Brent, Ontario

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Brent is a community on Cedar Lake in northern Algonquin Park. Brent is located in Southern Unorganized Nipissing in Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.

It was originally a station and divisional point on the main line of the Canadian Northern Railway, and was named for Brentwood, England, the home of Robert M. Horne-Payne, a director of the Canadian Northern. During the late 19th and early 20th century, a number of lumber companies operated at Brent. In 1995, Canadian National Railways decided to close the Northern Algonquin line to rail traffic, stating that operational costs were too high. With the railway went the electrical grid, and all power had to be supplied by generator. When this happened, most of the inhabitants left. Brent is now basically a recreational camp site with some park services and access point to the interior of Algonquin Park, its permanent population in the single digits.

The Brent crater is located north of the village.

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Brent station west side as seen from a train in the 1970s	Brent Store in the 1970s	Brent One Room Schoolhouse, Brent, Ontario	unidentified building, Brent, Ontario
unidentified building, Brent, Ontario	Railway yard and Brent Station, looking west in the 1970s	Railway yard and Brent Station, looking west in the 1970s	Brent railway yard as seen from a passing train in springtime early 1970s

Coordinates: 46°02′N, 78°28′W