Raisin River (Ontario)

Raisin River
Annual canoe race on the Raisin River
Location of the mouth of the Raisin River in Ontario
Etymology	From the French word raisin (grape)
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Eastern Ontario
County	United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Municipalities	South Glengarry South Stormont
Physical characteristics
Source	Field
• location	Newington, South Stormont
• coordinates	45°06′55″N 75°02′34″W / 45.11528°N 75.04278°W / 45.11528; -75.04278
• elevation	96 m (315 ft)
Mouth	Lake Saint Francis
• location	Lancaster, South Glengarry
• coordinates	45°07′35″N 74°29′31″W / 45.12639°N 74.49194°W / 45.12639; -74.49194
• elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Basin size	57.982 km2 (22.387 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	5.09 m3/s (180 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River system	Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
Tributaries
• left	North Raisin River
• right	South Raisin River

The Raisin River is a river in South Stormont and South Glengarry, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry in eastern Ontario, Canada, with the watershed encompassing portions of North Stormont, North Glengarry and the city of Cornwall as well. It empties into Lake Saint Francis on the Saint Lawrence River near the community of Lancaster.

The river's name is an anglicised form of the earlier French settler name "la rivière aux Raisins", which referred to the wild grapes (raisins in French) that can still be found growing along the shores of the river.^[1]