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Area Information
Location: Cochrane is located northeast of Timmins, south of Moosonee, and north of Iroquois Falls.The town's population is made up of about half anglophone and half francophone residents.
In the early 20th century, the National Transcontinental Railway was built through the area, and in 1907, the place was selected as the junction point with the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway. It was incorporated on January 1, 1910, and named for politician and merchant Frank Cochrane, a former mayor of Sudbury.
The Polar Bear Express, see below, departs from Cochrane. The towns mascot is a large polar bear statue known as Chimo. Wikipedia


 
 
Polar Bear Express Cocrane-Moosonee.
The Polar Bear Express is a passenger train operated by the Ontario Northland Railway in Northern Ontario between Cochrane and the Arctic's edge of James bay in Moosonee, a 245 km (152 m.) trip. Service was introduced in 1964. While designated as a passenger train, the Polar Bear Express also carries specialized equipment including boxcars for canoes, snowmobiles and all terrain vehicles, chain cars (flat cars with tie downs) for carrying cars and light trucks (there are no roads to Moosonee so vehicles come in and out by train) and baggage and express cars. Compilation
 
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