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Hearst
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Hearst
Founded
1913
Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Hearst is a town in Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Mattawishkwia River in Northern Ontario, approximately 92 kilometres (57 mi) west of Kapuskasing, approximately 520 kilometres (320 mi) east of Thunder Bay along Highway 11. At Hearst, Highway 583 extends northward to Lac-Sainte-Thérèse and southward to Jogues, Coppell and Mead.
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History
The town was established as a divisional point of the National Transcontinental Railway in 1913, west of Cochrane and east of the divisional point of Grant. There is some indeterminacy with the name Grant as the original site of Hearst was also called Grant and was changed to Hearst in 1911. Hearst was named to honour William Howard Hearst, then Ontario Minister of Forests and Mines and later Premier of Ontario. It was incorporated in 1922. Many settlers to the town originally came from the province of Quebec. Many also came from Europe and other regions in Canada and the USA.
Geography
Hearst is located in the Cochrane District of Northern Ontario, situated along the Mattawishkwia River. The town sits at the western edge of the Great Clay Belt, a vast region of fertile land and boreal forest. It is approximately northwest of Timmins and is a major stop along Highway 11. Hearst experiences a subarctic climate (Dfc) characterized by long, frigid winters and short, warm summers. The area is known for heavy snowfall, averaging over annually.
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Geography
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Climate
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Notable people from here
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Geography & sun
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Books about Hearst
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Official Identifiers
StatCan — Statistics Canada
- SGC code
- 3556076
- Population (Wikidata)
- 5,070
- Wikidata
- Q2270394
Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • StatCan — Statistics Canada — Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012