Brent, Ontario

Brent
Settlement
Arriving by train CNR Brent, Ontario, in the 1970s
Name origin: Named for Brentwood, England
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
District	Nipissing
Part	Nipissing, Unorganized South
Elevation	315 m (1,033 ft)
Coordinates	46°01′48″N 78°28′51″W / 46.03000°N 78.48083°W / 46.03000; -78.48083Coordinates: 46°01′48″N 78°28′51″W / 46.03000°N 78.48083°W / 46.03000; -78.48083
Timezone	Eastern Time Zone (UTC-5)
- summer (DST)	Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4)
Postal code FSA	K0J
Area code	705, 249
Location of Brent in Ontario

Brent is a community on Cedar Lake on the Petawawa River in northern Algonquin Provincial Park, and is located in geographic Deacon Township in the Unorganized south part of Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.

It was originally a station and divisional point on the transcontinental main line of the Canadian Northern Railway, and was named for Brentwood, England, the home of Robert M. Horne-Payne, a director of the Canadian Northern. During the late 19th and early 20th century, a number of lumber companies operated at Brent. It later became a Canadian National Railway divisional point between the Alderdale Subdivision to the west and the CN Beachburg Subdivision to the east; the next railway points were Government Park to the west and Acanthus to the east. In 1995, Canadian National Railways decided to close the Northern Algonquin line to rail traffic, stating that operational costs were too high. As part of the closure the Brent rail yard was dismantled along with the yards' twin 125 KW generators that supplied power to Brent. Brent is too remote to be connected to the main hydro power grid so the remaining dwellings requiring power use either generator, solar or use no power at all.

The Brent village at its' peak, circa 1930, had a school house, hotel, restaurant, post office, train station, round house, coal tower, water tower, saw mill and houses to accommodate around 200 people both railway and saw mill employees.