Missonga is an unincorporated place and railway point in
geographic
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Shenango Township,
in the
Unorganized North part of
Sudbury District in
northeastern
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,
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.
It is on the
Canadian National Railway
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transcontinental railway main line
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between the railway point of
Oatland to the west and the dispersed rural community of
Shawmere to the east, has a
railway siding, and is passed but not served by
Via Rail transcontinental ''
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'' trains. Missonga is on Shenango Lake, at a point where Mishionga Creek leaves the lake; Mishionga Creek is a left tributary of the
Shawmere River.
History
Missonga is on part of a section of what was originally the
Canadian Northern Railway that was under construction from 1912 to 1913.
References
Other map sources:
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Communities in Sudbury District
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