Awenda Provincial Park - Ontario, Canada - State/Provincial Parks on Waymarking.com

Awenda is 2,915 hectares (7203 acres) of nearly undisturbed forest cover. The park is popular for camping and swimming, having 333 campsites and 4 sandy beaches along the Georgian Bay shoreline.

"The best translation for “awenda” would be a noun that means both ‘voice’ and ‘word.’ It was used with the verb root -io- ‘to be great’ (as in Ontario, ‘it is a great lake’) to create the word used for God: hawendio ‘his voice or word is great.’ As written, it would be a Northern Bear dialect word, the dialect of the people in the Awenda park area"
Source: www.ontarioparks.com/parksblog/southwestern-park-names/ (visit link)

About Awenda Provincial Park:
- Over 2,900 hectares of forested land on the shores of Georgian Bay
- 31 kilometres of trails
- Summer interpretive programs
- Interior lake for canoeing
- Private and shaded campsites includes sites for RVs, car camping, pet-free camping and radio-free camping
- 17 kilometres backcountry ski trails
Source: www.ontarioparks.com/park/awenda (visit link)

Park Type: Day Use and Overnight Activities: Biking, Birding, Boating, Camping, Canoeing, Fishing, Hiking, Natural Heritage Education programs, Swimming, Winter Activities Park Fees: $13.00 regular day-use fee Background: Awenda Provincial Park was officially established in 1975, and now protects provincially significant geological, biological and cultural land features including a well-preserved sequence of post-glacial Lake Algonquin shorelines. Source: http://www.ontarioparks.com/parksblog/southwestern-park-names/ Date Established?: 1975 Link to Park: [Web Link] Additional Entrance Points: Not Listed

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