Marathon (Ontario) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Marathon (Ontario)
Marathon's resource economy was built on wood pulp. In 2009, the Marathon Pulp Mill was shut down indefinitely shutdown, eliminating hundreds of jobs from the region. Starting in the mid-1980s Marathon's economy expanded to include gold mining. As long ago as 500 BC the area was inhabited by Ojibway First Nations (Indigenous) people who lived along the Pic River. Their descendents still live in the area. Marathon was born as a railway community named Peninsula, due to its location on a peninsula on Lake Superior. The pulp mill was constructed between 1944 and 1946, the population rose to 2,500, and the town's name was changed, first to Everest - after D.C. Everest, president of Marathon Corporation of Wisconsin, owners of the pulp mill in the town - then, later that year, to Marathon, in h
Top Attractions in Marathon (Ontario)
Explore the best things to see and do in Marathon (Ontario):
- ★Marathon Community Cenotaph
- ★Marathon & District Historical Society and Museum
- ★Neys Provincial Park
- ★Pebble Beach
- ★Penn Lake Park
- ★Pic River First Nation Powwow
- ★Pukaskwa National Park
Where to Eat in Marathon (Ontario)
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Oar House Family Restaurant
- 🍴Rumours Coffee House & Deli
- 🍴Station 4 On The North Shore
- 🍴Wok with Chow Chinese
Where to Stay in Marathon (Ontario)
- 🏨Airport Motor Inn Marathon
- 🏨Lakeview Manor B&B
- 🏨Marathon Harbour Inn
- 🏨Marathon Travelodge by Wyndham
- 🏨Penn Lake Park
- 🏨Zero-100 Motor Inn
Marathon (Ontario) Travel Guide Sections
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