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Shawmere, Ontario

Coordinates: 48°20′22″N 82°32′31″W / 48.33944°N 82.54194°W / 48.33944; -82.54194
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Shawmere
Dispersed Rural Community
Shawmere is located in Ontario
Shawmere
Shawmere
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°20′22″N 82°32′31″W / 48.33944°N 82.54194°W / 48.33944; -82.54194[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictSudbury
Elevation314 m (1,030 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code FSA
P0M

Shawmere is an unincorporated place and dispersed rural community in geographic Oates Township,[3] in the Unorganized North part of Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line between the railway point of Missonga to the west and the compact rural community of Foleyet to the east, has a passing track, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains. Shawmere is on the Shawmere River, part of the James Bay drainage basin.

History

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Shawmere". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  2. ^ Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-09-11.
  3. ^ "Oates" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2016-09-11.

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