Raith, Ontario

Raith
dispersed rural community unincorporated area
Raith Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 48°49′19″N 89°55′09″W / 48.82194°N 89.91917°WCoordinates: 48°49′19″N 89°55′09″W / 48.82194°N 89.91917°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Thunder Bay
Geographic township	Golding
Elevation[2]	488 m (1,601 ft)
Time zone	Eastern Time Zone (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4)
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]

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 a 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

1. "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.

Other map sources:

• Map 13 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
• Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #2 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2014-09-02.