Wawa is Ojibwa for this wild bird & the town of Wawa, Ontario, a migration stop, boasts a giant statue of one
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Free Flashcards about CANADA - StudyStack  ONTARIO IN THIS STATE WAS NAMED BY CANADIAN SETTLERS AROUND ..... WAWA IS OJIBWA FOR THIS WILD BIRD AND THE TOWN OF WAWA, ONTARIO, A MIGRATION STOP, BOASTS A GIANT STATUE OF ONE, CANADA GOOSE.
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Wawa Goose  Wawa, Canada | Atlas Obscura  Discover Wawa Goose in Wawa, Canada: This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years. ... of creating a giant Canadian goose statue to call to travelers the first Wawa Goose was erected. ... stands as one of the major roadside attractions in Ontario, it could use a bird bath.
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Iconic Wawa Goose statue slated for shiny new replacement ...  Sep 16, 2016 ... Town council will decide between steel, stainless steel or brass for the ... Chris Wray, CAO of Wawa, said the current Wawa Goose statue has ... That specific bird was chosen for the landmark because Wawa is the Ojibwe word for Goose. It's historical for a number of reasons, one of those reasons is it's...
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Our Famous Canada Goose | Municipality of Wawa  It's the largest of its kind in Canada and one of the most photographed landmarks in North America. ... that would stop highway travelers and invite them to come into town. ... townsfolk to his idea of a huge statue of a Canada Goose made of plaster. ... With Wawa meaning Wild Goose or Land of the Big Goose in Ojibway,...
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RIDE BLOG - PARC: Promoting Awareness of RSD and CRPS in ...  At 9 AM the RIDE departs from the Marathon, Ontario town sign(see photo below).. DAY 1: The ride ... At one point there was a downpour with hail and high winds. Luckily I was able to ... Wawa is named after the Ojibway word for wild goose. ... We stopped 2 hours for breaks and lunch over our 11 hours on the road. I was in...
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Wood Buffalo National Park - Wikipedia  Wood Buffalo National Park, located in northeastern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories ... The park was established in 1922 to protect the world's largest herd of free roaming ... It is one of two known nesting sites of whooping cranes. ... of Canada designated Wood Buffalo National Park as Canada's newest and the...
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Wildflowers and Bird Watching - Green Valley Lake  If you're like most people, you'll want to know what the names are of these mysterious flowers. ... The purpose of this page is to help you pinpoint the wildflowers that are .... For example, that large, noisy blue bird with the black Mohawk haircut is of ... completely un-feathered and helpless; hence the term naked as a jay bird.
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Free Flashcards about CANADA - StudyStack  IN 1917 & 1918 ONTARIO'S BILLY BISHOP CLAIMED 72 AERIAL ... EDMONTOSAURUS, DISCOVERED IN THIS CANADIAN PROVINCE IN 1917, WAS ALMOST DEFENSELESS AND WAS PREYED UPON BY THE T-REX, ALBERTA.
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Top 50 American Roadside Attractions | Paul Bunyan, Bemidji ...  As the mythical hero of lumberjack camps nationwide, many Paul Bunyan statues ... Paul Bunyan and Babe the Big Blue Ox, Bemidji, Minnesota. ..... The statue stands 31 feet tall and weighs 3,700 pounds, not including his ax and pike ..... Maine Man, Maine Life, Maine Usa, Park Bangor, Bangor Maine, 31 Feet, Feet High...
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Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose will remain in Oregon museum | Fox ...  Jul 22, 2015 ... Howard Hughes' legendary Spruce Goose, a gigantic wooden airplane whose fate was mired in financial dispute, will permanently remain in...
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endangered species | BirdNote  The Nene is the only state bird that is also an endangered species. ... The Long-billed Curlew is North America's largest shorebird, seen here in its breeding...
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Robins Spotted in the Kankakee Valley | WKVI Information Center  Feb 4, 2011 ... It's also the state bird of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. ... the Red Red Robin comes Bob Bob Bobbin' along', and 'Rockin' Robin'..
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Wood Buffalo Archives - Friends of the Wild Whoopers  Nov 20, 2014 ... Wood Buffalo's Whooping Crane Aerial Survey ... Since the discovery of nesting Whooping Cranes in Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP), the Canadian Wildlife Service ... looking marshes likely to contain breeding Whooping Cranes. ... Wood Buffalo nesting area in an attempt to locate the whoopers and...
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Canada Goose, Life History, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of ...  Thousands of honkers migrate north and south each year, filling the sky ... Other Names ... The giant Canada Goose, Branta canadensis maxima, bred from central ... These can include at least two broods, and sometimes five or more, that...
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Common raven - National Bird Project - Canadian Geographic  Vote for Common raven in Canada's National Bird Project. ... A thirsty crow found a pitcher of water, but the water was too far below the rim for his ..... It is the official bird of the Yukon and of the city of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. ..... And finally, although there is the American poet, Edgar Allan Poe's wonderful poem The...
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Nav view search - West Michigan Flora & Fauna  It is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin. ..... songs featuring this bird include "When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)",...
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Bronisaw Malinowski, Argonauts of the Western Pacific :: Wolne ...  Bronisaw MalinowskiArgonauts of the Western PacificAn Account of Native ..... from Ethnographic material, covering the whole extent of the tribal culture of one ...... us the native as a distorted, childish caricature of a human being are gone. ...... it necessary for the purpose of this study to cut out of the western branch of the...
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Symbiotic Relationships of the Bird World | Nile Crocodile, Teeth ...  See more about Nile Crocodile, Teeth and Crocodile. ... Cleaning ... Lapwing or Senegal Wattled Plover (Vanellus senegallus) is a large lapwing, a group of ..... also known as the Yellow-breasted Babbler, is a species of Old World ... Animals  Amphibians  Reptiles  Snails  Turtles ...... I believe this is a photo shop picture.
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Mackinac County MI Genealogy & History - Genealogy Trails  The Island's name  Its etymology  Its sacredness in the Indian's ... The Island's celebrity as a place of resort  Early-day visitors Rooks of description .... the word  the great turtle, or the great spirits  can in a manner be combined. .... was admiringly called by the Chippewas" Peoaci," or "the Bird;" while the name of...
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Kitschy Kitchi Gami: Big Stuff by the Big Lake - Lake Superior ...  Mar 20, 2015 ... The walleye bursting through the Beaver House is a Grand Marais landmark. ... named Winnipeg was bought by a soldier and transported to London's zoo, ... Bears at Roberta Bondar Pavilion, Sault Ste. Marie. Paul L. Hayden...
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Jeopary Questions page 1583 - MIDDLE NAMES - TriviaBistro.com  THOSE WACKY CANADIANS: This man from Alliston, Ontario went with the best ... I'd say this man's "ornithological biography", written from 1831 to 1839, is for the birds ... 10-LETTER WORDS: Here's the drill--a sapsucker is one of these birds.