Elsas, Ontario

Elsas
Railway point
Elsas is located in Ontario
Elsas
Elsas
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°31′18″N 82°54′16″W / 48.52167°N 82.90444°W / 48.52167; -82.90444[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictAlgoma
Elevation314 m (1,030 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code FSA
P0M

Elsas 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 Agate to the west and Oatland to the east, and is the location of Elsas railway station, a stop for Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains.[4] The station and settlement are on the northern shore of Kapuskasing Lake, the source of the Kapuskasing River.

  1. ^ a b "Elsas". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  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 2016-07-29.
  4. ^ "Elsas train station". Via Rail. Retrieved 2016-07-29.