa Lake to the northwest[7] is named after Owaissa.
The eastern terminus of Red Squirrel Road is at Ontario Highway 11 in Owaissa.