Doherty is an unincorporated place and
railway point
A railroad switch (), turnout, or ''set ofpoints () is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding branches off.
The most common ty ...
in the municipality of
Temagami,
Nipissing District,
Northeastern
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Ontario
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, Canada.
It is in
geographic
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Riddell Township and is located at the southwestern corner of
Lower Twin Lake
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on the
Ontario Northland Railway
The Ontario Northland Railway is a Canadian railway operated by the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, a provincial Crown agency of the government of Ontario.
Originally built to develop the Lake Timiskaming and Lake Nipissing area ...
. Doherty is at Mileage 63.4 and was the location of a
train station
A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing suc ...
in the 1940s.
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Localities of Temagami
Ontario Northland Railway points
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