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Swastika is a small community founded around a mining site in Northern Ontario , Canada , and today within the municipal boundaries of Kirkland Lake, Ontario . Swastika is a junction on the , Quebec leaves the ONR's main line from North Bay, Ontario to Moosonee . The Northlander passenger railway service between Toronto and Cochrane serves a station at Swastika, with connecting bus service to downtown Kirkland Lake. The town's other claim to fame is its association with the Mitford Family , who owned the Swastika Mine for which the town was named. In particular, Nazi sympathizer Unity Mitford 's association with the town – she was conceived there – impressed the Superstitious Nazis, to whom the Swastika was an important symbol. During World War II , the provincial government sought to change the town's name to Winston, in honour of Winston Churchill , but the town refused, insisting that the town had held the name long before the Nazis co-opted the symbol. An important figure was Christopher Macaulay , direct descendent of Thomas Babbington Macaulay , who fought to keep the name as Swastika. Swastika Public School serves local students from grades 1 through 6. EXTERNAL LINKS
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