Shawmere is an unincorporated place and dispersed rural community in
geographic
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Oates Township,
in the
Unorganized North part of
Sudbury District in
northeastern
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Ontario,
Canada.
It is on the
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
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transcontinental railway main line
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between the railway point of
Missonga to the west and the compact rural community of
Foleyet
Foleyet is an unincorporated community in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, midway between Chapleau and Timmins on Highway 101. The town was created during the construction of the Canadian Northern ...
to the east, has a
passing track
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, and is passed but not served by
Via Rail transcontinental ''
Canadian'' trains. Shawmere is on the
Shawmere River
The Shawmere River is a river in Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin, and is a left tributary of the Ivanhoe River.
Course
The river begins at a small, unnamed lake in geographic Gamey Tow ...
, part of the
James Bay drainage basin.
History
Shawmere is on part of a section of what was originally the
Canadian Northern Railway that was under construction from 1912 to 1913.
References
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Communities in Sudbury District