Acanthus is an
unincorporated place and former railway point in
geographic
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Deacon Township in the
Unorganized South Part of
Nipissing District
Nipissing District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858. The district seat is North Bay.
In 2021, the population was 84,716. The land area is ; the population density was , making it o ...
in
northeastern Ontario
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Northeastern Ontario consists of the districts of Algoma, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timisk ...
, Canada. Acanthus is located within
Algonquin Provincial Park
Algonquin Provincial Park is an Ontario Ontario Parks, provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River, mostly within the Nipissing, Unorganized, South Part, Ontario, Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District. Established i ...
on
Cedar Lake on the
Petawawa River.
It lies on the now abandoned
Canadian National Railway
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CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...
Beachburg Subdivision,
a section of track that was originally constructed as the
Canadian Northern Railway
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main line, between the divisional point
Brent to the west and
Odenback to the east; it had a
passing track.
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Communities in Nipissing District
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