Port McNicoll

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Port McNicoll is a small waterfront community in Simcoe County, Ontario, known historically as a Great Lakes port and railway terminus on Georgian Bay.

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Port McNicoll canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
unincorporated community
administrativeStatus unincorporated within Tay Township
areaCode 705
bay Hogg Bay
censusDivision Simcoe County
country Canada
daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Daylight Time
linked to: Eastern Time Zone
developmentType waterfront residential redevelopment
distanceToMidland approximately 8 kilometres
harbourType Great Lakes port
hasHarbour true
hasHeritageAsset restored SS Keewatin (historically associated)
hasMarina true
historicalRole Great Lakes port
railway terminus
historicalSignificance major Canadian Pacific Railway Great Lakes terminal in early 20th century
locatedIn Ontario
Simcoe County
Tay Township
locatedOn Georgian Bay
municipality Tay
namedAfter David McNicoll
nearbyCity Midland, Ontario
notableVesselHomePort SS Assiniboia
SS Keewatin
openingDate 1908
partOf Great Lakes region
postalCodePrefix L0K
primaryEconomicActivities recreational boating
residential community
tourism
primaryHarbourUse freight shipping
passenger steamship service
province Ontario
railwayFunction lakehead terminus for Canadian Pacific Railway
railwayServedBy Canadian Pacific Railway
railYardPresence historic CPR rail yard
region Central Ontario
servedByShipLine Canadian Pacific Steamships
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
transportationModeHistoric rail
steamship
waterBody Lake Huron
waterfront true

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Ontario Highway 12 connectsCommunity Port McNicoll
Township of Tay hasSettlement Port McNicoll
Tay Township hasCommunity Port McNicoll