Ruel is an unincorporated community in

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Blewett Township in the Unorganized North Part of

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. The community is on the Opikinimika River, part of the

James Bay James Bay (french: Baie James; cr, ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, Wînipekw, dirty water) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean, of which James Bay is the southernmost par ...

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, just over the

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between the latter basin and the

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Ruel railway station Ruel railway station is located in the community of Ruel, Ontario, Canada. This station is currently in use by Via Rail. Transcontinental ''Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This co ...

is on the

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and was named for Gerard Ruel, Assistant Solicitor for the Canadian Northern Railway ( CNoR). It has a

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, and is served by

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''Canadian'' trains. The next community eastbound is Lapalmes, but the next served community is

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(served by

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) one more community further east; the next community westbound is Stupart, but the next served community is Westree (served by

Westree railway station Westree is an unincorporated community in the Unorganized, North Part of Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located at the end of the spur Ontario Highway 560A and lies on the north shore of Duchabani Lake about northwest ...

) one more community further west.

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