Terrace Bay Township: Highway 17 at Hydro Road North, Looking West
Rutherglen combines the quiet scale of a rural settlement with the function of a highway junction in a way that reflects its geographic position in Ontario’s Nipissing District. The community is part of Bonfield Township and stands on Highway 17, Ontario’s section of the Trans-Canada Highway, linking the province’s northeast with the North Bay area. Its setting belongs to the Canadian Shield, where wooded ground, open roadside lots and scattered development mark a sparsely settled interior. Lake Nosbonsing lies southwest of the community, on the boundary area shared by Bonfield and East Ferris. Rather than an urban centre, Rutherglen is defined by through traffic, small roadside services and the extensive forest country around it.
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Built around a pulp-and-paper mill on Lake Superior’s northern shore, Terrace Bay Township grew into a small industrial community in northwestern Ontario. The Aguasabon River passes through the area on its way to Lake Superior, while Aguasabon Falls and Gorge are among its best-known local landmarks. Developed as a planned company town after the Second World War, Terrace Bay remains closely linked to its forest-products industry. It also lies on the Lake Superior Circle Tour, a long-distance driving route around the world’s largest freshwater lake by surface area. Browse additional webcams from the Lake Superior shore to extend your view of northwestern Ontario.
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