Wawa Northern Lights Motel, Restaurant & Chalets

Opened Seasonally April 15 - Oct 30 

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Wawa's Northern Lights Motel, Restaurant & Chalets

# 1014 Highway 17 North

PO Box 1150, Wawa, ON

POS 1K0

John Parker & Maureen Hutchinson-Parker

You can EMAIL me anytime.

Toll Free Number 1-800-937-2414

Please leave a message if you get the answering machine. We are not blessed with Front Desk Staff or Switchboard Operators, and many times we are away from the phone.  Sorry!  But we promise to get back to you!

ONLINE RESERVATIONS???  Nothing "SECURE" is feasible for a small motel like ours - opened seasonally.  BUT, we do understand that guests want to book online. 

 We run our Motel on Good Karma!  Send me an email and I'll book you in without a credit card.  I'll hold the room till a reasonable hour. Travel with the Toll Free number (It'll be on the map I email you) and you can give us a call if you think you may be later, or have to cancel, or if you want to guarantee a very late arrival with your credit card. 

We understand that our guests are travelers, and can get ahead of or behind schedule.  We make it easy for people to cancel a room reservation hassle free, and absolutely no cancellation fees.

John and I trust people in this business and treat eveyone like friends.  We run our Place with our Hearts and not our Heads. lol!  We wouldn't do it any other way.


All About Mo & John

John was born and raised in the Toronto area, and I was born and raised in Sault Ste Marie.  We met at our place of work, The Convention Inn Hotel, in Edmonton, Alberta, way back in 1981. I worked in the Diningroom for 20 years.  John was there for 16 years, eventually becoming the Executive Chef.  

P3120001.JPG (43889 bytes) John & Mo - 1984  We both spent 20 years in Edmonton. We enjoyed the Oiler's Dynasty in the 80's!  What fun that was!

P7090002.JPG (45526 bytes) Mo & John in Vegas - 1985  We used to drive from Edmonton to Vegas in 24 hours, Gamble for the weekend and drive back! Ahhh, to be young and foolish again!

We Lived for traveling and gambling!  Check out our Casino Chip Collection!  John's an avid Poker Player now, and plays online.  No need to travel to casinos to make the $$$ anymore!

We purchased the Northern Lights Motel & Restaurant Oct 31, 1999.  What a Challenge!   We didn't know anything about running a Motel.  Our first few weeks here, things were not running smoothly,  we had no customers, (It was November - there are NO customers) and poor John would lay in bed thinking.....  "I think we made a big mistake."  lol! 

But over 8 years later, business is Great!  People describe our rooms as more of a "Bed and Breakfast" feel to them.  They are overflowing with amenities, and filled with jokes and cartoons to make you laugh.  (We HATE motels that have signs everywhere that YELL at you. lol)  Many of our guests leave comments like, "You make Traveling Fun!"  

Hey!  That's what we are here for!! 


 Drive to Nevada November 2006 -  We hit 23 casinos collecting more chips!  

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Vegas sure changed since we've been there!!  We LOVED what they did with downtown! 

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Had a great time meeting up with my brother Rob and his girlfriend Carmen!  Here we are at Mandalay Bay.  What a fabulous buffet they have there.  Wow!  Vegas...... the land of Buffets.  lol

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We toured The Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada.  Wow!

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The Elephant Rock

The Bellagio Water Show is spectacular! 

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paris.jpg (120931 bytes) parisfountain.jpg (109097 bytes) The Eifel Tower in Vegas..... Who'd have thought?

hooters.jpg (173902 bytes) Had to take John to Hooters to play Blackjack with the Hooters Calendar Girls! Baaaaaad Blackjack rules, but that's the price you pay for the view!

Had to check out the view at the Stratosphere!! No.... we didn't go on that ride!!  YIKES!! 

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Met up with some great drinking buddies, Karen and Conor from Belfast Ireland

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Oh oh Conor - do you see what happens after John's 3rd Mai Tai???  PB220033.JPG (86496 bytes) LOLl!!!  (John loves turning those red chips into black ones!!)  

Went to the Zion National Park in Utah.  Here's the Zion Gorge

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October 2005  -  We managed to make a few trips down to New Orleans before Katrina Hit.  We LOVED our favourite casino of all time - the Beau Rivage in Biloxi.  We'll have to get back there again soon.  Here's some pics of us, with my brother Rob, on Bourbon Street - drinking Hurricanes, Hand Grenades and Huge Ass Beers!   

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Of course we had to go on a Swamp Tour - swamp1.jpg (141071 bytes)

Spectacular Scenery! swamp4.jpg (147795 bytes) swamp2.jpg (71325 bytes) swamp5.jpg (232205 bytes) gator.jpg (139255 bytes) A cute little Gator

I took this picture - a Gas Station restroom in Tennessee.  Yet another use for duct tape!  lol! 

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