Otter Rapids, also known as White Otter Rapids is an unincorporated place and dispersed rural community in geographic Pitt Township in the Unorganized North Part

Unorganized North Cochrane District

Unorganized Cochrane North Part is an unorganized area in the District of Cochrane in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It comprises all parts of the district north of Timmins and Iroquois Falls which are not part of an incorporated municipality.-Communities:...

 of Cochrane District in Northeastern

Northeastern Ontario

Northeastern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and east of Lakes Superior and Huron.Northeastern Ontario consists of the districts of Algoma, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timiskaming, Nipissing and Manitoulin; and the single-tier municipality of Greater...

 Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

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. It is located 148.9 km south of Moosonee and 120 km north of Smooth Rock Falls

Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario

Smooth Rock Falls is an incorporated town in the Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. Part of the James Bay Frontier, it calls itself "The North's Biggest Little Town."-Geography and transportation:...

.

The community is on the west side (left bank) of the Abitibi River

Abitibi River

The Abitibi River is a river in northeastern Ontario, Canada, which flows northwest from Lake Abitibi to join the Moose River which empties into James Bay. This river is long.The river was an important fur trading route for the Hudson's Bay Company...

 adjacent to the Otter Rapids Generating Station

Otter Rapids Generating Station

Otter Rapids Generating Station is a dam and hydroelectric power plant located in geographic Pitt Township in the Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. Owned by Ontario Power Generation, this 182 MW station is part of the Northeast Plant Group...

, downstream of the Abitibi Canyon Generating Station

Abitibi Canyon Generating Station

Abitibi Canyon Generating Station is a hydroelectric power plant located 80 km north of Smooth Rock Falls, within Pitt Township in Northern Unorganized Cochrane District, in Ontario, Canada. This facility is the fifth downstream hydroelectric plant of six on the Abitibi River. Designed by...

 and community of Abitibi Canyon

Abitibi Canyon, Ontario

Abitibi Canyon is a community on the Abitibi River in northeastern Ontario, Canada. Abitibi Canyon is in Northern Unorganized Cochrane District, in Cochrane District, and lies northeast of Fraserdale, Ontario.-History:...

, and upstream of Coral Rapids.

Transportation

The Ontario Northland Railway

Ontario Northland Railway

The Ontario Northland Railway is a Canadian railway operated by the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, a provincial Crown agency of the government of Ontario....

 runs through this community. Otter Rapids is also accessible by a gravel road that connects via Abitibi Canyon to Ontario Highway 634

Ontario Highway 634

Secondary Highway 634, also known as Highway 634, is a remote highway that travels through Northern Ontario from its southern terminus at Highway 11 in Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario to the Abitibi Canyon Generating Station at the community of Abitibi Canyon, Ontario.It is the second highway in...

 at Fraserdale

Fraserdale, Ontario

Fraserdale is a small community and rail siding in Unorganized Cochrane, North Part in Cochrane District, Northern Ontario, Canada. It is located north of Timmins along the Ontario Northland Railway...

, and by an airstrip suitable for small aircraft.