Scenic High Falls On Magpie River Near Wawa, Ontario
Scenic High Falls, aka Magpie High Falls, aka Scenic High Falls on Magpie River, etc., is located just outside Wawa, Ontario. The waterfall is 75 feet high with a crest of 125 feet. The source is the Magpie River, which soon after goes over Silver Falls before emptying into Lake Superior.
There is a narrow gravel road that leads off Hwy. 17 / Trans Canada Highway and into a small park at the base of the waterfall. The park is free to visit and contains washrooms and a pavilion. A trail leads downstream from this point, through the Magpie River Gorge to Silver Falls.
Magpie River Scenic High Falls, Wawa Canada
Ontario's Magpie River cascades 23 metres (75 ft) across Canadian Shield pink granodiorite rock. Home of the Ojibwe, voyageurs visited the nearby French Fort Michipicoten fur trade post in 1723. Logs were once sent over the falls, but a dam has harnessed hydroelectric power since 1907.
Scenic High Falls, Wawa, ON.
High Falls, Wawa, Ontario
The scenic High Falls south of Wawa, Ontario. May 2017
Magpie High Falls Wawa Ontario Canada
Magpie High Falls also known as Wawa High Falls is a water fall located in Wawa Ontario Canada just along the highway 101 by 2 hours drive north from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada.
It is best for family and who wish to do picnic and or a couple who just want a nice sight seeing hiking trail or taking a break from the busy driving along the highway.
It is actually within the city of Wawa Ontario Canada
Lake Superior is known for its beautiful sight seeing spots and adventures and Road Trip people. Whether you are traveling alone in your VAN or RV or you are with taking a road trip with your family, then this small town is a nice place to drop by and explore this water fall and picnic area.
High Falls, Wawa, Ontario side view
Side view of the High Falls south of Wawa, Ontario
Magpie High Falls & Silver Falls Wawa 1988
Great Lakes Power (now Brookfield) constructed 3 power dams along the Magpie River in Wawa. This video of scenic High Falls and Silver Falls was taken in the spring of 1988 before construction began.
Scenic Magpie high falls
Spring run off at the magpie's scenic high falls at Wawa Ontario.
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Scenic High Falls dans le parc provincial Lake Superior
High Falls Мichipicoten River, Wawa, Ontario, Canada
High Falls Мichipicoten River
Wawa and Magpie High Falls.mpg
A look at Wawa in N.Ontario and the magnificent Magpie High Falls.
Trip to Wawa,Ont and High Falls Motel and Cabins 2013
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.
Scenic High Falls of the Magpie River
Waterfall in the Algoma District in Ontario , Canada
Students Visit High Falls, Michipicoten River, Wawa, Ontario CANADA
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Wawa is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Algoma District and associated with Wawa Lake. Formerly known as the township of Michipicoten, after a nearby river of that name, the township was officially renamed in 2007 for its largest and best-known community of Wawa.[3]
This area was first developed for fur trading. In the late 19th century, both gold and iron ore were found and mined, leading to the region's rise as the steel industry developed in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. From 1900-1918 the Helen Mine had the highest production of iron ore of any mine in Canada.
The township includes the smaller communities of Michipicoten and Michipicoten River, which are small port settlements on the shore of Lake Superior. These names are derived from the Ojibwe term for the river.Fur trade days[edit]
Fort Michipicoten was constructed at the mouth of the Michipicoten River. It was at the junction of the main fur trade route from Montreal westward and the route to James Bay via the Missinaibi River. The town developed five miles upriver from here.
Michipicoten, 1897
Community of Michipicoten River
French explorers reached the area by at least 1681, and militia built the post in either 1725 or 1727.[4] By 1729, it was an outpost of Fort Kaministiquia in Vérendrye's Postes du Nord. The site was on the south bank of the river, opposite the mouth of the Magpie River. When the British conquered Canada in 1763, this post was abandoned.
Four years later, it was re-opened on the same site by fur traders Alexander Henry the elder and Jean Baptiste Cadotte. The route from James Bay was explored by Edward Jarvis (1775) and Philip Turnor (1781). In 1783, it was taken over by the North West Company, based in Montreal. In 1797, the Hudson's Bay Company built a rival post on the north bank.
With the union of the two companies in 1821, the Lake Superior trade was diverted from Montreal to Hudson Bay via Michipicoten. This lasted until 1863, when the arrival of steamboats and railways made it unnecessary. From 1827, the fort was the headquarters of the Superior Division, and several annual meetings were held here. It was a centre for fishing, boat-building and small-scale manufacture and repair. It also served as a base for missionaries and surveyors. It was closed in 1904 and gradually taken apart. By 1980 the site held little more than a grassy clearing, some foundation stones, and the remains of the dock.[5][6]
Modern[edit]
Wawa's history is rich in mining, forestry, and the fur trade. Mining attempts began as early as the late 1660s.
William Teddy discovered gold on Wawa Lake in 1897. The population of Wawa village quickly grew with 1,700 claims staked in 1898. However, most gold production stopped by 1906. Beginning in 1914 with the completion of the Algoma Central Railway, gold production commenced again from 22 prospects.[7]
In 1898, the town site at what is now called the Mission was registered as Michipicoten City. In 1899, Wawa was surveyed and plotted as a town and registered as Wawa City. In the latter half of the 1950s, the town's name was temporarily changed to Jamestown in honour of Sir James Hamet Dunn, but it was later returned to Wawa at the request of the community's residents.
Gold 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, a
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