Haweater is a designation given to a person born on Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
Originally it was reported that early settlers got their vitamin C intake by eating hawberries, and thus avoided scurvy.
[1] A person who has lived on Manitoulin Island, but was not born there, may be considered an honorary haweater.
[2] As well as concerts, sports, and recreational events, this festival is marked by the distribution of Haweater dollars, a community currency, and the production and sale of hawberry-flavoured products such as ice cream and jam.
A Haweater is also a one dollar commemorative coin minted for the island from 1969 to at least 2001.