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Welcome to Basin Mines ...

Although we found mention of Basin Mines during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Basin Mines was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Basin Mines to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Basin Mines, please Contact Us.




Time Zone: The area where we believe that Basin Mines might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).

We believe that Basin Mines would be found within the (705) and (249)<2> area codes.

Communities near Basin Mines ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Basin Mines.

  • Greater Sudbury
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greater Sudbury came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greater Sudbury
  • Crerar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crerar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crerar
  • Skead
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skead came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skead
  • Callum
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callum
  • Falconbridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Nickel Centre
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nickel Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickel Centre
  • Wahnapitae
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wahnapitae came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahnapitae
  • Garson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garson came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garson
  • Markstay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Markstay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markstay
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Markstay <4>
  • Washagami
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washagami came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washagami

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Basin Mines ...

Looking for more information about Basin Mines? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Basin Mines, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Basin Mines.

Adding Basin Mines to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Basin Mines was mentioned on a train schedule titled Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Basin Mines.

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Basin Mines and then turned east". While Basin Mines could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Basin Mines as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Basin Mines could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Area code (249) is an overlay for area code (705).
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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