Wawiag River is a river in Ontario, Canada, that is fed by Mack Creek and Greenwood Creek.
Description Wawiag River is a glacial riverNelson, J. (2009). Quetico: Near to Nature's Heart. Canada: Dundurn Press. fed by Halet Lake,58th Annual Meeting, Institute of Lake Superior Geology, Thunder Bay, Ontario, May16-20 2021, Part 2 - Field Trip Guidebook , Institute of Lake Superior Geology Burchell Lake, Mack Creek and Greenwood Creek and flows into Kawnipi Lake.
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.
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". There was an Ojibwe reserve at the river mouth, known as the Sturgeon Lake Indian Reserve 24C, created in 1877 and disestablished in 1915.
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