Raith, Ontario

Dispersed rural communityunincorporated area in Ontario, Canada

48°49′19″N 89°55′09″W / 48.82194°N 89.91917°W / 48.82194; -89.91917^[1]CountryCanadaProvinceOntarioDistrictThunder BayGeographic townshipGoldingElevation

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488 m (1,601 ft)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)Postal Code

P0T

Area code807

Raith is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated area in geographic Golding Township in the Unorganized Part of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.^[1]

Geography

The community lies at the watershed divide between the Great Lakes Basin/Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and the Hudson Bay drainage basin, a fact highlighted by an Ontario Heritage Trust Blue Plaque.^[3]^[4] The Oskondaga River, on the Great Lakes basin side of the divide, begins at Raith.

Transportation

The community is Ontario Highway 17, at this point part of the Trans-Canada Highway, between Upsala to the northwest and Shabaqua Corners to the south. There are also two railway lines: the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental main line, in operation; and the Canadian National Railway Graham Subdivision main line, originally built as part of the National Transcontinental Railway, now abandoned.

References

^ ^a ^b "Raith". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
^ Taken from Google Earth at geographic coordinates, accessed 2014-09-02.
^ "The Arctic Watershed". Ontario's Historical Plaques. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
^ "Arctic Watershed, The". Online Plaque Guide. Ontario Heritage Trust. Retrieved 2014-09-02.

Other map sources:

Map 13 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #2 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved September 2, 2014.