Batchawana Bay | |
Etymology: | Ojibwa: Badjiwanung Ojibwe for "water that bubbles up" |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ontario |
Coordinates: | 46.9261°N -84.6064°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Algoma |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | Eastern Time Zone |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Timezone1 Dst: | Eastern Time Zone |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | P0S 1A0 |
Area Codes: | 705, 249 |
Batchawana Bay is an unincorporated place and Compact Rural Community in Algoma District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.[2] [3] [4] It is also the name of a local services board, consisting of parts of the geographic townships of Fisher, Herrick, Ryan and Tilley.[5] It is located north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, on the shores of Batchawana Bay[6] off Lake Superior.
The area is counted as part of Unorganized North Algoma District in Statistics Canada census data.
Batchawana Bay Provincial Park is nearby along Highway 17;[7] [8] the community itself is reached from Highway 17 by Ontario Highway 563.