Leatherdale Landing Ontario Map

About Leatherdale Landing, Ontario

Leatherdale Landing is a locality in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a town. Leatherdale Landing is located at 48.5386°N, 92.5679°W.

Leatherdale Landing sits low and expectant against the dark, shifting expanse of Rainy Lake, where the Falls River draws a silver line through the dense northern timber. It lies 61.3 km east of Fort Frances, ON (from Fort Frances, ON: bearing 97°T), and is situated 22.7 km south-south-west of Seine River Village. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of damp cedar and the cold, mineral breath of deep water that seems to exhale slowly as the sun dips below the horizon. Granite shoulders of rock press against the shoreline, smoothed by ages of glacial retreat and the persistent, insistent push of the current. In the hush of late afternoon, the light turns a bruised, metallic gold, catching the surface of the Falls River until the water looks less like a flow and more like a sheet of hammered lead cooling in the transition toward night. History at Leatherdale Landing lingers in the remnants of timber drives and the quiet, persistent work of those who have long navigated these waterways. The local economy persists in a lean, functional dialogue with the environment, prioritizing the extraction and transit of resources that have defined this borderland for generations. While the Shoal Lake Wilderness Area remains a distant, untamed horizon about 18 km away, the immediate surroundings reflect a more utilitarian grace, marked by the weathered docks and the steady, resonant hum of boats moving toward Kettle Falls, located about 7 km from the landing. Life at Leatherdale Landing follows the pulse of the seasons, demanding a practical resilience from its people, who find their own stillness in the vast, shadowed periphery of the forest.

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Explore Leatherdale Landing, Ontario, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 48.53858, -92.56789. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Leatherdale Landing includes the postal code (P9A), telephone area code (226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Leatherdale Landing is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.