Rainy River District is a district

District

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 and census division

Census division

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 in Northwestern Ontario

Northwestern Ontario

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 in the Canadian province of Ontario

Ontario

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. It was created in 1885. It is the only division in Ontario that lies completely in the Central time zone. Its seat is Fort Frances

Fort Frances, Ontario

Fort Frances is a town in, and the seat of, Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The population as of the 2006 census was 8,103 and Fort Frances' population peaked in 1971 at 9,947...

. It is known for its fishing and its location on the USA border opposite International Falls, Minnesota

International Falls, Minnesota

International Falls is a city in and the county seat of Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 6,424 at the 2010 census....

 and Baudette, Minnesota

Baudette, Minnesota

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,104 people, 490 households, and 271 families residing in the city. The population density was 334.1 people per square mile . There were 540 housing units at an average density of 163.4 per square mile...

.

In 2006, the population was 21,564. The land area is 15,472.94 km² (5,974.1 mi²); the population density was 1.4 people/km² (3.6 people/mi²).

Municipalities

• Town of Fort Frances
• Town of Rainy River
  Rainy River, Ontario
  The Canadian town of Rainy River is situated on the Ontario-Minnesota border, along the Rainy River opposite Baudette, Minnesota, USA, and southeast of the Lake of the Woods...
  
  
• Township of Alberton
  Alberton, Ontario
  The Township of Alberton is a community in the Rainy River District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is made up of the two geographic townships Crozier and Roddick...
  
  
• Township of Atikokan
• Township of Chapple
  Chapple, Ontario
  Chapple is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Rainy River District. The main communities in the township are Barwick, located along Ontario Highway 11 and Black Hawk, located along Secondary Highway 600.-History:...
  
  
• Township of Dawson
  Dawson, Ontario
  Dawson is a township located in Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The township is located at the mouth of the Rainy River where it flows into Lake of the Woods....
  
  
• Township of Emo
  Emo, Ontario
  Population trend:* Population in 2006: 1305* Population in 2001: 1331* Population in 1996: 1366* Population in 1991: 1275-Emo Walleye Classic:The Emo Walleye Classic is a two-day catch and release fishing tournament held annually in Emo, during the final week of May each year...
  
  
• Township of La Vallee
  La Vallee, Ontario
  La Vallee is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Rainy River District. It stretches for along the north side of the Rainy River, with a depth of , and consists of the geographic townships of Devlin, Burriss and Woodyatt...
  
  
• Township of Lake of the Woods
  Lake of the Woods, Ontario
  Lake of the Woods is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Rainy River District. The township is located on the eponymous Lake of the Woods, consisting of mainland in the south-east part of the lake, the southern shores of Aulneau Peninsula, along with several islands...
  
  
• Township of Morley
  Morley, Ontario
  Morley is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Rainy River District. The township had a population of 492 in the Canada 2006 Census...
  
  

First Nations reserves

• Agency 1
  Agency 1, Ontario
  Agency 1 is a First Nations reserve in the Canadian province of Ontario in the northwest. , the population is 0. The Indian Reserve is shared among four First Nations: Couchiching First Nation, Naicatchewenin First Nation, Nicickousemenecaning First Nation and Stanjikoming First Nation.-External...
  
  
• Big Grassy River 35G
• Big Island Mainland 93
• Couchiching 16A
  Couchiching First Nation
  The Couchiching First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation in the Canadian province of Ontario, who live on the Couchiching 16A and Agency 1 reserves in the Rainy River District near Fort Frances....
  
  
• Long Sault 12
• Manitou Rapids 11
• Neguaguon Lake 25D
  Lac La Croix First Nation
  Lac La Croix First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation located in Rainy River District in northwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Ontario-Minnesota border. It is approximately 200 km northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario...
  
  
• Rainy Lake
  Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation
  Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation, formerly known as the Nicickousemenecaning First Nation and as the Red Gut First Nation, is a Saulteaux First Nation located on the banks of Rainy Lake of the Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada...
  
  
• Sabaskong Bay 35C
• Saug-a-Gaw-Sing 1
• Seine River
  Seine River First Nation
  Seine River First Nation is an Ojibwe nation located roughly 300 km west of Thunder Bay, Ontario....
  
  

See also

• List of Ontario Census Divisions
• Quetico Provincial Park
  Quetico Provincial Park
  Quetico Provincial Park is a large wilderness park in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, renowned for its excellent canoeing and fishing. This park shares its southern border with Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, which is part of the larger Superior National Forest...
  
  
• Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board