Clute, Ontario

Clute
Dispersed Rural Community
Clute
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 49°11′23″N 81°04′25″W / 49.18972°N 81.07361°W / 49.18972; -81.07361
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictCochrane
TownCochrane
Elevation
271 m (889 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code
P0L 1C0
Area code(s)705, 249

Clute is a Dispersed Rural Community and unincorporated place in the town of Cochrane, in Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada. It is also the name of a geographic township in Cochrane District, at the northeastern corner of which the community lies. An irregularly-shaped eastern part of the geographic township lies in the town of Cochrane following an amalgamation after 1996; the rest, the majority of the township, lies in the Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District.

The community is on Ontario Highway 579. A railway station, also in the town of Cochrane but in nearby geographic Blount Township and on the Abitibi River, is served by Ontario Northland Railway Polar Bear Express passenger trains.