Mine Centre - Ontario Highway 11 Homepage

Mine Centre

Mine Centre is on Highway 11 in between Fort Frances and Atikokan. The regional tourist guide says that Mine Centre is “a small community…a great place to stop for a bite, get supplies, or talk to friendly locals.” I've never been to Mine Centre, and never been this far west on Highway 11. However, when you’re considered a small community in a place where every town is small, then you know Mine Centre truly must be another small Highway 11 hamlet.

Nearby, Bad Vermillion Lake is good for fishing – pike, bass, trout (supposedly “huge and tasty!” according to one site), walleye, and northern pike can all be found near Mine Centre. There is the Turtle River wilderness area for those who wish to canoe or kayak. I haven’t found many tourist listings on the internet but there seem to be a few cabin/camp operators near Mine Centre.

Keith emailed me to say that between Mine Centre and Fort Frances there is a place called Bears Passage, 7 km east of the intersection of Highway 11 and Highway 502. This area is mostly cabins and cottages but some people live year round. A nice lookout exists at the Bears Passage Bridge looking out on to Rainy River..

I have never been to Mine Centre, nor have I travelled this stretch of Highway 11. If you have, please email me to add to this page. My address is info (at) highway11 (dot) ca

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— s from thunder bay on 2008-12-01 07:15:36

mine center use to be while as the name suggests a major mining center, surrounded by dozens of old abondoned mines, alot of the prospectors who search the yukon and most noticeablely dawson thier was the mine center gold rush, the area is actually pitted with every type of imaginateable type of mineral known, including diamond ( opps thats a misprint, diamond isnt a mineral) and the village itself is spead out over a very large area, it use to be a sideing for the CNR. and a watering hole

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