WAWA'S ATTRACTIONS

HISTORIC YOUNG'S GENERAL STORE
Step back in time and capture a northern memory by visiting this unique gift and souvenir store with its antique displays. Get your picture taken with a moose or fish for a pickle in the barrel.

INUKSHUK (display next to Young's General Store)
These massive stone figures are built in the image of humans. In the Arctic, the Inushuk are signposts marking the easiest and fastest way for those who follow. They stand as eternal symbols of the importance of friendship.

BADLANDS
Wawa's "Treeless Zone" is a unique window for viewing the ice-age landscape of the normally forested Canadian Shield. The Magpie River flows along the western edge of the area and has eroded a staircase of terraces with a total vertical relief of 60 metres. This is a fabulous blueberry picking area in the month of August. The road meanders through the badlands and then follows an abandoned railway past an open pit mining area that was operational in the 1960s. Beyond the open pit, the road ends behind Wawa Lake, where it connects to Hwy.101, leading back to the community of Wawa.