Hearst is a town in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. It is located in Northern Ontario

Northern Ontario

Northern Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron , the French River and Lake Nipissing. The region has a land area of 802,000 km2 and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it contains only about 6% of the population...

, approximately 92 kilometres (57.2 mi) west of Kapuskasing, approximately 935 kilometres (581 mi) north of Toronto and 520 kilometres (323.1 mi) east of Thunder Bay on Highway 11

Highway 11 (Ontario)

King's Highway 11 is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. At , it is the second longest highway in the province after Highway 17. Highway 11 begins at Highway 400 in Barrie, and arches through northern Ontario, around Lake Superior, to the Ontario–Minnesota border...

. At Hearst, Highway 583 extends northward to Lac-Sainte-Thérèse

Lac-Sainte-Thérèse, Ontario

Lac-Sainte-Thérèse is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario.-Location:It is located at the northern terminus of Highway 583 in the Cochrane District of Northern Ontario, approximately 15 kilometres north of Hearst....

 and southward to Jogues

Jogues, Ontario

Jogues is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the unincorporated geographic township of Way in Cochrane District. The community is located along Highway 583 and the Algoma Central Railway, a few kilometres south of Hearst This village is mainly french and there is a church...

, Coppell

Coppell, Ontario

Coppell is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the unincorporated geographic township of Lowther in Cochrane District. The community is located along Highway 583 and the Algoma Central Railway, several kilometres south of Jogues....

 and Mead

Mead, Ontario

Mead is a siding along the Algoma Central Railway in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the unincorporated geographic township of Lowther in Cochrane District. Along with a few isolated farms, the only other building at Mead is a former forestry company, which is at the southern terminus...

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The town came into being due to the construction of the National Transcontinental Railway

National Transcontinental Railway

The National Transcontinental Railway was a historic Canadian railway between Winnipeg and Moncton. Much of the line is now operated by the Canadian National Railway.-The Grand Trunk partnership:...

 in 1913.