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Title: Time in Atikokan
Post by Mk631 on Jan 15^th, 2010 at 6:24pm

I recall that Atikokan does something odd with their timezone - like stay on EST all year or something like that. Does anyone recall? I'm planning the long drive for this year's trip & want to have an idea of what time I'll get there, local time.
Thanks.
-Tom

Title: Re: Time in Atikokan
Post by db on Jan 15^th, 2010 at 6:32pm

Thunder Bay is a different time zone. Q is CST.

Title: Re: Time in Atikokan
Post by old_salt on Jan 16^th, 2010 at 12:51am

db wrote on Jan 15^th, 2010 at 6:32pm:

Thunder Bay is a different time zone. Q is CST.

Now, but CDT in softwater season...

Drum & cymbal roll please... db is approaching 3000 posts!! :D :o 8-)

Title: Re: Time in Atikokan
Post by db on Jan 17^th, 2010 at 6:01am

Old Salt wrote on Jan 16^th, 2010 at 12:51am:

... :o ...

db wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2007 at 6:52am:

...a sad commentary on how I spend my free-time...

Title: Re: Time in Atikokan
Post by Atwater on Jan 17^th, 2010 at 2:41pm

Thunder Bay is the place that seems to be in the wrong time zone. Based on geography it probably should be in CTZ but it is in ETZ because they wanted to be in the same time zone with most of the heavily populated parts of Ontario. About 1/2 way from Thunder Bay to Atikokan it switches to CTZ. All of Quetico and Atikokan are on CTZ.

Title: Re: Time in Atikokan
Post by Mk631 on Jan 18^th, 2010 at 3:59am

Old Salt wrote on Jan 16^th, 2010 at 12:51am:

[Drum & cymbal roll please... db is approaching 3000 posts!! :D :o 8-)

2999 as I type!

PS: I found this in the Atikokan wikipedia article:
"Atikokan is in the Central Time Zone but observes Central Daylight Time year round."
FWIW, CDT = EST

Less than 6 months & I'll be there!
-Tom