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在加拿大太平洋铁路Hornepayne站停留
黄安年文 黄安年的博客/2015年10月23日上午温哥华时间;晚上北京发布
加拿大太平洋铁路自多伦多出发到终点站温哥华总共34站,历经四天四夜，不过我们的观光专列仅仅停留6站，17日夜近11时驶离多伦多，而第一站是18日下午近4时抵达小镇Hornepayne站，按照介绍这里的人口仅仅1050人，高路段总共296英里，我们的火车已经从五大湖中的四条大湖旁边经过，这里基本上的一马平川,让我们领略了安大略省的风光。在小镇上停留半个小时,基本上是放风活动。无法对小镇有全貌的观察和了解。对于华工是否参与这一地段的建设有待了解。
照片4张是即时拍摄的。
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Hornepayne
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Hornepayne | |
Township of Hornepayne | |
Hornepayne | |
Coordinates: 49°13′N 84°47′W49.217°N 84.783°WCoordinates: 49°13′N 84°47′W49.217°N 84.783°W | |
Country | |
Province | |
District | |
Established | 1915 |
Incorporated | 1927 |
Government | |
• Type | Township |
• Mayor | Morley Forster |
• Federal riding | |
• Prov. riding | |
Area[1] | |
• Land | 204.52 km2 (78.97 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,050 |
• Density | 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi) |
• Summer (DST) | |
P0M | |
Website | |
Hornepayne is a townshipof 1050 people (Canada 2011 Census) located in the AlgomaDistrict of Ontario,Canada. Thetown was originally established in 1915 as Fitzback when the Canadian Northern Railway'stranscontinental line was built through the area. It was renamed Hornepayne in1920 after British financier Robert Horne-Payne. The municipality is currentlyincorporated as Wicksteed Township, after thegeographic township in which Hornepayne is located.
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Demographics[edit]
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Population:[5]
Population in 2011: 1050
Population in 2006: 1209
Population in 2001: 1362
Population in 1996: 1480
Population in 1991: 1610
Mother tongue:[3]
English as first language: 78.3%
French as first language: 16.3%
English and French as first language: 0%
Other as first language: 5.4%
Economy[edit]
Hornepayne serves as a railway divisionalpoint on the main Canadian National Railway line. The forestryindustry (by way of Haavaldsrud's Timber Company[6]) is the major employer to the local economy. Hunting and fishing relatedtourism in the area (particularly just north of the town in nearby Nagagami Lake Provincial Park) is served byseveral small companies.[7][8][9]
The township of Hornepayne has beenthe proposed site of a low level nuclear waste storage facility for some time.The town's community liaison group chose to withdraw from this development in theearly '90s,[10] but as of May 2010 the township is still being considered for nuclearwaste management/storage.[11]
The Hallmark Centre in Hornepayne: built in 1980 and opened in 1982. It wasa home to a variety of stores and businesses, a hotel, the post office,apartments, highschool, town pool and gym. It was closed in 2011 as it was nolonger economically viable.
Transportation[edit]
Hornepayne was served by the Hornepayne Municipal Airport and the Hornepayne railway station which is astop for ViaRail's transcontinental train TheCanadian.
The CN rail yard; the old station in the background is no longer in use and fallen in disrepair. | Passengers milling around the train at the station stop in Hornepayne. |
Popular culture[edit]
Retired ice hockey player Mike McEwen was born in Hornepayne.
Retired ice hockey player Goldie Goldthorpe, (who served as the inspiration for Ogie Ogilthorpe in the 1977 film Slap Shot) was born in Hornepayne.
Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations for NHLKris King, was raised in Hornepayne.
Gordon Lightfoot's song On the High Seas mentions Hornepayne with the following lyric "Was it up in Hornepayne, where the trains run on time?"
Hornepayne was featured on an episode of "Survivorman" with Les Stroud and a slew of NHL hockey players.
Climate[edit]
[hide]Climate data for Hornepayne, Ontario (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 6.7 | 12.8 | 18.9 | 28.9 | 33.0 | 37.2 | 37.2 | 34.4 | 31.7 | 31.7 | 18.0 | 12.5 | 37.2 |
Average high °C (°F) | −13.1 | −9.2 | −2.6 | 6.9 | 16.4 | 21.0 | 24.1 | 22.0 | 15.3 | 8.6 | 0.5 | −8.8 | 6.8 |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −19.7 | −16 | −9.2 | 0.4 | 8.9 | 13.4 | 16.4 | 14.2 | 8.8 | 3.5 | −3.8 | −14.5 | 0.2 |
Average low °C (°F) | −26.1 | −22.7 | −15.7 | −6.1 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 2.2 | −1.6 | −8.1 | −20.3 | −6.3 |
Record low °C (°F) | −49.4 | −52.2 | −43.9 | −37.2 | −15 | −12.2 | −9.4 | −7.2 | −12.2 | −27.2 | −40 | −52.2 | −52.2 |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 53.4 | 38.5 | 38.9 | 28.7 | 51.4 | 81.5 | 65.4 | 67.2 | 70.3 | 60.8 | 49.3 | 51.0 | 656.4 |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.1 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 11.1 | 45.3 | 81.5 | 65.4 | 67.2 | 69.4 | 48.9 | 15.1 | 0.9 | 410.5 |
Average snowfall cm (inches) | 53.3 | 36.9 | 35.0 | 17.6 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 12.6 | 34.3 | 50.1 | 246.7 |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 8.6 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 12.9 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 105.5 |
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 0.12 | 0.38 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 12.8 | 8.6 | 2.6 | 0.41 | 62.5 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 8.5 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.22 | 2.9 | 7.1 | 9.3 | 45.7 |
Source: Environment Canada[12] | |||||||||||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
1. ^ Jumpup to: ab"Hornepaynecensus profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada.Retrieved 2012-02-16.
2. Jumpup ^"2011Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5,2013. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
3. ^ Jumpup to: ab"2006Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March30, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
4. Jumpup ^"2001Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada.February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
5. Jump up ^Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
6. Jump up ^http://www.haavaldsrud.com/home.shtml
7. Jump up ^http://www.noto.net/regional.cfm/code/85/tbid/7
8. Jump up ^http://www.pronorthoutfitters.com/
9. Jump up ^http://flyinfishingcamps.com/
10. Jump up ^http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73397/1/j.1754-7121.1994.tb00885.x.pdf
11. Jump up ^http://www.nwmo.ca/uploads_managed/MediaFiles/1797_hornepayne-summaryreport.pdf
12. Jumpup ^"Hornepayne,Ontario". Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000. Environment Canada. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
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