Hewitson River
The Hewitson River is a short river in Thunder Bay District, northwestern Ontario, Canada. When the Canadian Pacific Railway was being constructed along the north shore of Lake Superior 1882–1885, the river was known as Maggot River.Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rossport.
Rossport
Village
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rossport is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in the Unorganized part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on the north shore of Lake Superior in geographic Lahontan Township, and is on Ontario Highway 17. Rossport is situated 8 km west of Hewitson River.
Hewitson River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Hewitson River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hewitson River”
- Dutch: “Hewitson River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Hewitson”
- Swedish: “Hewitson River”
- Welsh: “Afon Hewitson”
- “Hewitson”
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