English River | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Northwestern Ontario |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Kenora |
Pushpin Map: | Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of English River in Ontario |
Coordinates: | 49.2267°N -90.9656°W |
Elevation M: | 463 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | Central |
Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Timezone1 Dst: | Central |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
Area Code: | 807 |
English River is an unincorporated place on the border of geographic Corman Township,[1] Kenora District and the Unorganized Part of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.[2] It was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post between 1894 and 1911,[3] and is located where Ontario Highway 17 crosses the English River at its confluence with the Scotch River.
English River is also the name of a nearby railway point, 2km (01miles) to the southwest and wholly within Corman Township, Kenora District (49.1742°N -90.8614°W),[4] constructed as part of the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental main line.[5] In 1890 English River station was located at mile 115.4 from Port Arthur.[6]
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