Wawa To Thunder Bay

Travel Day

• Wawa, ON to Thunder Bay, ON via ON-17

Shortly after leaving Wawa, we began to see signs for White River, ON., birthplace of the bear which inspired A. A. Milne to write the Winnie the Pooh stories. In essence, White River is the birthplace of Winnie the Pooh.

White River celebrates this bit of literary history with a wonderful Winnie the Pooh park as well as an annual Winnie the Pooh festival. We decided to head in.

The Winnie the Pooh statue at the park.

On leaving White River, we headed for Thunder Bay. It's pretty much a full day drive from Wawa to Thunder Bay, all of 6 hours or more, depending on stops.

There is a fair bit of mining in this part of Ontario. This is the Barrick Gold mine.

Putting in a highway pretty much anywhere in the mountains means cutting roads into the hillsides. This is the going up side of the hill.

This is the going down side of the hill, with Lake Superior at the bottom of the hill.

As you approach Thunder Bay, you can visit the Terry Fox Memorial and lookout. We decided to stop.

The Terry Fox story.

A look down the pathway towards the Terry Fox statue.

Terry Fox.

A look from the scenic lookout over Lake Superior towards Thunder Bay. Those are cargo ships out there. The shipping season started about a month ago but I am guessing these ones are stuck in the ice.

The Current River in Thunder Bay. As you can see, where the water is running the river is ice free.

Thunder Bay is a busy grain port. Here is just one of the grain terminals.