Englehart, Ontario

Englehart is a town in the district of Timiskaming, province of Ontario, Canada. (2006 population 1,494.) It was built in 1908 by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, what would later become the Ontario Northland Railway, as a rest stop between North Bay and Cochrane. The town was named after Jacob Lewis Englehart, a key figure in the development of the T & N.O. Today, Englehart's importance as a railway town has diminished, and the biggest employer is an oriented strand board (OSB) facility owned by Grant Forest Products.

CJBB-FM broadcasts from Englehart.

Train derailment

On 31 March 2007, an Ontario Northland Railway freight train derailed about 15 km north of Englehart, spilling an estimated 100 tonnes of sulfuric acid into a creek feeding the Blanche River.

References

External links

• Town of Englehart Official Website
• Grant Forest Products
• Tembrella - A citizen's group promoting the growth of ideas in the local area