Ancona Point, Ontario
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Ancona Point, Ontario is located in the former Township of Verulam, Ontario within the city
of Kawartha Lakes
, Ontario
, Canada
, and lies on Sturgeon Lake
, 8 kilometres (5 mi) along County Road 24 south-west of Bobcaygeon, Ontario
. This stop on the former Canadian Pacific Railway
was to have been called Scotch Line, but, after a disagreement between local residents, the completely unrelated Ancona Point was chosen as the station name. Scoth Line Road, which travels south from Ancona Point to Ontario Highway 36, retains the originally mooted name.
City
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of Kawartha Lakes
Kawartha Lakes, Ontario
The city of Kawartha Lakes is a unitary municipality in Central Ontario, Canada. Although called a city, Kawartha Lakes is the size of a typical Ontarian county and is mostly rural....
, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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, and lies on Sturgeon Lake
Sturgeon Lake (Ontario)
Sturgeon Lake is a lake in the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Trent-Severn Waterway. The lake is Y shaped and has the communities of Fenelon Falls, Lindsay, Sturgeon Point and Bobcaygeon at the north-west, south, central and north-east points of the Y respectively...
, 8 kilometres (5 mi) along County Road 24 south-west of Bobcaygeon, Ontario
Bobcaygeon, Ontario
Bobcaygeon is a community on the Trent-Severn Waterway in the City of Kawartha Lakes, east-central Ontario, Canada.Bobcaygeon was incorporated as village in 1876, and became known as the "Hub of the Kawarthas"...
. This stop on the former Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
was to have been called Scotch Line, but, after a disagreement between local residents, the completely unrelated Ancona Point was chosen as the station name. Scoth Line Road, which travels south from Ancona Point to Ontario Highway 36, retains the originally mooted name.