AGAWA BAY ONTARIO THE CANADIAN CARVER AND INDIAN CRAFTS

2003 FROM WHEELCHAIR NOMAD DIARY... At 1.00 pm we set out on the two hundred kilometre drive to Wawa, along Highway 17 west, one of the most scenic Highways in Ontario. This Highway, broadened and improved since the 1970s, and first opened in 1964, clings to Lake Superior, climbing hill and cliff after hill to give sweeping vistas of Superior, northern lakes, conifers, large rocks cuts and grey Pre-Cambrian Shield. There are two stopping points, the Agawa Indian Store in Agawa Bay and Youngs General Store in Wawa. Owners of the Indian store scour the continent each winter for genuine Indian handicrafts including Apache and Navaho rugs and Heidi woodcarvings. The Canadian wood carver next door offers a wide range of woodcarvings. I like the fresh smoked Lake Superior Lake Trout best and Richard purchased three fish and six Canadian beers. After leaving Agawa, we passed our first wild moose. Joe had told me that the spring moose hunt had been cancelled and numbers of wild moose and bear had increased dramatically.«
DON PUGH

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• LAKE
• SUPERIOR
• HIGHWAY
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