Batchawana Bay, Ontario
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Batchawana Bay | |
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| Etymology: Badjiwanung Ojibwe for "water that bubbles up" | |
  Batchawana Bay Location in Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 46°55′34″N 84°36′23″W / 46.92611°N 84.60639°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Algoma |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| 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.[1][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 approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) 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.
