Postans, Ontario

Postans is an unincorporated place and railway point in southwestern Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1][3][4][5] It is on the Canadian National Railway Kashabowie Subdivision main line,[6][7] built originally as the Canadian Northern Railway transcontinental main line,[8] and just off Ontario Highway 11, at this point part of the Trans-Canada Highway, in both cases between the community of Kashabowie to the west and the railway point of Kabaigon to the east. Postans is also at the outlet from Postans Lake where an unnamed creek heads west to Postans Bay on Kashabowie Lake, part of the Kashabowie River.

Postans
Railway point
Postans Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°40′01″N 90°21′43″W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Thunder Bay District
Elevation [2]	470 m (1,540 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Time Zone)
Postal Code	P0T 1Y0
Area code(s)	807
CGNDB key	FEMPT

References

1. "Postans". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
2. Elevation taken from Google Maps at coordinates. Accessed 2018-07-02.
3. "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
4. Map 13 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
5. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #2 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
6. Smith, Jeffrey P. "C.N.Rys. Kashabowie Subdivision". Retrieved 2018-07-02.
7. "1957 Railway map of Canada". Atlas of Canada (3rd ed.). (1957-01-01) Government of Canada. Accessed 2018-07-02.
8. "Ontario and Quebec Railway Territories". Atlas of Canada. (1915-01-01) Government of Canada. Accessed 2018-07-02.