Mattawa is a town in northeastern Ontario, Canada at the confluence of the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers in Nipissing District. The first Europeans to pass through this area were Étienne Brûlé and Samuel de Champlain.
Mattawa, Ontario
Train at the Mattawa station, 1892.
2006 view from downtown Mattawa with Highway 533 and the Mattawa River.
Downtown Mattawa
The Mattawa River is a river in central Ontario, Canada. It flows east from Trout Lake east of North Bay and enters the Ottawa River at the town of Mattawa. Counting from the head of Trout Lake, it is 76 kilometres (47 mi) long. The river's name comes from the Algonquin word for "meeting of waterways".
Pimisi Bay on the Mattawa River
The Mattawa River just downstream of the Talon Chute
Porte de l'Enfer or Hell's Gate