Agate, Ontario

Agate
Railway point
Agate is located in Ontario
Agate
Agate
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°31′22″N 82°57′49″W / 48.52278°N 82.96361°W / 48.52278; -82.96361[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictAlgoma
Elevation320 m (1,050 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code FSA
P0M

Agate is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Kapuskasing Township,[3] in the Unorganized North part of Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line between the railway points of Dunrankin to the west and Elsas to the east, has a passing track, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains. The place is just northwest of Kapuskasing Lake, the source of the Kapuskasing River.

  1. ^ a b "Agate". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  2. ^ Elevation taken at geographic coordinates from Google Maps. Accessed 2016-08-05.
  3. ^ "Kaspukasing" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-05.