Haweater

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rdf:langString Haweater is a designation given to a person born on Manitoulin Island, Ontario. The name derives from the prevalence of hawberries among the island's vegetation. Originally it was reported that early settlers got their vitamin C intake by eating hawberries, and thus avoided scurvy. A person who has lived on Manitoulin Island, but was not born there, may be considered an honorary haweater. Originally, a haweater was a settler who come to Manitoulin Island in the early days, and settled here. They ate hawberries to help with scurvy, thus indigenous gave them the name Haweater. Later, that definition was changed by Haweaters to those non-indigenous born on Manitoulin Island. While some view this term as racist or elitist, Haweaters adore the term for themselves as it gives them a title that offers ownership of the island, and by extension, supposed control over those moving to Manitoulin Island.