Nakina | |
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Unincorporated community | |
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  Nakina | |
| Coordinates: 50°10′44″N 86°42′36″W / 50.1789°N 86.71°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Thunder Bay |
| Municipality | Greenstone |
| Established | 1913 |
| Incorporated (Township) | 1978 |
| Dissolved (amalgamated) | 2001 |
| Elevation | 311 m (1,021 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 500 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal code | |
| Area code | 807 |
Nakina is a community in the Town of Greenstone in the Thunder Bay District in Northern Ontario, Canada.[2] It is approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Geraldton, located along the Canadian National Railway. The origins of the town were initially support of the railway, but its economy has evolved through lumber, pulp and paper, mining and tourism.[3] It has a population of about 500 people.[4]
It was a separate municipality from 1978 to 2001, when it was amalgamated with the former Township of Beardmore, and the Towns of Geraldton and Longlac. Its name is an indigenous word meaning "meeting place".[5]
- ^ White, James (1915). Altitudes in the Dominion of Canada (2nd ed.). Ottawa: Commission of Conservation. p. 180.
- ^ "Nakina". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "History". Municipality of Greenstone. www.greenstone.ca. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Township of Nakina, Northern Ontario, Canada". www.algomacountry.com. Algoma Kinniwabi Travel Association. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Railway Station Reports: VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station Nakina, Ontario". www.cnr-in-ontario.com. C.N.Rys. in Ontario. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2024.