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Our Famous Canada Goose - Municipality of Wawa All Candidates Night – Tuesday, October 2nd HomeWell-nighWawa Wawa Ontario Our Famous Canada Goose Wawa’s Energy Plan Education Health & Medical Municipal Airport Public Library Transit Services Waste Management Town Hall 2018 Municipal Elections Third Party Advertising Elections FAQ Who Can Vote Voters Look-Up Casting Your Ballet Electronically Candidates Municipal Council School Board Accessibility Accessible Customer Service Policy Corporate Services By-Laws Municipal Clerk Vital Statistics Cemetery Municipal Emergency Plan Emergency Management Public Education Emergency Kits 20 Weeks to Preparedness Employment Opportunities Finance Services Financial Documents Lottery Licensing Online Payments Pre-Authorized Payments Property Taxes Forms & Applications Freedom of Information Land Use Planning Building Permits Business Improvement Area Committee of AdjustmentPolityImprovement Official Plan Zoning By-Law Mayor & Council Agendas, Minutes & Bylaws Closed MeetingsPolityStrategic Plan Council Meetings Boards & Committees Municipal Calendar Municipal Reports Public Notices Town Talk ServicesPolityServices Facilities Preschool Programs Children & Youth Programs Adult & Senior ProgramsPolityListing Recognition AwardsPolityEvents Public Library Services & Fees Audio Children’s Programs Contact Library Emergency Services Citizen Self Reporting Emergency Medical Services Volunteer Fire Department Police Services Business NITGC / GIS Tourism Outdoor Adventure Hiking and Walking Canoeing and Kayaking Fishing and Hunting ATV’ing Motorcycle Touring Golfing Winter Activities Snowmobiling Ice Fishing Cross Country Skiing Nature and Relaxation Beaches Waterfalls Parks Live Webcams Contact Our Famous Canada GooseHomeAbout WawaWawa OntarioOur Famous Canada Goose Our Famous Canada Goose Visit the Most Photographed Landmark in North America – Our Famous Goose Monument YES! It’s the largest of its kind in Canada and one of the most photographed landmarks in North America. Why is this huge monument of a Canada Goose standing poised over the junction of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 101? Well, way when in 1960, the last link of the Trans-Canada Highway was finally completed linking Wawa to Sault Ste. Marie and Western Canada. The folks in Wawa fought long and nonflexible to see the road completed and although they were glad to see it reach their front doors, local businessmen were a bit disappointed that the highway unquestionably by-passed the downtown cadre of the community. So one of Wawa’s local entrepreneurs of the day, Mr. Al Turcott, a very creative and ingenious man, felt that Wawa needed something that would stop highway travelers and invite them to come into town. You can imagine the reaction of some of the townsfolk to his idea of a huge statue of a Canada Goose made of plaster. Well, the fact is that this has wilt Wawa’s “Claim to Fame” and our famous goose has welcomed millions of visitors. The original plaster sculpture did not stand up to local weather and in 1963, a new monument was synthetic with steel which was increasingly representative of Wawa and its large iron ore mine. With Wawa meaning “Wild Goose or Land of the Big Goose” in Ojibway, it makes perfect sense to have a goose welcoming visitors at the archway of town. So make sure you stop and take a “gander” at our famous goose during your visit. You can’t miss it at the junction of Highway 17 and 101, right next door to our trappy Tourist Information Centre with the red roof! Wawa’s Famous Goose Is Forced into Early Retirement. During the past 7-9 years, the Goose monument has been showing significant signs of deterioration. In 2006 several parts of one wing came off and were temporarily repaired. In 2008, the Municipality received funding through FedNor to well-constructed several repairs to the monument that would help to stabilize it for up to five years. Two engineers reports since that time have been published and reported that the level of deterioration of the steel continues to be significant and the monument must be replaced within the next two years. Because of the way the monument was synthetic as “one piece” as opposed to a skeleton with skin on top, repairs to the monument are very limited. All possible repairs have been completed to modernize the monument and stabilize it to the greatest extent possible.Well-nighWawaWell-nighWawa Wawa Ontario Our Famous Canada Goose Wawa's Energy Plan Welcome to WAWA, a small friendly Northern Ontario polity situated conveniently on the Trans Canada Highway between Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay in Ontario Canada. We’re often remembered for our famous Wawa Goose Monument…a giant 4 ton statue of the Canadian Goose which proudly stands at the archway to our community. In fact, it’s reported to be the most photographed landmark in North America. News No Overnight Parking increasingly Municipal Garbage Collection increasingly Minds in Motion Fashion Show increasingly LinksWell-nighWawa Town Hall Services Business Tourism Contact Sign Up Signup to receive notifications well-nigh all the things you can wits in trappy Wawa Ontario Email address: Leave this field empty if you're human: © Copyright 2017 Municipality of Wawa / Web Services by NITGC