Rainy River District, Ontario Genealogy

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Parent Count
Established in 1885, Rainy River District was separated from Thunder Bay District in 1914.

Boundary Change
A dispute between Ontario and Manitoba was resolved in 1884 by the Privy Council of Britain, when it upheld an arbitration decision made in 1878.

Record Loss
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Cemeteries

 * CanadaGenWeb Cemetery Project - Rainy River


 * Ontario Genealogical Society Cemetery Transcriptions: Rainy River District

Census

 * Links to Rainy River District Census Records

Land

 * Association for the Preservation of Ontario Land Registry Office Documents (APOLROD)

Local Histories

 * 100 years, 100 stories - The History of the Rainy River District


 * Google Maps - [Rainy River]

Museums

 * Atikokan Centennial Museum - Burns, Atikokan, Ontario P0T 1C0 Telephone: (807) 597-6585
 * Emo Women's Institute - Highway 11, Emo, Ontario P0W 1E0 Telephone: (807) 482-2007 (open May to September)
 * Fort Frances Museum (Government Museum) - 259 Scott Street, Fort Frances, Ontario P9A 1G8 Telephone: (807) 274-7891; Curator: Pamela Hawley
 * Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung - Stratton, Ontario P0W 1N0 Telephone: (807) 483-1163

Newspapers

 * The Atikokan Progress
 * The Fort Frances Times
 * The Rainy River Record

Libraries

 * Atikokan Public Library
 * Emo Public Library
 * Fort Frances Public Library
 * Rainy River Library

Web Sites
Family History Library Catalog


 * Parish Registers
 * Indexes to the 1901 census of the northwestern Ontario districts of Thunder Bay, Rainy River, Kenora