Magnetawan

The Magnetawan River runs west through lakes, rapids and forest to Georgian Bay. Its name is commonly explained as swift-flowing water, fitting a river that descends from the interior to the bay. The watershed is part of the ancestral country of the Anishinaabeg; the Shawanaga people remember their territory extending north to the Magnetawan and east towards the Ottawa valley. The river provided a route through the forest and places for hunting, fishing and trade.