Fort Sam Island
Fort Sam Island is an islet in Ontario, Canada. Fort Sam Island is situated nearby to the town Keewatin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kenora station and Husky the Muskie.
Kenora station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kenora station is a heritage Canadian Pacific Railway station in Kenora, Ontario. Kenora station is situated 3 km north of Fort Sam Island.
Husky the Muskie
Work of art
Photo: Pclerkin, Public domain.
Husky the Muskie is the nickname of a 40-foot-tall outdoor sculpture depicting a muskellunge in Kenora, Ontario's McLeod Park. The first Husky was constructed in 1967 as a potential Canadian Centennial project by Jules Horvath and Bob Selway from Deluxe Signs and Displays under the direction of the Kenora Chamber of Commerce. Husky the Muskie is situated 3 km north of Fort Sam Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kenora.
Kenora
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kenora is a small city in Northern Ontario. With a population of 15,000, Kenora is the westernmost major centre in Ontario. Surrounded by wilderness and thousands of lakes, and on the northern tip of Lake of the Woods, Kenora is in "cottage country" and is a vacation resort in Central Canada.
Fort Sam Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Ontario, Canada
- Categories: island, forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.74149° or 49° 44′ 29″ northLongitude
-94.50045° or 94° 30′ 2″ westElevation
323 metres (1,060 feet)Open location code
86X7PFRX+HROpenStreetMap ID
way 254166484OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5955946Wikidata ID
Q22494344
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Satellite Map
Discover Fort Sam Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Fort Sam Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fort Sam Island”
- Dutch: “Fort Sam Island”
- French: “Fort Sam Island”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Sam Island”
- Swedish: “Fort Sam Island”
- Turkish: “Fort Sam Adası”
- Turkish: “Fort Sam Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Keewatin and Pelletier Bridge.
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Highlights include Caragana Island and Dingwall Island.
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