Otter is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in

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Gooderham Township,

Nipissing District Nipissing District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858. The district seat is North Bay. In 2016, the population was 83,150. The land area is ; the population density was , making it o ...

Northeastern Ontario Northeastern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario, which lies north of Lake Huron and east of Lake Superior. Northeastern Ontario consists of the districts of Algoma, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timiska ...

, Canada. It was created during the construction of the

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. Originally built to develop the Lake Timiskaming and Lake Nipissing area ...

in the early 20th century. Otter is located on the railway line between the

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s of Bushnell to the north and Diver to the south. Otter Lake to the west takes its name from the dispersed rural community of Otter.

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Communities in Nipissing District {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub