Wawa, Ontario

The name Wawa came from "wawagonk," an Ojibway name for a local lake, meaning "place of clear water." Wawa is said to have then been mistranslated to wild goose instead of "wewe," meaning "snow goose."

Wawa is in fact on a major migratory flyway from southeastern North America to Hudson's Bay and the Arctic. Each spring and fall, the familiar V-shaped flocks of Canada geese return to their traditional feeding grounds.

Wawa has Canada geese symbols everywhere:

Neon ones all along the main drive


On a restaurant


Marking local stores


And a big huge one, as you enter Wawa from the Trans Canada Highway. This monument was dedicated to commemorate the opening of the last link of the Trans-Canada Highway, as it was finally completed in 1960, linking Wawa to Sault Ste. Marie and Western Canada.


Nickie became startled by this large goose and made a run for the border. (She came back after I explained to her that she will not be in Mexico if she does this.)


A nice view of the aforementioned Trans Canada Highway, and Lake Superior to the left