Mead, Ontario

Mead
Mead
Dispersed Rural Community; Unincorporated area
	Mead Location in Ontario
	Coordinates: 49°27′41″N 83°52′09″W / 49.46139°N 83.86917°W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Cochrane
Geographic Township	Lowther
Elevation	293 m (961 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code	P0L
Area codes	705, 249

Mead is a Dispersed Rural Community and unincorporated place in geographic Lowther Township,^[3] Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.^[1] The community is counted as part of Unorganized Cochrane North Part in Canadian census data, and is located just north of the border with Algoma District.

Mead is the southern terminus of Ontario Highway 583 about 36 kilometres (22 mi) by road south of Hearst. Mead is also on the Algoma Central Railway between the Horsey flag stop to the south and the community of Coppell to the north; the latter community is also served by Ontario Highway 583.

Along with a few isolated farms, the only other building at Mead is a former forestry company: from 1973 to 1984, American lumber company, Newaygo Timber operated a mill here.

References

^ ^a ^b "Mead". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
^ Taken from Google Earth at geographic coordinates, accessed 2014-08-29.
^ "Lowther" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-08-29.

Other map sources:

Map 14 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2014-08-29.

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[CGNDB-1] "Mead". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-08-29.

[2] Taken from Google Earth at geographic coordinates, accessed 2014-08-29.

[LowtherMining-3] "Lowther" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-08-29.

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v t e Cochrane District, Ontario
City	Timmins
Towns	Cochrane Hearst Iroquois Falls Kapuskasing Moosonee Smooth Rock Falls
Townships	Black River-Matheson Fauquier-Strickland Mattice-Val Côté Moonbeam Opasatika Val Rita-Harty
First Nations	Constance Lake Flying Post Fort Albany Kashechewan Marten Falls Moose Cree Taykwa Tagamou Wahgoshig
Indian reserves	Abitibi 70 Constance Lake 92 English River 66 Factory Island 1 Flying Post 73 Fort Albany 67 (part) Moose Factory 68 New Post 69 New Post 69A
Indian settlements	Fort Albany
Unorganized territories	North South East South West
Local services boards	Hallébourg Jogues Lac-Sainte-Thérèse Moose Factory
Unincorporated communities	Abitibi Canyon Bourkes Brower Calstock Coppell Departure Lake Driftwood Eades Florida Fontaine's Landing Frederick Gardiner Ghost River Hunta Kitigan Low Bush River Marina Veilleux Mead Norembega Pagwa River Reesor Smoky Falls Tunis Val Gagné
See also: Communities in Cochrane District Census divisions of Ontario