Acanthus, Ontario

Acanthus
Settlement
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
District	Nipissing
Part	Nipissing, Unorganized South
Elevation	319 m (1,047 ft)
Coordinates	46°01′51″N 78°24′16″W
Timezone	Eastern Time Zone (UTC-5)
- summer (DST)	Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4)
Postal code FSA	K0J
Area code	705, 249
Location of Acanthus in Ontario

Acanthus is an unincorporated place and former railway point in geographic Deacon Township in the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. Acanthus is located within Algonquin Provincial Park on Cedar Lake on the Petawawa River.

It lies on the now abandoned Canadian National Railway Beachburg Subdivision, a section of track that was originally constructed as the Canadian Northern Railway main line, between the divisional point Brent to the west and Odenback to the east; it had a passing track.

References

Other map sources:

• McMurtrie, Jeffrey (2008). "Algonquin Provincial Park and the Haliburton Highlands". Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Algonquin_Map_2008_-_Version_1.0_-_Smaller_rs.jpg. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
• Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2010-01-01) (PDF). Map 9 (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/images/pdf/southont/sheets/Map9.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
• Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (2006). Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Asset1607.aspx. Retrieved 2011-08-10.