Re: FW: Time zone in Atikokan, Ontario, Canada

Thanks for forwarding the info about Atikokan. Shanks (1995) claims that Atikokan's clocks have agreed with those of America/Rainy_River ever since the introduction of standard time in 1895, i.e. that it used daylight-saving time during the summer of 1918, from 1940 through 1945, and during summers from 1974 on. Given the Toronto Star's report that Atikokan does not use DST, and given Atikokan's longitude of 91W37 (-06:06:28) it would make sense for it to be on Central Standard Time all year; this would also agree with your road atlas maps. So perhaps the simplest correction to Shanks is that Atikokan, like Saskatchewan, has observed CST with no DST since World War II. I've written the Atikokan library for more info.