| Peterbell | |
| Settlement Type: | Dispersed rural community |
| Etymology: | Named for Peter Bell, Hudson's Bay Company employee |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ontario |
| Coordinates: | 48.6008°N -83.3453°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Algoma |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 317 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Eastern Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | Eastern Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code FSA |
| Postal Code: | P0M |
Peterbell is an unincorporated place and dispersed rural community in geographic Coderre Township,[3] in the Unorganized North part of Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line between the railway points of Argolis to the west and Dunrankin to the east, has a passing track, and is passed but not served by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian trains. The place is on the Missinaibi River, a tributary of the Moose River. It is named for Peter Bell, who was in charge of the Hudson's Bay Company Superior District from 1866 to 1895.[4]
Peterbell is part of a section of what was originally the Canadian Northern Railway that was under construction from 1912 to 1913.
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