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Batchawana Bay
Location Algoma District, Ontario
Coordinates 46°52′55″N 84°28′59″W
Etymology Badjiwanung Ojibwe for "water that bubbles up" or "turbulent waters".
Part of Lake Superior
Primary inflows Batchawana River
Basin countries Canada
Batchawana Bay is a small bay in Algoma District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is on the eastern shore of Lake Superior, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Sault Ste. Marie. Batchawana Bay was termed Badjiwanung by the Ojibwe, referring to water that bubbles up. This occurs between Batchawana Island and Sand Point, where the lake narrows and a strong current and undertow results. The Ojibwe believed this was caused by an underwater spirit about to surface.
Batchawana Bay was an important fishing site for the Ojibwe, and later for the North West Company. The Hudson's Bay Company kept an outpost and fishing station at the mouth of the Batchawana River, which flows into the bay. In the early 1920s, the largest fish ever recorded in the Great Lakes was caught by Frank Lapoint in the bay. A sturgeon, it was reportedly 90 years old, measured 2.25 m (7.5 ft) and weighed 140 kg (310 lb).