Wawa

Known for its excellent fishing adventures and surrounding bodies of water, Wawa is a picturesque town where lovers of nature visit year after year to see it for themselves. Tucked in Northern Ontario, in the Michipicoten township, Wawa offers more than year-round fishing; Sandy Beach, the Agawa Rock Pictographs, Lake Superior and the Lake Superior Provincial Park and more are also close by. Of note is the Wawa Goose, a 28-foot steel statue built in 1963. The name of the town comes from the Ojibwa word ‘wewe,’ meaning wild goose — making the statue especially appropriate!

Wawa is known for some of the best fly-in fishing in the country. Drop your line for walleyes in the deep waters from late August to late September, or try in shallower waters earlier in the summer. Northern pike are readily found from summer until the end of the fall season. The later you come, the deeper waters you’ll have to venture to. For early anglers, May and June feature cooler waters and trout, who call the shoreline of Wawa lakes home.

Whitefish and the Hidden Lake are two of the more popular destinations. At the latter, northern pike, trout, smallmouths and more all call the waters home. In Missinaibi Provincial Park to the north, drop your line in its many lakes for larger fish including walleye, perch and northern pike. Dog Lake also provides ample opportunity, with jumbo perch, walleye, trout and more all calling that lake home. For those in search of a trophy, Big Pine Lake houses brook and lake trout, along with northern pike, smallmouth bass and walleye. Other surrounding lakes with these same species — though of the non-trophy variety — include Ivanhoe, Windermere and Kabenung Lakes.