Talk:Akron, Ontario

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Okay, I give up...where in the name of holy flaming crap is this place? It's not on any map of Ontario in my possession, and a Google search brings up no discernible hits that aren't Wikipedia or its mirrors. But if I go to the Canadian census data site and type in Akron, damned if I don't get routed straight to the census subdivision of "Algoma, Unorganized, North Part", precisely as claimed here. So it clearly exists...but I'm still left to wonder, where the hell is it? Bearcat 05:07, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, it does exist (see this document), but the info shows up only for the 1996 census locality data, not for 2001. The Algoma District, Ontario article suggests it's a town; it was added recently (diff), but the summary suggests the user doesn't know the place, and was just guessing. I have no idea where it is. I've left a message with the article's creator (SD6-Agent). Note that GeoNames says there are two other places in Algoma with Akron in their names. I'm sure this is not coincidental. Mindmatrix 15:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Info seems hard to come by. But it does have an entry in the Atlas of Canada. Unincorporated area.

Latitude and Longitude: 48o 55' 0" North 84o 7' 0" West. You can see the location here. [1] --JGGardiner 17:48, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

This Ministry of Transportation map also shows it. [2] --JGGardiner 18:37, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Nice find. I've updated the page with information from that map. I'm sure others could probably expand on that. Mindmatrix 18:46, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. It's tough. There's very few references. I checked factivia and elsewhere for newspaper mentions and there is really nothing. Must be quite a small place. I was trying to make sense of this Health ministry document [3] which identifies the community (along with nearby Dana) as part of the township of Irving. --JGGardiner 19:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Good find. From the way it's depicted on the maps, I suspect this is actually one of those little railway depots with a historical population of five, that now exists only as a sign hanging beside the railroad track. But, of course, I wouldn't want to state that as a fact without proof. Bearcat 21:09, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

That's probably correct. In fact, I haven't seen any evidence that anyone lives there. No phone numbers and no postal code indicates that it collects for the area. Just the census note and the Health coding info. I wonder if our entry should say that it is a historical community because I see no evidence that it is actually inhabited now as the article implies. --JGGardiner 00:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

I've checked the Ontario GeoNames Index, and Akron is indeed listed as a railway point. Bearcat 23:11, 10 July 2006 (UTC)