Florida
dispersed rural community
Florida is located in Ontario
Florida
Florida
Location in Ontario
Florida is located in Canada
Florida
Florida
Florida (Canada)
Coordinates: 49°06′09″N 80°50′39″W / 49.10250°N 80.84417°W / 49.10250; -80.84417[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictCochrane
PartUnorganized, North
TownshipKennedy
Elevation
[2]
280 m (920 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code
P0L 1C0
Area codes705, 249
GNBC CodeFBEMG[1]

Florida is an dispersed rural community in Kennedy Township, Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.[1][3][4] It is on the Sucker River, a right tributary of the Abitibi River.[1][4]

History

Florida had a post office from 1927 to 1931, and from 1936 to 1942.[5]

A chapter of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario was located in Florida from 1939 to 1945.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Florida". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  2. ↑ "Google Earth". Archived from the original on 2021-02-03. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  3. ↑ "Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part". Statistics Canada. November 2, 2016. Archived from the original on June 15, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  5. ↑ "Florida". Library and Archives Canada. May 27, 2014. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  6. ↑ "List of Ontario WI Branches, Past and Present, with Tweedsmuir Location" (PDF). Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. July 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
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