Warren, Ontario

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Warren is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is in the town of Markstay-Warren.

Located approximately halfway between the cities of Greater Sudbury and North Bay, Warren and other surrounding communities (Verner, St. Charles) owe their existence to the Canadian Pacific Railway. Most settlers were French-Canadian Roman Catholics who came by rail from the province of Québec. At the turn of the 20th century, lumber and agriculture were the main economic activities of the town.

Shortly after the completion of the transcontinental line of the CPR in 1885, a station and community was established at Veuve City, taking its name from the French translation of Widow River that flows through this area. In 1890, the Warren family of Toronto established a sawmill, slightly east of Veuve City, operating under the name Imperial Lumber Company. A standard gauge logging railroad was also constructed to bring logs to the mill.