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Rib Lake, Ontario

Coordinates: 47°11′19″N 79°42′57″W / 47.18861°N 79.71583°W / 47.18861; -79.71583
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Rib Lake
Rib Lake is located in Ontario
Rib Lake
Rib Lake
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 47°11′19″N 79°42′57″W / 47.18861°N 79.71583°W / 47.18861; -79.71583[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
DistrictNipissing
Geographic TownshipGillies Limit
Elevation318 m (1,043 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)

Rib Lake is an unincorporated place and railway point in the town of Latchford, Timiskaming District, Northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in geographic Gillies Limit Township and is located on the west shore of Rib Lake along the Ontario Northland Railway.[3][4] Rib Lake was the location of a train station in the 1940s.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rib Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  2. ^ Elevation at coordinates taken from Google Maps. Accessed 2017-12-13.
  3. ^ "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  4. ^ "Gillies Limit (South)" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  5. ^ Surtees, Robert J. (1992). The Northern Connection: Ontario Northland Since 1902. Captus Press Incorporated. p. 204. ISBN 0-921801-83-1.