Rainy River is a town in north-western Ontario, Canada, southeast of Lake of the Woods.

[2] Highway 11 is named Atwood Avenue through Rainy River, although the town and the City of Toronto both maintain commemorative markers at each end.

Their mill and related developments were located about 2 km from the current town center.

The only method of transport at the time was by steamship so parts of the bridge were shipped and arrived addressed to "Rainy River".

On the southern, US side of the river, the villages of Baudette and Spooner were destroyed in the fire.

Most survivors from the US-side survived because residents from Rainy River backed a train of box cars across the bridge and pulled the people north to safety.

In the 1960s the Rainy River Boat company operated here, and in the 1970s Arctic Cat Apparel manufactured related clothing.