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Savant Lake

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post along the railway at Bucke in order to forestall competition. From 1935 on, the post operated a fur-trade outpost at the St. Anthony Mine. The Bucke Post closed in 1938 and the post at St. Anthony Mine operated briefly as a full post, until operations were moved to
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was built in the early 1900s. It was originally named Bucke, after a civil engineer in charge of building the railroad. In 1928, after it was found that there already was another town of the same name in Ontario (Bucke Township, now amalgamated in
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In 1901, gold was discovered on Lake Savant. Therefore, in 1905, the Saint Anthony Goldmine located south of the town opened. It serviced the town until it was closed in 1941.
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In 1913, CN Savant Lake railroad station was built. Until 1959, the main form of transportation was dog teams until
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is located 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) southeast of the community.
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Savant Lake, Ontario
Savant Lake (lake)
Savant Lake is located in Ontario
50°14′19″N 90°42′31″W / 50.23861°N 90.70861°W / 50.23861; -90.70861

Canada
Province

Ontario
Northwestern Ontario
District
Thunder Bay
local services board
MP
Bob Nault
Kenora
LPC
MPP
Greg Rickford
Kenora—Rainy River
PC
Time zone
UTC-6
CST
DST
UTC-5
CDT
Postal Code
Area code
807

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