Ontario
Huron County
Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh

McGaw

McGaw is a ghost town in the municipality of in , south of Carlow, , Canada. A small railway town on the outskirts of , McGaw sat on the now-defunct Guelph and Goderich Railway.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: ghost town in Ontario, Canada
  • Also known as: “McGaw, Ontario”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Goderich.

Photo: Whpq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town of 7,700 people in , by the shore of Lake Huron. It is a service centre for the surrounding agricultural communities, and has one of the oldest salt mines in Ontario, dating to 1866. Also a beach community.

McGaw

Latitude
43.74844° or 43° 44′ 54″ north
Longitude
-81.62962° or 81° 37′ 47″ west
Elevation
270 metres (886 feet)
Open location code
86MWP9XC+95
Open­Street­Map ID
node 497578927
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
6069551
Wiki­data ID
Q6801214
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