Raith | |
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dispersed rural community unincorporated area | |
Coordinates: 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 | 488 m (1,601 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern Time Zone) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone) |
Postal Code | |
Area code | 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]
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.
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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