Royston

After lumbering began around the Magnetewan River in the early 1860's, small frontier settlements quickly sprang up to serve the burgeoning industry. Post offices were opened in small hamlets and villages, such as Magnetewan, Midlothian, Rock Hill, Starrat and Doe Lake. The Nipissing Road was surveyed and settled under the Donaldson Colonization scheme and passed through the older villages of Magnetewan and Spence effectively linking the interior lands. The Magnetewan River developed into an important navigable waterway, which expanded from Ahmic Lake to Burk's Falls, a total of around 51 kilometres (37 Miles).