Holiday Cycling Adventures

An adventure to explore all the beautiful places in the world by bicycle.

2010 - Wawa


Visited on 22 July 2010. © 2010
Wawa is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Algoma District. Formerly known as the township of Michipicoten, the township was officially renamed for its largest and best-known community in 2009.
The community is known for its 28-foot-tall metal statue of a Canada goose, which was built in 1960, and dedicated to the community in 1961. Wawa takes its name from the Ojibwe word for "wild goose", wewe. Wawa was defined as wild goose in the Songs of Hiawatha. On July 5, 2010, Canada Post made a commemorative stamp of the Wawa Goose as part of its Roadside Attractions collection.
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Last updated 31-05-2011 by Jan Dirk van 't Wout (jan.dirk.van.het.wout@ict.nl).