Pakesley

Pakesley
Dispersed rural community[1]
Etymology: Named for the Pakeshkag River
Map of southern Ontario with a red dot at the location of Pakesley
Map of southern Ontario with a red dot at the location of Pakesley
Pakesley
Location of Pakesley in southern Ontario
Coordinates: 45°54′51″N 80°31′18″W / 45.91417°N 80.52167°W / 45.91417; -80.52167[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictParry Sound
PartParry Sound, Unorganized Centre
Geographic TownshipMowat
Established1908 (1908)
Elevation
[2]
199 m (653 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code
P0G 1A0
Area codes705, 249[3]

Pakesley is a dispersed rural community and ghost town in geographic Mowat Township in the Unorganized Centre Part of Parry Sound District of Ontario, Canada.[1][4][5][6][7] Located at the junction of Ontario Highway 522 and the Parry Sound subdivision of the Canadian Pacific Railway, it is named for the Pakeshkag River that drains the local area north to the Pickerel River. Formerly a station and passing track on the CPR, this portion of the line from Bala to Sudbury was opened to traffic June 15, 1908.

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