Ruel, Ontario

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Ruel
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Ruel
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 47°15′40″N81°28′11″W / 47.26111°N 81.46972°W / 47.26111; -81.46972 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Sudbury
Part Sudbury, Unorganized, North
Established1912 (1912)
Elevation
[2]
412 m (1,352 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code
P0M
Area code(s) 705,249

Ruel is an unincorporated community in geographic Blewett Township [3] in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. [1] The community is on the Opikinimika River, part of the James Bay drainage basin, just over the height of land between the latter basin and the Great Lakes Basin.

Ruel station is on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line and was named for Gerard Ruel, Assistant Solicitor for the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR). It has a passing siding, and is served by Via Rail Canadian trains. The next community eastbound is Lapalmes, but the next served community is Felix one more community further east; the next community westbound is Stupart, but the next served community is Westree one more community further west.

Preceding station VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail Following station
Westree
toward Vancouver
The Canadian Felix
toward Toronto

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ruel". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-05-20. (community)
  2. ↑ Elevation taken from Google Earth at geographical coordinates, accessed 2014-05-20.
  3. ↑ "Blewett" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2014-05-20.

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