Wawiag River

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Wawiag River is a river in Ontario, Canada, that is fed by Mack Creek and Greenwood Creek.

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Description

Wawiag River is a glacial river [1] fed by Halet Lake, [2] : 146  Burchell Lake, Mack Creek and Greenwood Creek and flows into Kawnipi Lake. [1]

Wildlife

Wildlife on the river includes moose, cougars, wolverines, mooneye, whitefish, walleye, kingbirds, tree swallows, white-winged crossbills, rose-breasted grosbeaks, evening grosbeaks, Cape May warblers, great grey owls and hawk owls. Wild rice grows in the river, and edible berries grow around it. [1]

History and nomenclature

Indigenous peoples have lived around the river's mouth for generations, partly due to the location being a good hunting grounds for caribou. In 1890 the river was known in Ojibwe as Kahwawiagamak River (Gaa-waawiyaagamaag-ziibi), meaning "the round lake's river". [1] There was an 5,948 acres (2,407 ha) [3] Ojibwe reserve at the river mouth, known as the Sturgeon Lake Indian Reserve 24C, created in 1877 and disestablished in 1915. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Nelson, J. (2009). Quetico: Near to Nature's Heart. Canada: Dundurn Press.
  2. ↑ 58th Annual Meeting, Institute of Lake Superior Geology, Thunder Bay, Ontario, May16-20 2021, Part 2 - Field Trip Guidebook Archived 2022-01-22 at the Wayback Machine , Institute of Lake Superior Geology
  3. ↑ Stadfeld, Bruce (1993). "Aboriginal Resource Use in Canada: Historical and Legal Aspects, Edited by Kerry Abel and Jean Friesen, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1991, vii + 343 pp" . Canadian Journal of Law and Society. 8 (1): 263–267. doi:10.1017/s0829320100003069. ISSN   0829-3201. S2CID   147038400. Archived from the original on 2023-07-03. Retrieved 2023-07-02.

48°25′06″N91°07′07″W / 48.4183°N 91.1186°W / 48.4183; -91.1186

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