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.
