The Ojibwa called the area Baawitigong, which roughly translates as place of the rapids, and was used as a central gathering spot during the region’s whitefish season on the St. Mary’s River which has rolling rapids and feeds the city that now stands there.
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GRAN’S CANADA HIGHWAY – EPISODE 5: THE SOO by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Family, life, Opinion, Serialized Book with tags Algoma Railway, American, Angelina Napolitano, Canadian Motor Hotel, Etienne Brule, Highway 17, Knight's Inn, Lake Superior, Marathon, Montreal River, Ojibwa, RCAF, road trip, Sault Ste. Marie, Soo locks, Terry Fox, Thunder Bay, Trans-Canada Highway, Wawa, Wawa Goose, World War 2 on July 27, 2020 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – MY SUMMER HOLIDAY 1975: PART 2
Posted in Opinion with tags Atikokan, Bob Segarini, Cree, DBAWIS. Canadian Music Thunder Bay, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dryden, Fort William, goose, Holiday Inn, Husky the Muskie, Hwy 17, Ignace, Jaimie Vernon, Kakabeka Falls, Kenora, Marathon, Moose, Ojibwe, Ontario, Port Arthur, railroad, Sioux, Terry Fox, Trans-Canada Highway, Wawa on June 13, 2015 by segarini
We continue this week with the second part to my vacation with my Grandma Vernon to celebrate the 40th anniversary of my awakening as a world traveler. We begin with a western push out of Sault Ste. Marie toward Thunder Bay, Ontario and BEYOND!
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