Northlands Park, Ontario

Northlands Park is an unincorporated railway point in the municipality of Gauthier, Timiskaming District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1][3][4][5][6] It is adjacent to Ontario Highway 672, 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north of that highway's southern terminus at Ontario Highway 66 (at which point Highway 66 is part of the Trans-Canada Highway).[3][6]

Northlands Park
Railway point
Northlands Park
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°08′40″N 79°51′46″W[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionNortheastern Ontario
DistrictTimiskaming District
MunicipalityGauthier
Elevation351 m (1,152 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal codes in Canada
P0K 1B0
Area code(s)705, 249

Northlands Park was established in the 1920s at the construction of the Nipissing Central Railway line between Swastika (Ontario) and Rouyn-Noranda (Quebec) at mile 14.1. The line continues to be operated, as a subsidiary of the Ontario Northland Railway, as a freight spur.[7]

References
  1. "Northlands Park". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  2. "Google Earth". Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  3. "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  4. "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  5. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #4 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  6. Map 13 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  7. "Freight". Ontario Northland. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
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