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Municipality in Ontario, Canada
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Wawa (pop. 2,700) is a former mining town on a sparsely-populated section of the Trans-Canada Highway in Northern Ontario.
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2.7 tons and 8.5 m tall, the new bronze goose replaced the 4-ton steel goose with the same height constructed 1963, which itself replaced a plaster model placed at the highway crossroads when the last section of Trans-Canada Highway was completed in Ontario in 1960.
Park with free WiFi and boardwalk along Wawa Lake.
Public hiking trail between Sudbury and Thunder Bay, through Scenic High Falls and Silver Falls, two parks overlooking the Magpie River gorge. Scenic High Falls offers a picnic pavilion, toilets and an interpretive trail from the bottom to the top of the Falls.
Nine holes, practice green and driving range, cart and clubs rental, lessons, discounts for local motel clients. Club house +1 705-856-2590, pro shop +1 705-856-7409.
Naturally Superior Adventures and Rock Island Lodge B&B is located on Lake Superior about 8 km from Wawa. They outfit and lead guided trips on Lake Superior and her headwaters by sea kayak, tandem and Voyageur canoe, stand up paddleboard (SUP) and by foot. They offer paddle Canada and BCU sea kayak/canoe certified training, rentals and area shuttles. They also have a lodge, with 4 guest rooms, each with an en suite bath. All of their rooms are no farther than 50 m to the water's edge. They operate bed and breakfast-style with additional meals available. Rates for the lodge are $98 - 120. Email address for the lodge: info@rockislandlodge.ca. Checkin: 3 PM; checkout: 11 AM. Do-it-yourself info for those who are not staying at the lodge here.
This nature reserve features a short walking trail with streams, small waterfalls, and numerous places where the water flows have cut round "potholes" into the surrounding bedrock. Vault toilets and picnic tables are provided. Accessible year round but not maintained in winter—the access road is not plowed and the toilets are locked.
Situated roughly halfway between Wawa and White River, Obatanga once hosted a 132-site campground, but was shut down and placed in "non-operating" status by funding cuts in 2013. While overnight camping is not permitted, day use access is still allowed. Hiking and canoeing are the key draws here; the park is stocked with mature Jack Pine, and is the starting point for the demanding canoe route down the Dog (University) River.
February Family Day weekend (weekend before the third Monday in February).
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Seafood, Chinese, Trinidadian, European.
Diner.
Features a 27-foot tall fieldstone fireplace. Steak, chicken, ribs; also sandwiches, wraps, and hot breakfast.
Burgers, pasta, salad bar, local pickerel.
Eclectic mix of Halal, Indian, and diner cuisine: burgers, shawarma, and chana masala, along with omelettes and huevos rancheros for breakfast. Good options for vegetarians.
Motel in town centre, hunting and fishing cabins 13 km outside of town for outdoors enthusiasts, outfitter's packages. Pet-friendly room available (+$20).
Restaurant with Indian and European cooking, free wi-fi. Riverside Lounge, indoor dry sauna and billiard room, rooms and cottages overlooking the Old Michipicoten River.
Store and fuel station rebuilt after a 1979 fire. Quirky tourist attraction with bait shop, souvenirs, an oversized Henrietta the Moose, big barrel of pickles, freshly packed fudge and summer sausage.
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Wawa is recognized as a notorious hitchhiker's trap - easy to get to, but impossible to leave. Enter at your own risk.
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