Quibell is an
unincorporated place and railway point in
Unorganized Kenora District
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in
northwestern Ontario
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It is named after William A. Quibell (1857-1917), a Police Commissioner in
Durham County, Ontario. The Quibell Dam on the
Wabigoon River lies to the east.
Quibell is on
Ontario Highway 609, which arrives from the community of
Red Lake Road on
Ontario Highway 105 at the east and heads north to Clay Lake. It is also on the
Canadian National Railway
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transcontinental main line,
between
McIntosh to the west and
Red Lake Road to the east, has a
passing track, and is passed but not served by
Via Rail
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transcontinental ''
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References
Communities in Kenora District
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