The Wawa Goose, Of Road Trips and Giant Things
May 11th 2009 03:34
Photo Credit:
Steph & Adam on Flickr.com
Road trips in Canada, and probably in the USA, always have to include pictures of the biggest things.
I don't know Steph & Adam, who took this picture, but it is quite possibly the classic Canadian giant thing picture.
Wawa is a little town in Northern Ontario (well, what Southerners call Northern), on the Trans-Canada Highway. It was notorious in the 1970s for being really hard to hitch-hike away from. If you got let off in Wawa, you might be there for a while. Or so the legend went. Wonder if it was ever true.
The Canada Goose used to be rare, if you can believe it. I remember teachers telling me about its near-extinction, and the big efforts, particularly by Jack Miner, to bring it back. Was that true? Seems hard to believe now that Canada Goose droppings are in every urban park. No matter, I still love their colouring, the way they co-operate in the air, and how cute the little goslings are.
Thanks, Steph & Adam for sharing this picture of the Wawa Goose. And thanks, Wawa, for a Canadian icon.
I don't know Steph & Adam, who took this picture, but it is quite possibly the classic Canadian giant thing picture.
Wawa is a little town in Northern Ontario (well, what Southerners call Northern), on the Trans-Canada Highway. It was notorious in the 1970s for being really hard to hitch-hike away from. If you got let off in Wawa, you might be there for a while. Or so the legend went. Wonder if it was ever true.
The Canada Goose used to be rare, if you can believe it. I remember teachers telling me about its near-extinction, and the big efforts, particularly by Jack Miner, to bring it back. Was that true? Seems hard to believe now that Canada Goose droppings are in every urban park. No matter, I still love their colouring, the way they co-operate in the air, and how cute the little goslings are.
Thanks, Steph & Adam for sharing this picture of the Wawa Goose. And thanks, Wawa, for a Canadian icon.
The Giant Canada Goose at Wawa, Ontario
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