Owaissa 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, in

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. It is in

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Strathy Township, and is located on

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, on the

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, and on the northern arm of Net Lake, about north of Owaissa is the locality of the historic Owaissa Sawmill. In 1954, an Ontario Northland Railway

passing track A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains or ...

was constructed at Mileage 86, making the short passing track at Owaissa redundant. This was during a time when passing tracks were being extended along the Ontario Northland Railway to make allowance for the greatly increased length of trains under diesel operation. Owaissa Lake to the northwest is named after Owaissa. The eastern terminus of Red Squirrel Road is at Ontario Highway 11 in Owaissa.

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, date=2016-11-08, accessdate=2017-12-12 Strathy Township Ontario Northland Railway points