Rice Lake, Ontario
Encyclopedia
Rice Lake is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Rice Township in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern
Ontario
, Canada
, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) east of the border with the province of Manitoba
.
Rice Lake railway station
is in the community. The station is on the Canadian National Railway
transcontinental
main line
, between the Manitoba border to the west and White
to the east, and is served by Via Rail
transcontinental Canadian trains.
Northwestern Ontario
Northwestern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior, and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. Its western boundary is the Canadian province of Manitoba, which disputed Ontario's claim to the...
Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) east of the border with the province of Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
.
Rice Lake railway station
Rice Lake railway station
Rice Lake railway station is located at the unincorporated place of Rice Lake in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. The station is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line, between the Manitoba border, just to the west, and White to the east, and is...
is in the community. The station is 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
A transcontinental railroad is a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders. Such networks can be via the tracks of either a single railroad, or over those owned or controlled by multiple railway companies...
main line
Main line (railway)
The Mainline or Main line of a railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which branch lines, yards, sidings and spurs are connected....
, between the Manitoba border to the west and White
White, Ontario
White is an unincorporated place and railway point in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.The place lies on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line, between Rice Lake to the west and Copelands Landing to the east, and is passed but not served by Via Rail...
to the east, and is 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.