English River | |
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Coordinates: 49°13′36″N 90°57′56″W / 49.22667°N 90.96556°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Region | Northwestern Ontario |
District | Kenora |
Elevation | 463 m (1,519 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central) |
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, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the southwest and wholly within Corman Township, Kenora District (49°10′27″N 90°51′41″W / 49.17417°N 90.86139°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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