Raith, Ontario

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Raith
dispersed rural community
unincorporated area
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Raith
Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°49′19″N89°55′09″W / 48.82194°N 89.91917°W / 48.82194; -89.91917 Coordinates: 48°49′19″N89°55′09″W / 48.82194°N 89.91917°W / 48.82194; -89.91917 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
District Thunder Bay
Geographic townshipGolding
Elevation
[2]
488 m (1,601 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal Code
P0T
Area code(s) 807

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]

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Raith". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-09-02.
  2. Taken from Google Earth at geographic coordinates, accessed 2014-09-02.
  3. "The Arctic Watershed". Ontario's Historical Plaques. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
  4. "Arctic Watershed, The". Online Plaque Guide. Ontario Heritage Trust . Retrieved 2014-09-02.

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