Youngs General Store in Wonderful Wawa, Ontario - The Ultimate Northern Ontario Road Trip
Skunk hats and fishing lure may seem par for the course for a general store off a country highway, but the now 45-years-young Young’s General Store in Wawa, Ontario is anything but typical. It may not be signed-off on yet, but if you ask us, their pickle fudge (yes, pickle) should be the official dish of Algoma. Of course we tried it. #ultimatenorthernontarioroadtrip
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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Young's General Store Wawa, Ontario
WAWA ONTARIO CANADA 2003
HIGHWAY 17, LAKE SUPERIOR
Wawa, Ontario is a community in Northern Ontario, Canada, located in Michipicoten Township in the Algoma District. The community is known for its 28-foot-tall metal statue of a Canada goose, built in 1963. Wawa takes its name from the Ojibwe word for wild goose, wewe.
The community is located on Highway 101, just a few kilometres east of the junction with Highway 17. Sault Ste. Marie is located approximately 220 km south. Lake Superior Provincial Park is located just south of Wawa.
Wawa's history is rich in mining, forestry and the fur trade. Although mining attempts began as early as the late 1660's, it wasn't until 1897, gold was discovered on nearby Wawa Lake which led to a rush to the area. The population grew from a handful of people to approximately a thousand people.
In 1898 the town site at the Mission was registered as Michipicoten City. In 1899 Wawa was surveyed and plotted into a town and registered as Wawa City.
Production had slowed by 1906 but as mining technology improved, additional amounts began to be extracted from the area. Gold mining in the Wawa area prospered and receded several times in the 20th century and continues today.
Iron ore extraction has also been an important industry in the area. The community was served by the Algoma Central Railway.
The search for the elusive precious yellow stone during the Michipicoten gold boom led to the unexpected discovery of iron ore in 1897. Rock samples made their way into the hands of Francis Hector Clergue, an American entrepreneur who at once recognized the ore for its potential in the form of a steel company in the industrial future of Sault Ste. Marie.
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We are Bill and DeAnna, full-time RVers. We have crossed the Canadian border and started our adventure toward Alaska. Come with us. This week we are staying in a Harvest Host near Muskoka Lake. In the description box: find a link to join Harvest Host for 15% off. We will also make a stop at Mississagi Provincial Park on Semiwitte Lake. The lake is beautiful, but take plenty of bug spray. We also visit Wawa, ON where we visit two beautiful waterfalls and enjoy their famous Youngs’s General Store.
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Wawa: Ontario, Canada
A friendly small town in Northern Ontario, situated conveniently on the Trans Canada Highway between Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay. Wawa took its name from Ojibwe word for wild goose', wewe. That is why they have giant geese all over town. They are also famous for snowmobiling and sport fishing.
Wawa Ontario Canada THE BADLANDS
2003 FROM WHEELCHAIR NOMASD DIARY..
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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GOLD TOWN GHOST TOWN PARKHILL MINE WAWA ONTARIO CANADA 1974
CC Cracked cement foundations, grey tailings and tangled bush give little indication today of the existence of the prosperous little boom village of Goldpark. Located only three miles from Wawa on the Surluga Road, next to the lucrative Parkhill Mine, the Communitys 250 miners between 1929 and 1944 produced 54,301 ounces of gold valued at $1,691,000 ...
AGAWA BAY ONTARIO THE CANADIAN CARVER AND INDIAN CRAFTS
2003 FROM WHEELCHAIR NOMAD DIARY... At 1.00 pm we set out on the two hundred kilometre drive to Wawa, along Highway 17 west, one of the most scenic Highways in Ontario. This Highway, broadened and improved since the 1970s, and first opened in 1964, clings to Lake Superior, climbing hill and cliff after hill to give sweeping vistas of Superior, northern lakes, conifers, large rocks cuts and grey Pre-Cambrian Shield. There are two stopping points, the Agawa Indian Store in Agawa Bay and Youngs General Store in Wawa. Owners of the Indian store scour the continent each winter for genuine Indian handicrafts including Apache and Navaho rugs and Heidi woodcarvings. The Canadian wood carver next door offers a wide range of woodcarvings. I like the fresh smoked Lake Superior Lake Trout best and Richard purchased three fish and six Canadian beers. After leaving Agawa, we passed our first wild moose. Joe had told me that the spring moose hunt had been cancelled and numbers of wild moose and bear had increased dramatically.«
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