Welcome to Otter Rapids ...
Although we found mention of Otter Rapids during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Otter Rapids was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Otter Rapids to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Otter Rapids, please Contact Us.
A typical abbreviation for Otter Rapids: Otter Rpds.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Otter Rapids might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).
Area Codes for Otter Rapids: 705, 249 & 683<2>
Communities Also Named Otter Rapids ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Otter Rapids - it's located in Ontario.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Otter Rapids.
Communities near Otter Rapids ...
We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Otter Rapids.
- Foxville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxville
- Relay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Relay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relay
- Ranoke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranoke came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranoke
- Abitibi Canyon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fraserdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fraserdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraserdale
- Smoky Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Onakawana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Onakawana came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onakawana
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Otter Rapids and then turned east". While Otter Rapids could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Otter Rapids as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Otter Rapids could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 705 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 249 or 683. New phone numbers in the Otter Rapids area will be assigned with one of these codes: 705, 249 or 683. As a result, placing a call in the Otter Rapids area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <3> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |