Oatland
Railway point
Oatland is located in Ontario
Oatland
Oatland
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°28′08″N 82°47′43″W / 48.46889°N 82.79528°W / 48.46889; -82.79528[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictAlgoma
Elevation331 m (1,086 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code FSA
P0M

Oatland is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Lougheed Township,[3] in the Unorganized North part of Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line between the railway points of Elsas to the west and Missonga to the east, has a passing track, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains. Oatland is on Shiners Creek, a right tributary of the Nemegosenda River.

History

Oatland is on part of a section of what was originally the Canadian Northern Railway that was under construction from 1912 to 1913.

References

  1. 1 2 "Oatland". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
  2. Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-09-01.
  3. "Lougheed" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2016-09-01.

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