Rural Routes Ontario - Municipality of Wawa (Single Tier Algoma)

44 Broadway Ave.
Wawa, Ontario
P0S 1K0

Ontario Tourism Region : Northcentral Ontario

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Pop. 3,690. In McMurray T., Algoma Dist., on the Magpie R. and Hwy 101, 1 km E of Hwy 17 and 10 km inland from L. Superior, 225 km N of Sault Ste. Marie.
The name is Ojibwa for 'wild goose,' and when the first post office opened in 1899, was spelled Wa-Wa.
The first post office closed in 1908. In 1898, William Teddy and his First Nations Peoples wife discovered gold on the shore of Wawa L., starting one of the biggest gold rushes in Ontario history.
In 1933 the post office reopened as Wawa.
In 1951 the name was changed to Jamestown to honour Sir James Dunn, a New Brunswick native who became one of North America's greatest industrialists and, in 1935, chair and president of Algoma Steel Corp. of Sault Ste. Marie.
Dunn died in 1956, and in 1960 the community name was changed back to Wawa.

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Off the beaten track:	Waubaushene, 0km Forest Harbour, 2km Sturgeon Beach, 3km Sturgeon Bay, 3km Fesserton, 3km Caswell's Beach, 3km Robin's Point, 4km Port Severn, 6km Sunset Beach, Penetanguishene area, 5km Melduf, 5km Victoria Harbour, 5km Victoria Park, 7km Vasey, 10km Lovering, 8km Paradise Point, 8km Port McNicoll, 8km Maceys Bay, 10km	Mordolphin, 9km Riverside, Penetanguishene area, 10km Evans Corner, 9km McMillan, 9km Elliotts Corners, 9km Medonte, 9km Grandview Beach, 9km Triple Bay Park, 10km Ebenezer, Penetanguishene area, 11km Old Fort, 10km Mount Stephen, 10km South Bay, Honey Harbour area, 14km Martyrs Shrine, 11km Big Chute, 15km Wolverine Beach, 13km Elimere Point, 11km Ogden's Beach, 11km	Eady, 13km Tiffin, 12km Mount St. Louis, 17km Foxmead, 13km Fair Valley, 15km Buckskin, 15km Waverley, 15km Orr Lake, Barrie area, 17km Mertz's Corner, 14km Wood Landing, 17km Severn Falls, 16km Cedar Nook, 18km Carley, 17km Midland Point, 13km Martinville, 20km Crooked Bay, 19km
Nearby Lakes:	Cranberry Lake, 6km Little Lake, 7km Barron's Lake, 9km Otter Lake, 8km MacLean Lake, 9km Gloucester Pool, 10km Burrows Lake, 10km Horseshoe Lake, 12km Mountain Lake, 13km Tea Lake, 14km Baxter Lake, 15km A-frame Lake, 15km Buckskin Lakes, 14km Six Mile Lake, 17km Mud Lake, 12km Coombs Lake, 13km Buck Lake, 18km	Orr Lake, 18km Niepage Lake, 17km Dumbell Lake, 15km Rumbles Mill Pond, 19km Little Lake, 14km Boot Lake, 19km Cain Lake, 19km Stuart Lake, 19km Lone Lake, 20km Mosquito Lake, 19km McDonald Lake, 20km Tank Lake, 18km Bearshead Lake, 19km McCrae Lake, 20km Turtle Lake, 16km Shaw Lake, 20km Fairy Lake, 19km	St. Andrews Lake, 16km Goblin Lake, 20km Hart Lake, 20km L Lake, 19km Lower Boleau Lake, 20km Narrow Lake, 21km Gibson Lake, 24km Upper Boleau Lake, 20km Brotherson's Lake, 22km Bear Lake, 24km Lalonde Lake, 24km Long Lake, 18km Indian Pond, 23km Woodland Lake, 21km Rat Lake, 20km Turtle Lake, 23km

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