Agawa Rock Pictographs

Submitted by elyssa.dukes on Sun, 09/01/2019 - 14:28
Subregion
13b
Main Contact Name
Lake Superior Provincial Park
Trip Advisor Quality
Good
Facebook Quality
Good
Facebook Reviews
N/A
Digital Health
Yes
Formal Website
0
Website Quality
Good
Phone: Year Round
(705) 856-2284
Number Of Beds
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Number Of Rooms
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Email Address
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Google Box
4.8 (140 Google reviews)
Trip Advisor Link
https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g182156-d11694385-Reviews-Agawa_Rock_Pictographs-Wawa_Northeastern_Ontario_Ontario.html
Trip Advisor Reviews
4.5 (31 reviews)
Facebook Link
https://www.facebook.com/LakeSuperiorPP/
Website Link
https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/lakesuperior
Coords
POINT (-84.704491 47.371382)
Phone: Winter
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Phone: Summer
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Phone
(705) 856-2284
Number and Street
Algoma District
Province
Ontario
Address Winter
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Poster Image
Pictographs
Description

Agawa Rock is one of the most famous pictograph sites in Canada, found within Lake Superior Provincial Park. The area is also one of the most-visited Indigenous archaeological sites in Canada. The majority of paintings from the Agawa site are said to date from the 17th and 18th centuries. Pictographs are messages from the past. This is a sacred site where generations of Ojibwe have come to record dreams, visions, and events. Agawa Rock is a sacred site. Please respect and preserve the pictographs. Do not touch the paintings.

Location
47.3711537, -84.7045106
Address

Algoma, Unorganized, North Part
Agawa Bay ON
Canada

Status
Open
Reviewed