Stupart is an unincorporated place and railway point in
geographic
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Hennessy Township
in the
Unorganized North Part of
Sudbury District
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The overwhelming majority of the district (about 92%) ...
in
Northeastern
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,
Canada
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.
The community is just off Deschênes Lake in the Opikinimika River system, part of the
James Bay
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drainage basin
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.
Stupart is on the
Canadian National Railway transcontinental
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main line, and is passed but not served by
Via Rail
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''Canadian'' trains. The next community eastbound is
Ruel, served by
Ruel railway station
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; the next community westbound is
Westree on
Ontario Highway 560A, served by
Westree railway station
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.
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Communities in Sudbury District