Tophet | |
Etymology: | Named for Tophet |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Northeastern Ontario |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Sudbury |
Subdivision Type4: | Part |
Subdivision Name4: | Sudbury, Unorganized, North |
Pushpin Map: | Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Tophet in Ontario |
Coordinates: | 47.68°N -83.1086°W |
Elevation M: | 444 |
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 |
Area Code: | 705, 249 |
Tophet is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Mountbatten Township[1] in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.[2] It is on Tophet Creek in the James Bay drainage basin.
Tophet is on the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental main line,[3] between the community of Nemegos to the west and the railway point of Kinogama to the east. It is passed but not served by the Via Rail Sudbury – White River train.
During 2012 a film, The Road to Tophet, was filmed and is set in Chapleau and Tophet.[4]