Osborne Township, Ontario

Osborne Township is a geographic township in the Unorganized North Part of Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1][2][3][4] The Ontario Northland Railway, constructed in the early 20th century, runs from the middle south to the northwest of the township. The dispersed rural community of Jocko, without any passing sidings, and the railway point of Osborne, with one passing siding, are at the middle south and northwest of the township respectively.

Osborne Township
Geographic township
Osborne Township is located in Ontario
Osborne Township
Osborne Township
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 46°39′51″N 79°26′49″W[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictNipissing
PartUnorganized North
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Area codes705, 249

Osborne Township also contains the majority of the northwest part of Jocko Rivers Provincial Park.[2][5][6] Within the park borders are Jocko Lake, the source of the Jocko River, and two tributaries of the Jocko River (in downstream order): Black Duck Creek and (via Little Sucker Lake) Sucker Creek.[2] Other lakes all or in part in the township are Little Sucker Lake, Malone Lake and Sucker Lake. All are in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin.

A Hydro One transmission line traverses the township from north to south.[2]

References
  1. "Osborne". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  2. "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  3. "Osborne" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  4. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #4 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  5. "Jocko Rivers". Ontario Parks. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  6. "Jocko Rivers Provincial Park Management Statement". Ontario Parks. 2006-05-26. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
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