Pontiac Airpark Water Aerodrome

Information about airport - Pontiac Airpark Water Aerodrome, Canada

Description Value
IATA
(International Air Transport Association airport code)
No IATA code
Type Seaplane base
Local airport code CPC7
GPS airport code CPC7
Longitude 45.523611
Latitude -76.170833

Cities near Pontiac Airpark Water Aerodrome, Canada

City, country Distance (km)
Ottawa, ON 38.34 km

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Minus 30 Celsius at Galetta Ottawa Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway (OA&PS).  Built in 1892 to 1897 to extract lumber from Algonquin P.P..   There was one train load of lumber through here every 20 minutes in 1910.   We are depleting all our resources at that rate.  Looking south east. Ottawa Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway  (OA&PS) at Galetta.  Construction began in 1892, from Ottawa to Sudbury, completed 1897.  There was a train load of Algonquin lumber through here every 20 minutes in 1910.  Western section closed 1952, eastern section 1959.  Just as that resource got depleted, so will every other resource we use. Looking east.   

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