Tourist Information Center - Cochrane (Ontario) Canada
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N 49° 03.526 W 081° 01.757
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a tourist information center located in Cochrane (Ontario) Canada
Waymark Code: WMM9M2
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/17/2014
Views: 3
This Board of Trade/Tourist Information Center is located on TransCanada Highway 11,at the entrance of the town of Cochrane (Ontario) Canada.
Cochrane is a town in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located east of Kapuskasing, northeast of Timmins, south of Moosonee, and north of Iroquois Falls. It is about a one-hour drive from Timmins, the major city of the region. It is the seat of Cochrane District. The town's population is made up of approximately half anglophone and half francophone residents.
The town contains many references to polar bears. Its mascot is a large polar bear statue known as Chimo. There are also live polar bears at the Polar Bear Conservation and Educational Habitat and Heritage Village, which opened in the summer of 2004. Polar bears from the Metro Toronto Zoo were relocated to Cochrane while a new pavilion was being constructed. Those two polar bears were returned to the Toronto Zoo in the summer of 2009. As of June 2012, there is one bear in residence at the Polar Bear Habitat, Ganuk.
Cochrane is the starting point of the Polar Bear Express, a train that goes to Moosonee on the edge of James Bay.
The Corporation of the Town of Cochrane
171 4th Avenue
P.O. Box 490
Cochrane, ON
P0L 1C0
Tel. (705) 272-4361
Fax (705) 272-6068
Hours of Operation:
Monday to Friday
08:00 to 17:00
Saturday & Sunday
09:00 to 16:00
Public Washrooms: Mens, Womens, Family and Handicapped
Snacks/Drinks at the facility: Yes - Store or similar
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