Weather/Roads

Snow squalls will continue to affect the Sault Ste. Marie area. Additional local snowfall accumulations of near 10 cm are possible by this evening. Snow squalls and strong winds are expected to ease tonight. Snow squalls cause weather conditions to vary considerably; changes from clear skies to heavy snow within just a few kilometres are common. Visibility will be suddenly ...

Dec 24, 2022 at 11:52 The highway has been opened. Dec 24, 2022 at 10:58 Hwy 17 remains closed from Wawa to White River due to poor weather and road conditions. Dec 24, 2022 at 07:45 Highway 17 is closed from Wawa to White River due to poor weather and road conditions. As a default, the Dubreuilville Highway is also ...

The highway was reopened. Dec 24, 2022 at 10:57 Highway 519 remains closed at this time due to poor weather and road conditions. Dec 24, 2022 at 08:45 At 8:26 a.m. Highway 519 was closed due to poor weather and road conditions.

Dec 24, 2022 at 09:36 ON511 has returned to life. Dec 24, 2022 at 09:17 The ON511 website is down at this time. It went down about 9 a.m. probably due to the pressure from motorists looking for highway conditions and road closures. Wawa-news will continue to update road closures from alternate sources.    

Dec 24, 2022 at 09:27 At 9:07, Highway 547 was reopened. Dec 24, 2022 at 07:51 Hwy 647 from Hwy 101 to Hawk Junction is closed due to a collision. The highway was closed at 7:18 a.m.

The weather conditions are changing, and this is not an entire compliation of weather warnings. Wawa-news is concentrating information for those who are travelling through the Wawa area. Environment Canada is warning “Consider postponing non-essential travel until conditions improve.  Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow. Visibility will be ...

Dec 23, 2022 at 23:33 The highway has been reopened. Dec 23, 2022 at 20:33   Hwy 17 –  Marathon, at Angler Creek, the highway is currently impassable due to multiple disabled vehicles. Please avoid the area. Delays may occur. Schreiber Fire explains in a tweet that Several tractor trailers are stuck on Angler Hill (dm 832) between Marathon and Neys.

Dec 23, 2022 at 06:00 Here are the road conditions for the Wawa area as posted by ON511:   Primary Condition Secondary Condition visibility drifting Date & Time Highway 101 From Highway 144 to Shawmere River Snow covered Poor No 22-12-23 5:31 AM Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Partly snow covered Snow covered Fair Yes 22-12-23 5:35 ...

Winter storm warning for Northern Ontario issued by Environment Canada at 6:11 a.m. Winter Storm Warning for: =NEW= Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island =NEW= Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay =NEW= Greater Sudbury And Vicinity =NEW= Elliot Lake – Ranger Lake =NEW= Manitoulin – Blind River – Killarney.   Winter Storm Warning – Replaces Winter Storm ...

There is a significant winter storm anticipated to affect all of the province starting tomorrow and heading into the holiday weekend. Winter weather may include rain, snow, high winds, and flash freezing. Please take this time to be proactive and plan travel in advance. If you do not have to travel, it is recommended you stay home. If for any ...

The highway was reopened. Dec 21, 2022 at 12:48 The Highway from Wawa to Batchawana has been closed again.  Dec 21, 2022 at 10:00 The highway has been reopened. Dec 21, 2022 at 07:14 Highway 17 between Wawa and Batchawana Bay remains closed at this time. Snow squall streamers continue to come off of Lake Superior between Wawa and Batchawana ...

Dec 21, 2022 at 07:30 Environment Canada continues to warn of a significant winter storm for late this week and into the holiday weekend. It is expected to affect the following areas of Northern Ontario: City of Thunder Bay Superior West Beardmore – Jellicoe – Macdiarmid Geraldton – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Nipigon – Marathon – Superior North Wawa – White ...

Dec 21, 2022 at 07:06 Here are the road conditions for the Wawa area as posted by ON511: Primary Condition Secondary Condition visibility drifting Date & Time Highway 101 From Highway 144 to Shawmere River Bare and wet road Partly snow covered Good No 22-12-21 5:11 AM Highway 101 From Shawmere River to Highway 651 Partly snow covered Partly snow ...

If you are travelling today be careful. The roads to Sault Ste. Marie are snow covered, snow packed, and slushy if you look at the cameras at Red Rock, Montreal River Hill, Batchawana Bay and Goulais Bay. The camera at Heyden is currently out of service. More suprising is that there are no plows showing on the ON511 map from ...

Winter is officially here – at least by Wawaite’s standards. Wawa Lake is now iced over, the ice came Sunday night, and it was confirmed by several Wawa residents that the ice completely covered the lake. However excited the anglers are about putting their ice huts out and snowmobilers racing across the lake at full throttle, please exercise caution on ...