Melgund, Ontario

For other places with the same name, see Melgund (disambiguation).
Melgund
Railway point
Melgund

Location in Ontario

Coordinates: 48°40′49″N 86°11′40″W / 48.68028°N 86.19444°W / 48.68028; -86.19444Coordinates: 48°40′49″N 86°11′40″W / 48.68028°N 86.19444°W / 48.68028; -86.19444[1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Thunder Bay
Part Unorganized
Government
  MP Patty Hajdu
  MPP Michael Gravelle
Elevation[2] 250 m (820 ft)
Time zone Eastern Time Zone (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4)
Postal code FSA P0T
Area code(s) 807

Melgund is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Pic Township[3] in the Unorganized Part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is on the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental main line, during the construction of which the place was established, between Heron Bay (Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation) to the west and Pringle to the east. It has a passing track. Meglund also lies, in an even narrower bracket, between the Black River to the west and the tributary Melgund Creek to the east. Ontario Highway 17 (at this point part of the Trans-Canada Highway) passes 500 metres (1,640 ft) to the north, and the incorporated town of Marathon is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) in a straight line to the west.

References

  1. 1 2 "Melgund". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  2. Taken from Google Earth at coordinates. Accessed 2016-03-04.
  3. "Pic" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2016-03-04.

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