Pagwa | |
|---|---|
Unincorporated community | |
| Etymology: Pagwachuan River | |
  Pagwa Location of Pagwa in Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 50°00′49″N 85°13′07″W / 50.0136°N 85.2186°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Cochrane |
| Census division | Unorg. North Cochrane |
| Founded | 1913 |
| Elevation | 173 m (566 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| Postal code FSA | P0L |
| Area codes | 705, 249 |
Pagwa River is an unincorporated community in geographic Bicknell Township[2][3] in Cochrane District, northeastern Ontario, Canada.[4] It is located on and named after the Pagwachuan River, a tributary of the Kenogami River. Its name, an abbreviated form of Pagwachuan, is an indigenous term meaning "shallow".[5]
Pagwa River is along an abandoned portion of the Canadian National Railway main line, originally constructed as the National Transcontinental Railway main line. The railway point, known as just Pagwa,[6] is about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of where the railway crossed the Pagwachuan River, between the railway points of Wilgar to the west and Teltaka to the east.[7]
There is also an abandoned airfield north of the rail line.
- ^ White, James (1915). Altitudes in the Dominion of Canada (2nd ed.). Ottawa: Commission of Conservation. p. 179.
- ^ "Bicknell" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
- ^ Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #2 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
- ^ "Pagwa River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ Fifteenth Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, Containing All Decisions to March 31 1917. Ottawa: Department of the Interior. 1918. p. 140.
- ^ "Pagwa". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ "Ontario and Quebec Railway Territories" from the 2nd Edition, 1915, Atlas of Canada (Map). 1 : 2,217,600. Natural Resources Canada. 1913. Archived from the original on 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
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