Black River-Matheson Township

Black River-Matheson Township occupies a broad boreal corridor along the Black River in northeastern Ontario. The municipality includes the communities of Matheson, Ramore and Val Gagné, with Highway 11 providing a principal route through this sparsely settled part of Cochrane District. Spruce-and-poplar forest, wetlands and lakes mark the surrounding Canadian Shield terrain, and the Black River belongs to the Abitibi River watershed flowing north toward James Bay. Matheson is remembered for the Great Fire of 1916, which devastated several northeastern Ontario settlements. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Black River-Matheson Township relates to Ontario’s northern forests and waterways.

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