| Agawa River | |
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| Name origin: "sacred place" in Ojibwe | |
| Country | Canada |
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| Province | Ontario |
| District | Algoma |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Little Agawa River, Eleven Mile Creek, Blackspruce Creek, Weichel Creek, Parch Creek, Regan River, Sane Creek |
| Source | Agawa Lake |
| - elevation | 435 m (1,427 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| Mouth | Lake Superior |
| - location | Agawa Bay |
| - elevation | 180 m (591 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
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Location of the mouth of the Agawa River in Ontario.
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The Agawa River is a river in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada which empties into Agawa Bay on Lake Superior at the community of Agawa Bay, south of Wawa, Ontario.
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The Agawa Rock pictographs are located on a rock face extending into Lake Superior in Agawa Bay. Some paintings are at least 1500 years old, while others may only date back to the 1800s. "Agawa" means "sacred place" in the Ojibwe language.
The scenery of this region inspired a number of paintings by the Group of Seven.
The Algoma Central Railway runs an excursion train which leaves Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and travels through the Agawa Canyon. Agawa Bay and the lower parts of the river are located in Lake Superior Provincial Park.[1]