Fraserdale is an unincorporated place and railroad point in Unorganized Cochrane, North Part in

Cochrane District Cochrane District is a district and Census divisions of Canada, census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1921 from parts of Timiskaming District, Timiskami ...

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, Canada. It is located north of

Timmins Timmins ( ) is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the Mattagami River. The city is the fourth-largest city in the Northeastern Ontario region with a population of 41,145 (2021). The city's economy is based on natural resource ext ...

along 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 ...

. The community/

train stop Part of a railway signalling system, a train stop, trip stop or tripcock (sometimes called a tripper) is a train protection device that automatically stops a train if it attempts to pass a signal when the signal aspect and operating rules pro ...

was named for Alan Fraser, a railway engineer, and is counted as part of Unorganized Cochrane, North Part in Canadian census data. The neighbouring community

Abitibi Canyon Abitibi Canyon was a community on the Abitibi River in northeastern Ontario, Canada. Abitibi Canyon was part of Northern Unorganized Cochrane District, in Cochrane District. It was located northeast of Fraserdale. History The construction of t ...

( east) on the

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was the most extensive community ever built by the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission. It was home to 1500 residents and was established to house employees of

Abitibi Canyon Generating Station Abitibi Canyon Generating Station is a hydroelectric power plant owned by Ontario Power Generation on the Abitibi River. The station is located 80 km north of Smooth Rock Falls, within Pitt Township in Northern Unorganized Cochrane Distric ...

. Fraserdale is connected to

Smooth Rock Falls Smooth Rock Falls is an incorporated town in the Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, with a population of 1,330 at the 2016 census. Geography and transportation The town lies on the Mattagami River and on Highway 11. The next fu ...

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to the south and to Abitibi Canyon to the northeast via

Ontario Highway 634 Secondary Highway 634, commonly referred to as Highway 634, is a remote highway in Northern Ontario that connects Ontario Highway 11, Highway 11 in Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario, Smooth Rock Falls to the Abitibi Canyon Generating Station in the ...

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External links

Ontario Highway 11 Homepage - Fraserdale (and the Abitibi Colony)
Communities in Cochrane District Ontario Northland Railway points {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub