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Hearst is a city within the district of Cochrane, Ontario, Canada. It is positioned on the Mattawishkwia River in Northern Ontario, about 92 kilometres west of Kapuskasing, approximately 935 kilometres north of Toronto and 520 kilometres east of Thunder Bay along Highway 11. At Hearst, Highway 583 extends northward to Lac-Sainte-Therese and southward to Jogues, Coppell and Mead. The city got here into being because of the development of the National Transcontinental Railway in 1913. Established as a divisional factor, Hearst is 208 km west of Cochrane and 201 km east of the divisional factor of Grant.

There is a few historical ambiguity with the call Grant as the unique website of Hearst become also called Grant and become modified to Hearst in 1911. Hearst become named to honour William Howard Hearst, then Ontario Minister of Forests and Mines and later Premier of Ontario. It become integrated in 1922. Many settlers to the metropolis initially came from the province of Quebec. Many also came from Europe and different areas in Canada and the USA. Hearst has a long tradition of being a "lumber town". Currently the major employers include a Tembec hard and soft wood facility as well as a plywood mill operated by using Columbia Forest Products.

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