Magpie River Scenic High Falls, Wawa Canada
Ontario's Magpie River cascades 23 metres (75 ft) across Canadian Shield pink granodiorite rock. Home of the Ojibwe, voyageurs visited the nearby French Fort Michipicoten fur trade post in 1723. Logs were once sent over the falls, but a dam has harnessed hydroelectric power since 1907.
Scenic High Falls On Magpie River Near Wawa, Ontario
Scenic High Falls, aka Magpie High Falls, aka Scenic High Falls on Magpie River, etc., is located just outside Wawa, Ontario. The waterfall is 75 feet high with a crest of 125 feet. The source is the Magpie River, which soon after goes over Silver Falls before emptying into Lake Superior.
There is a narrow gravel road that leads off Hwy. 17 / Trans Canada Highway and into a small park at the base of the waterfall. The park is free to visit and contains washrooms and a pavilion. A trail leads downstream from this point, through the Magpie River Gorge to Silver Falls.
Lake Superior Provincial Park- Agawa Bay
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WAWA ONTARIO BADLANDS
2003 FROM WHEELCHAIR NOMAD DIARY..don pugh We said goodbye to Will and Gail. I decided to take a newly opened mining road through the old sinter plant burn called the badlands west of Wawa Lake. These roads were private and the entire region had been sealed off from access. Now with the Ore Company closed, gateways had been opened. The gravel roads had been blasted through granite and at times built ten or more metres above lakes, clearly an expensive exercise designed to support multiple ore trucks. This was not your average four wheel drive and winch mining road. We drove through kilometres of land once totally devastated by acid rain and now slowly making a come back. Plant emissions had killed all the trees and rain had then stripped soil from the Precambrian rocks leaving the hilltops bare. The old railway had been closed. Now a few poplar trees and bushes were struggling back into life and grass was flourishing since the closure of the plant. After two hours of driving, I was lost and decided I had enough exploring this man made wasteland. I worried what would happen if we got stuck or broke down, concern that never bothered me in the old days. Theres no-one here at all, Richard said. If we have a problem, I cant push your wheelchair twenty kilometres back to the Highway. Things now are not like they used to be and this environment challenges even the young and hardy. It was 3.00 pm and time to drive back to Sault Ste Marie, so we retraced our route to Highway 101 and headed east on Highway 17 past Lake Superior Provincial Park and Agawa Bay. The scenery was wonderful, particularly at Old Woman Bay.«
Batchawana River Provincial Park - Non Operating Park
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YOUNG'S GENERAL STORE WAWA ONTARIO CANADA
2003
We said goodbye to Will and Gail. I decided to take a newly opened mining road through the old sinter plant burn called the badlands west of Wawa Lake. These roads were private and the entire region had been sealed off from access. Now with the Ore Company closed, gateways had been opened. The gravel roads had been blasted through granite and at times built ten or more metres above lakes, clearly an expensive exercise designed to support multiple ore trucks. This was not your average four wheel drive and winch mining road. We drove through kilometres of land once totally devastated by acid rain and now slowly making a come back. Plant emissions had killed all the trees and rain had then stripped soil from the Precambrian rocks leaving the hilltops bare. The old railway had been closed. Now a few poplar trees and bushes were struggling back into life and grass was flourishing since the closure of the plant. After two hours of driving, I was lost and decided I had enough exploring this man made wasteland. I worried what would happen if we got stuck or broke down, concern that never bothered me in the old days. “There’s no-one here at all,” Richard said. “If we have a problem, I can’t push your wheelchair twenty kilometres back to the Highway.” Things now are not like they used to be and this environment challenges even the young and hardy. It was 3.00 pm and time to drive back to Sault Ste Marie, so we retraced our route to Highway 101 and headed east on Highway 17 past Lake Superior Provincial Park and Agawa Bay. The scenery was wonderful, particularly at Old Woman Bay.
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Young's General Store Wawa Ontario
2003 We said goodbye to Will and Gail. I decided to take a newly opened mining road through the old sinter plant burn called the badlands west of Wawa Lake. These roads were private and the entire region had been sealed off from access. Now with the Ore Company closed, gateways had been opened. The gravel roads had been blasted through granite and at times built ten or more metres above lakes, clearly an expensive exercise designed to support multiple ore trucks. This was not your average four wheel drive and winch mining road. We drove through kilometres of land once totally devastated by acid rain and now slowly making a come back. Plant emissions had killed all the trees and rain had then stripped soil from the Precambrian rocks leaving the hilltops bare. The old railway had been closed. Now a few poplar trees and bushes were struggling back into life and grass was flourishing since the closure of the plant. After two hours of driving, I was lost and decided I had enough exploring this man made wasteland. I worried what would happen if we got stuck or broke down, concern that never bothered me in the old days. Theres no-one here at all, Richard said. If we have a problem, I cant push your wheelchair twenty kilometres back to the Highway. Things now are not like they used to be and this environment challenges even the young and hardy. It was 3.00 pm and time to drive back to Sault Ste Marie, so we retraced our route to Highway 101 and headed east on Highway 17 past Lake Superior Provincial Park and Agawa Bay. The scenery was wonderful, particularly at Old Woman Bay. from wheelchair nomad diary...«
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Kayak and Caribou on the Slate Islands, Canada
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The Slate Islands off the coast of Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada are home to the largest concentration of woodland caribou in Ontario. Not only is it interesting to see caribou in the wild, it's also an amazing place for sea kayaking. With high sea cliffs, hiking trails, a lighthouse and interior waterways to explore, the Slates are one of the premier destinations in Ontario to visit. We took a guided tour with Naturally Superior Adventures and here is what you can expect!
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MINING TOUGH AT EARLY HELEN MINE WAWA ONTARIO CANADA 1900S
ALGOMA-CHAPLEAU NEWS Review Life Hazardous, Rough in Early Helen Mine DON PUGH 1973 Olden days in the early Helen Mine between 1898 and 1918 were vastly different from present. The 250 to 400 miners, mostly Finns, Italians and French, freshly ar rived from Europe, and unable to speak English must have felt bewildered and shocked as they first climbed the 187 wooden steps to the Helen plateau. There they viewed the dark grey crusher, hoist house and tall wooden head-frame, surrounded by 35 quickly constructed frame buildings. Far below, in the distance ran mile after mile of billowing dark green sprue, broken by white mountains of tough granite rock and the scattered blue of nurthern lakes and Lake Superior. As the frigid November winds cut off the weekly Manitou and Caribou steamer service, the miners were isolated till Spring, working 12 hours a day, sleeping in company bunkhouses, eating meals of meat and potatoes at the company cookery and buying food and clothing at the company general store. For married men a rough log cabin hewn from the surrounding bush and heated by iron stoves provided accommodation while a small public school and a library of 500 books educated their children.
Raging Waterfalls - Wawa & Montreal River 2013
Wawa's High falls & Montreal River falls
Video of Lake Superior PP Coast kayak camping 2016
This year’s trip took us to the wild shoreline of Lake Superior Provincial Park. The 7.5 hr drive cutting through Michigan (to our car shuttle point at Naturally Superior Outfitters near Wawa ON) started out rough with a breakdown in West Branch Michigan. After a 2 hour delay we were back on our way. We planned to paddle 90% of the park coast from Coldwater Creek to Naturally Superior Outfitters near Wawa over the course of 6 days. We met Dave, the owner of NSA who was super helpful and personally drove us to the launch point. We paddled each day in the morning and set up camp in early afternoon before the wind and waves had time to pick up. We were amazed by the diversity of the coastline, pink to black to white sand beaches, to cobblestone to sharp unearthly appearing shorelines. Plenty of rivers and waterfalls too (Tillman Falls was insane). We witnessed over a dozen bald eagles, otters, loons and peregrine falcons. Most days we set up camp in our very own private bay…felt truly remote (no cell service either!). We were extremely lucky in regards to weather as the usually cold and turbulent waters were relatively calm and we enjoyed 6 straight days of sunny skies. Overall we paddled a total of 94.3 kilometers. Our final morning was our one and only truly wavy Lake Superior experience (didn't capture video), and wow, we were glad about that.
A CANOE TRIP DOWN THE EKWAN RIVER TO JAMES BAY AND ATTAWAPISKAT
1971 TRIP SHOWING HIGHLIGHTS ONTARIO CANADA, JAMES BAY POLAR BEAR PROVINCIAL PARK
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Katimavik funding discontinued Interview with Natalie Labbée April2012
In light of Katimavik funding being cancelled in the recent federal budget (2012) OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor Karina Hunter speaks with Natalie Labbee, who worked as Project Coordinator for Katimavik's Lake Superior District from 2002 to 2007 about how the program affected the communities in which she was involved (and the residents of those communities) and what will happen without the program to these small Northern Ontario towns which benefited so significantly from the volunteers who worked with Katimavik,.
Wawa and Magpie High Falls.mpg
A look at Wawa in N.Ontario and the magnificent Magpie High Falls.
Driving in Wawa, ON snowstorm
January 2010.
Wawa, Ontario, Canada.
heading to the airport
Batchawana River crossing after the spring thaw............................ Just Kidding.
Scenic High Falls of the Magpie River
Wawa, Ontario-Aug. 2013
Putting a basement in 86 McKinley Avenue Wawa Ontario circa 1957.avi
Northern Ontario miners are ingenious. In this footage, a basement is being added to 86 McKinley Avenue in Wawa, Ontario. Fred Berdusco is operating the hoist controls while Ron Berdusco supervises. The young lad supervisor is David Berdusco son of Audrey and Attilio Berdusco who lived at this residence. This appears to be in 1957 or 1958.
Voyageurs Lodge and Cookhouse