Swastika | |
|---|---|
 Swastika Fireman's Park | |
  Swastika | |
| Coordinates: 48°11′14″N 80°10′35″W / 48.18722°N 80.17639°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Ontario |
| Area | |
| • Land | 3.14 km2 (1.21 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi) |
Swastika is a small community founded around a mine site in Northern Ontario, Canada in 1908. Today it is within the municipal boundaries of Kirkland Lake, Ontario.[1] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[2]
Swastika is a junction on the Ontario Northland Railway, where a branch to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec leaves the ONR's main line from North Bay, Ontario to Moosonee. Until 2012, the Northlander passenger railway service between Toronto and Cochrane served the Swastika railway station with connecting bus service running along Highway 66 into downtown Kirkland Lake.[1]
- ^ a b "Swastika – Ontario Highway 11 Homepage". Highway11.ca. Archived from the original on May 22, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- ^ Parker, Quentin (2010). Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places. Adams Media. pp. xii. ISBN 9781440507397.[permanent dead link]