Fort Frances Yard

Fort Frances Yard is in Koochiching, Minnesota. Fort Frances Yard is situated nearby to Fort Frances Cemetery, as well as near Legion Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Frances railway station and Fort Saint Pierre.

Fort Frances railway station

Building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fort Frances railway station is a building, which is situated 1,800 feet east of Fort Frances Yard.

Fort Saint Pierre

Historic site

Photo: Colin Old, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Saint Pierre on Rainy Lake was the first French fort built west of Lake Superior. It was the first of eight forts built during the elder Vérendrye's expansion of trade and exploration westward from the Great Lakes. Fort Saint Pierre is situated 2½ miles east of Fort Frances Yard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Frances and International Falls.

Fort Frances

Photo: Colin Old, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Frances is a town of 7,700 people in Northern Ontario. Fort Frances is a popular fishing destination. It hosts the annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship.

International Falls

Photo: Andrew Filer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

International Falls is a city in Minnesota. The city is nicknamed "Frostbite Falls" or "Icebox of the Nation". According to Forbes magazine, it is the coldest city in the Lower 48 United States.

Ranier

Village

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ranier rə-NEER) is a city in Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 569 at the 2020 census. Ranier is located east of the city of International Falls, along State Highway 11. Ranier is situated 3 miles east of Fort Frances Yard.

Fort Frances Yard

Type: Railway
Category: transportation
Location: Koochiching, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

48.61366° or 48° 36′ 49″ north

Longitude

-93.4116° or 93° 24′ 42″ west

Operator

Canadian National Railway

Open location code

86W8JH7Q+F9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1308507342

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=railway

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