Agate,_Ontario

Agate, Ontario

Agate, Ontario

Railway point in Ontario, Canada

Agate is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Kapuskasing 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 Dunrankin to the west and Elsas to the east, has a passing track, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains. The place is just northwest of Kapuskasing Lake, the source of the Kapuskasing River.

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History

Agate is part of a section of what was originally the Canadian Northern Railway that was under construction from 1913 to 1915.

References

  1. [1]
    "Agate". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  2. [2]
    Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-08-05.
  3. [3]
    "Kaspukasing" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-05.

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