Highways
Major arterial highways serving the region:
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The Trans Canada Highway 11 runs north-south and links Temagami north to Latchford, Coleman and Cobalt and south to North Bay.
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The nearest four lane highway is Hwy. 400 near Parry Sound. It is approximately 247 km from Temagami and runs northwest to southeast into Toronto.
Distance to Major Urban Centres
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Km
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Miles
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Kingston
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558
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347
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Kirkland Lake
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145
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90
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London
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604
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375
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Montreal
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646
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401
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North Bay
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97
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61
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Ottawa
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458
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285
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Sudbury
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163
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101
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St. Catharines
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533
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331
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Sault Ste Marie
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473
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294
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Thunder Bay
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1,000
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621
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Toronto
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443
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275
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Timmins
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264
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164
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Windsor
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779
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484
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Winnipeg
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1,687
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1,048
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Source: http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
Distance to Border Crossings
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Km
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Miles
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Massena/Cornwall
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573
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356.0
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Ogdensburg/Prescott
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524
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325.6
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Alexandria Bay/Ivy Lea
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567
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352.3
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Lewiston/Queenston
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554
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344.2
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Niagara Falls/Niagara Falls
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550
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341.8
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Buffalo/Fort Erie
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581
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361.0
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Detroit/Windsor
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782
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485.9
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Port Huron/Sarnia
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705
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438.1
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Sault Ste Marie/Sault Ste Marie
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473
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293.9
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Grand Portage/Thunder Bay
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1,079
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670.5
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International Falls/Fort Frances
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1,333
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828.3
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Baudette/Rainy River
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1,424
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884.8
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Source: http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
Rail Service
Rail Service in the Municipality of Temagami is provided by the Ontario Northland Railway.
555 Oak Street East
North Bay, ON
Ontario Northland is primarily engaged in providing rail freight services for the transportation of mineral and forest products, chemicals, petroleum and other products to and from northeastern Ontario and northwestern Quebec. In addition to rail freight, Ontario Northland operates express freight services between Cochrane and Moosonee.
76 Intermodal Drive
L6T 5K1
Airports
Earlton-Timiskaming Regional Airport (Regional Airport)
Fax: 705-563-2299
Earlton (Timiskaming Regional) Airport, is located 1.9 km southwest of Earlton, Ontario. The airport has a 6,000 ft × 150 ft (1,829 m × 46 m) paved runway oriented east-west, and a 3,018 by 150 feet (920 m × 46 m) gravel/snow runway oriented north-south.
The Earlton (Timiskaming Regional) Airport, which is 88.8 km from Temagami, connects and accesses the business communities in Timiskaming to regional, national and international markets and clientele. It is also the hub for the Air Ambulance Services in the area, connecting Englehart, Temiskaming and Ville Marie Hospitals to specialized services offered in larger centers such as Sudbury, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.
North Bay Airport (Domestic Airport)
North Bay, ON
North Bay Airport or North Bay/Jack Garland Airport in North Bay, Ontario, Canada which is 99.9 km from Temagami, is located at Hornell Heights, 7.4 km north-northeast of the city. The airport once served as a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) base.
North Bay’s Jack Garland Airport is an ideal location for aerospace testing and evaluation programs. It offers:
- runways that can accommodate all aircraft types; the main one is 10,000′ followed by a second runway at 4,500′ and a third which is a dedicated Flight- and Ground-Test Runway 13/31;
- operational schedules that can accommodate intensive periods of runway use;
- ample ground facilities;
- weather conditions that (seasonally) can be representative of almost any airport in the world;
- reserved Flight-test airspace.
Table 22 Air Carrier Services
Air Carriers Providing Services from North Bay Airport
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Passengers
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Goods
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Regional
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Air Canada Jazz
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Air Canada Jazz
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Regional
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Bear Skin Airlines
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Bear Skin Airlines
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Private
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Voyager Airways
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Voyager Airways
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Air Taxi
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Voyager Airways, Algonquin Flight Center, Lakeland Airways
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Voyager Airways, Algonquin Flight Center, Lakeland Airways
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Source: Municipality of Temagami
Online: Customer Feedback Form
Phone: 416-776-9892
Mail: Customer Service Quality
Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Toronto Pearson International Airport
PO Box 6031, 3111 Convair Drive
Toronto AMF, ON L5P 1B2
Toronto Pearson International Airport, also known as Lester B. Pearson International Airport or simply Toronto Pearson, is a major international airport serving Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated 27 km northwest of Downtown Toronto in the City ofMississauga. It is 443 km from Temagami. It is the busiest airport in Canada and the primary hub of flag carrierAir Canada and is also a hub for Air Canada Jazz, West Jet, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines, and Skyservice. The airport is operated by Greater Toronto Airports Authority as part of Transport Canada‘s National Airports System. It is one of eight Canadian airports with facilities for United States border preclearance.
Toronto Pearson handled 32.3 million passengers and 430,588 aircraft movements in 2008. It has 5 runways with the longest runway being 11,120 ft.
Port
Toronto Harbour
Toronto Harbour is a bay on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a natural harbour, protected from Lake Ontario waves by the Toronto Islands. It is a commercial port on the Great Lakes as well as a recreational harbour. Waterfront uses include shipping, residential, recreational and cultural.
Toronto Harbour is both a commercial port and a recreation area. Commercial activities are confined mainly to the harbour’s eastern side, while the western side was developed into Harbourfront, a conversion from industrial land to recreational and cultural uses. Harbourfront has parks, hotels, an amphitheatre, and many other facilities.
The port’s terminal operations occupy 50 acres (20.234 hectares) and include the following facilities:
- Seven marine berths all, to St. Lawrence Seaway depth. Excellent connections to road and rail service.
- Marine terminal building with 150,000 sq. ft. (13,935 square metres) of storage, located close to the berths. The building has a smooth concrete floor, high ceilings, many large cargo doors, inside or outside loading, and a large truck dock.
- Container distribution center with 100,000 sq. ft. (9,290 square metres) of heated storage, inside rail loading dock, inside truck docks, and many container bays. The building also has high overhead; clean, smooth floor; and is well lighted.
- The entire yard is paved, fenced, customs bonded and has 24 hour security.
- Rail service by both of Canada’s railroads, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific. Several sidings provide access throughout the area, including directly to the dock and inside the warehouse building.
- Excellent container yard includes container handling equipment and electrical plugs for reefers.
- An extensive list of handling equipment:
- heavy lift crane – – 300 short tons (270 tonnes)
- large mobile container toplifters – – 46 tonnes
- floating derrick – – 50 tonnes
- large fleet of forklift trucks with lifting capacity of up to 50 tonnes. A wide range of attachments for handling various products such as steel, wood pulp, forest product rolls, drums, etc.
- A large maintenance centre for maintaining/repairing the equipment.
60 Harbour Street
Toronto, ON
Phone: 416-863-2000
Fax: 416-863-4830