Ascalon is an unincorporated place and former railway point in geographic Pentland Township in the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] Ascalon is located within Algonquin Provincial Park at the northwestern end of Mink Lake in the Amable du Fond River drainage basin.

Ascalon
Canadian National Railway Ascalon Station at Mink Lake, as seen in 1932.
Ascalon Location of Ascalon in Ontario
Coordinates: 46°04′27″N 78°48′19″W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
District	Nipissing
Elevation	324 m (1,063 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code FSA	K0J
Area codes	705, 249

It lies on the now-abandoned Canadian National Railway Alderdale Subdivision, a section of track that was originally constructed as the Canadian Northern Railway main line, between Kiosk to the west and Mink Lake to the east.

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