Machin is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Kenora District west of Dryden.

The township, named after Harold A.C. Machin,[2] consists of 2 non-contiguous areas on the north shore of Eagle Lake.

By that time, the Canadian Pacific Railway was built through the area and the settlement grew where the railroad crosses the namesake Eagle River.

In the 1890s, Eagle River was an important coal and water supply station for the railroad, while shipping out wood and fur.

The community lost later its importance as a railroad hub, and in 1968 and 1969, railway docks were removed and its train station was demolished in 1973.