Quibell is an unincorporated place and railway point in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern

Northwestern Ontario

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 Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is named after William A. Quibell (1857-1917), a Police Commissioner in Durham County, Ontario

Durham County, Ontario

Durham County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was named from the English County and city.Durham County was created in 1792. It was composed of the townships of Cartwright, Manvers, Cavan, Darlington, Clarke and Hope, and portions of what is now Peterborough County,...

. The Quibell Dam on the Wabigoon River

Wabigoon River

The Wabigoon River is a river in Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It flows from Raleigh Lake past Dryden, Ontario on Wabigoon Lake to join the English River...

 lies 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) to the east.

Quibell is on Ontario Highway 609, which arrives from the community of Red Lake Road

Red Lake Road, Ontario

Red Lake Road is an unincorporated place and community in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is named for the road, today's Ontario Highway 105, that runs from the community of Vermilion Bay in the south to the town of Red Lake in the north...

 on Ontario Highway 105 at the east and heads north to Clay Lake. It is also on the Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway

The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....

 transcontinental

Transcontinental railroad

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 main line

Main line (railway)

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, between McIntosh

McIntosh, Kenora District, Ontario

McIntosh is an unincorporated place on Canyon Lake on the Canyon River in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It lies on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line, between Canyon to the west and Quibell to the east, and is passed but not served by Via Rail...

 to the west and Red Lake Road

Red Lake Road, Ontario

Red Lake Road is an unincorporated place and community in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is named for the road, today's Ontario Highway 105, that runs from the community of Vermilion Bay in the south to the town of Red Lake in the north...

 to the east, has a passing track

Passing loop

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, and is passed but not served by Via Rail

VIA Rail

Via Rail Canada is an independent crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. It is headquartered near Montreal Central Station at 3 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec....

 transcontinental Canadian trains.