Acanthus, Ontario

Acanthus is an unincorporated place and former railway point in geographic Deacon Township in the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] Acanthus is located within Algonquin Provincial Park on Cedar Lake on the Petawawa River.

Acanthus
Acanthus Location of Acanthus in Ontario
Coordinates: 46°01′51″N 78°24′16″W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
District	Nipissing
Elevation	319 m (1,047 ft)
Population  (2016)
• Total	0
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code FSA	K0J
Area codes	705, 249

It lies on the now abandoned Canadian National Railway Beachburg Subdivision,[2] a section of track that was originally constructed as the Canadian Northern Railway main line, between the divisional point Brent to the west and Odenback to the east; it had a passing track.

References

1. "Acanthus". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
2. Smith, Jeffrey P (11 October 2014). "C.N.Rys. Beachburg Subdivision". C.N.Ry. in Ontario. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

Other map sources:

• McMurtrie, Jeffrey (2008). "Algonquin Provincial Park and the Haliburton Highlands". Wikimedia Commons. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
• Map 9 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
• Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.