Rossport, Ontario

Rossport
Unincorporated community
Rossport is located in Ontario
Rossport
Rossport
Location of Rossport in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°50′09″N 87°31′14″W / 48.83583°N 87.52056°W / 48.83583; -87.52056[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictThunder Bay
Area
 • Total1.12 km2 (0.43 sq mi)
Elevation192 m (630 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total65
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code
P0T 2R0
Area code807

Rossport is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in the Unorganized part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is on the north shore of Lake Superior in geographic Lahontan Township,[4] and is on Ontario Highway 17. Rossport is a designated place served by a local services board,[5] and has a population of 65.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Rossport". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  2. ^ a b c "Rossport, Ontario (Code 350009) census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
  3. ^ Elevation taken from Google Earth at coordinates given in the Infobox. Accessed 2015-07-11.
  4. ^ "Lahontan" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  5. ^ "Local Services Boards, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 737". Canadian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 2015-07-11.