Quibell | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Northwestern Ontario |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Kenora |
Subdivision Type4: | Part |
Subdivision Name4: | Kenora, Unorganized |
Pushpin Map: | Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Quibell in Ontario |
Coordinates: | 49.9589°N -93.425°W |
Elevation M: | 349 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | Central Time Zone |
Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Timezone1 Dst: | Central Time Zone |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code FSA |
Postal Code: | P0X |
Area Code: | 807 |
Quibell is an unincorporated place and railway point in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is named after William A. Quibell (1857-1917), a Police Commissioner in Durham County, Ontario. The Quibell Dam on the Wabigoon River lies 1.7km (01.1miles) 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 transcontinental main line,[2] 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 transcontinental Canadian trains.