Haweater is a designation given to a person born on Manitoulin Island , Ontario . The name derives from the prevalence of hawberries among the island's vegetation. Originally it was reported that early settlers got their vitamin C intake by eating hawberries, and thus avoided scurvy .
18-676: A person who has lived on Manitoulin Island, but was not born there, may be considered an honorary haweater. An annual cultural festival in Little Current is known as Haweater Weekend and takes place on the August Civic Holiday weekend. As well as concerts, sports, and recreational events, this festival is marked by the distribution of Haweater dollars, a community currency , and the production and sale of hawberry-flavoured products such as ice cream and jam . A Haweater
36-442: A general store still in business today. The lumbering trade was foremost in the region at the time and saw mills were established at nearby Low Island, now a park in the community. Settlers cleared the land for farming. Today the local economy continues to include farming and lumbering but tourism is a main aspect. Being a safe haven from the ravages of Lake Huron, the community may be found on Canadian Hydrographic Chart #2205. It
54-610: A small portion of the track still exists, which connects the Domtar pulp and paper mill in Espanola to the CPR line using the junction at McKerrow; this stretch of track is the only surviving remnant of the AER. In April 2018, Ontario Northland announced that it would begin bus service on Manitoulin Island, with buses stopping at Little Current upon arrival from Sudbury before travelling around
72-582: Is Little Current, located on the northeast side of Manitoulin Island . However, its territory also includes most of the small islands surrounding Manitoulin, even those at the far western end of Manitoulin. The town was created on January 1, 1998, by amalgamating the Town of Little Current with the Township of Howland and the unorganized small islands in Lake Huron . It is the administrative headquarters of
90-662: Is a small island in the Canadian province of Ontario , located in the town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands in the Manitoulin District . Highway 6 passes through the island, crossing from Manitoulin Island via the Little Current Swing Bridge . Built in 1913 as a railway bridge, it has carried road traffic since 1946. At the other end of the island, a fixed bridge carries
108-562: Is also a 1 dollar commemorative coin minted for the island from 1969 to at least 2001. The coins depict various events and locations on the island. This Ontario -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Little Current, Ontario Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands is a municipality with town status in Manitoulin District in Northeastern Ontario , Canada, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Espanola . Its main town
126-546: Is well marked from the east by Strawberry Island Lighthouse and from the west by a series of navigational markers. The only land access to Manitoulin is the Little Current Swing Bridge , located on Highway 6 , crossing the North Channel of Lake Huron to the mainland, where the highway continues northward to Espanola . In summer the swing bridge opens to marine traffic on the hour for 15 minutes from sunrise to sunset, delaying road traffic. Historically, Little Current
144-538: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands had a population of 2,641 living in 1,205 of its 1,903 total private dwellings, a change of -2.6% from its 2016 population of 2,712 . With a land area of 489.19 km (188.88 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.4/km (14.0/sq mi) in 2021. Goat Island (Ontario) 45°59′03″N 81°54′48″W / 45.9842°N 81.913397°W / 45.9842; -81.913397 Goat Island
162-635: The Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nations band government . Little Current is the largest community within the town, as well as its administrative centre. Formerly an independent town, Little Current was named variously by different groups for the swift strong currents of water running between the narrow passageway which connects the North Channel and Georgian Bay . Past names for the community included Waebijewung, Le Petit Courant and Shaftesbury. The town also includes
180-534: The 1974 Preakness and Belmont Stakes and was voted that year's United States Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt . The town has two radio stations, CFRM and CHAW . Some radio stations from Sudbury can also be heard in the area, as can Elliot Lake 's CKNR . The town's primary community newspaper is the weekly Manitoulin Expositor , which is the oldest still-extant newspaper in Northern Ontario. In
198-569: The first weekend of August, and include a fireworks display, a video dance, street vendors, and a parade. The prominent American sportsman John W. Galbreath (1897-1988), owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball club as well as the Darby Dan Farm thoroughbred horse racing operation, owned a summer retreat here and named one of his horses after the village. Little Current won
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#1732783445217216-414: The highway to Great La Cloche Island . The only other road on the island, Goat Island Road, is a service road that circles around the west end of the island. Goat Island Road has cul de sac that ends on the northwest corner of the island and separate by a narrow section of the North Channel from the a dirt trail leading off from Highway 6 on Great La Cloche Island. The former Highway 6 cross was cut off after
234-419: The island using a circular route. The new route also includes Sheguiandah. This new route marked the first time the island had seen bus service in decades. Manitoulin Island service ended in 2019. The climate is characterized by warm, humid summers (sometimes rainy/cooler) and snowy, rigorous winters. The cold season does not have many differences with other North American places of the same parallel. However,
252-526: The island, but passenger operations along the spur ended in 1963, and the line became an infrequently-used "ghost railway". Over the following decades, the CPR gradually removed sections of the track: in the 1980s, the section connecting Goat Island to Manitoulin Island across the Little Current Swing Bridge (which was converted to service road traffic only), and in the 1990s, the section connecting Espanola to Goat Island. Currently only
270-512: The obvious differing factor is that all weather is dictated by Lake Huron . As such, the lake generates microclimates similar to coastal cities, thousands of miles away; one example is Asahikawa , on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido . Each year the town hosts " Haweater Weekend," a weeklong celebration which takes its name from the Haweaters, the name given to one who is born on Manitoulin Island. The main celebrations take place on
288-434: The roadway was re-aligned to the east end of the island in 1998. The only community located on the island is Turner . A small tank farm is used by E. B. Eddy to store chemicals for their Espanola, Ontario plant and Goat Island Range is a golf driving range is the only business of the island. There are two transformer stations found off Goat Island Road and Highway 6. This Northern Ontario geographical article
306-515: The smaller communities of Cold Springs, Dinner Point Depot, Eads Bush, Green Bay, Honora, Rockville, and Sheguiandah. In the late 19th century lake vessels stopped here to take on wood for fuel. A settlement developed, with George Abotossaway, an Anishinaabe man, selling fuel to the steamers. The westbound passengers on board the vessels were usually from Upper Canada . One group included the Turner family which disembarked and, being merchants, set up
324-640: Was the western terminus of the Algoma Eastern Railway before the AER's acquisition by the Canadian Pacific Railway . After acquisition, the portion from McKerrow to Little Current was designated as the Little Current subdivision of the CPR, and became a spur of its Sault Ste. Marie line. Passenger rail ridership through Espanola and Little Current continued for some time due to the relatively difficult road access to
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