Rafter Lake
47.8183° N, 84.793° W
Rafter Lake, Ontario. 47.8183° N, 84.793° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/on/rafter-lake-near-michipicoten-river/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- Fisheries Management Zones, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Rafter Lake covers 0.58 km², Ontario. It lies 13 km south of Michipicoten River.
- Area
- 0.58 km²
- Shoreline
- 5.8 km
- Elevation
- 275 m
Today on the water
3.7 °C
Observed at Wawa, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
| Time | 4 a.m. | 7 a.m. | 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 1 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | NW 10 | NW 10 | N 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | S 10 | var. 5 | var. 5 |
| Temp. °C | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low plus 3.
Weather: Wawa (local forecast), as of 3:01 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:18 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:49 a.m.
- Sunset
- 7:02 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:33 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:41 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:20 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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