Camp Wawanakwa

Camp Wawanakwa is the campsite in which Total Drama Island takes place. It is located on an island somewhere in Muskoka, Canada. Located in the main camp area are two cabins, each homes to the Screaming Gophers and the Killer Bass, a communal bathroom, an outhouse, and the main lodge, where the campers would meet every day for their regular meals. Just west of the main camp site is the campfire pit, where eliminations are held. The only way onto the island is by boat or plane, normally coming to rest at the Dock of Shame. Aside from the main camp, most of the island is filled with trees and mountains, one of the most famous being the large, 1,000 foot mountain. Surrounding the island is a large lake known as Lake Wawanakwa. On the other side of the lake is Boney Island.

The woods surrounding the camp is home to many of the reoccurring animals on the show, such as the Bear and the Sasquatchanakwa. The camp grounds themselves are loathed by nearly all of the campers, as the cabins are filled with roaches, the food is bad and the bathrooms disgusting. In order to get the campers to even arrive on the show, Chris had lied to them saying it was a five star resort. Interestingly, on an island right next to the camp is a fancy resort known as the Playa Des Losers, where campers would be shipped off too once they were eliminated from the game.

In Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island, Courtney mistakenly runs into a large cardboard background of the camps trees. Believing the island is fake, she scales the cardboard wall and discovers that all this time they had in fact been close to civilization and the entire camp was just a set.

With the second season, Total Drama Action, taking place in an abandoned film lot, Chris leaves the camp behind. However, in the episode Beach Blanket Bogus, they return to the beach for their second and third challenges. Despite this, none of the regular landmarks of the camp were shown. The castmates return to Camp Wawanakwa once again in Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen for their martial arts based challenges, this time one of the landmarks was shown in this episode. The castmates returned two episodes later in Top Dog, the challenge is to find a way back to the film lot with their animals while avoiding booby traps.

The island's final Total Drama Action appearance was in The Aftermath: IV. Chris and Chef Hatchet were escorted there via limo, due to Chris giving the driver bad directions, after rushing to try to get in the Aftermath studio.

Trivia

 * A burger joint was seen in the special, Courtney discovered that this was put there to throw off the campers. But in Beach Blanket Bogus, Chris takes the contestants to the beach by bus. In 3:10 to Crazytown, Trent is seen leaving the communal bathrooms from Total Drama Island. This somewhat proves that Camp Wawanakwa is a false island (Or that for some reason, this challenge was filmed on the island). More proof that the island is false is that in Top Dog, the castmates arrived to the island by bus and that the challenge is to find a way back to the film lot.
 * It is possible that Total Drama Action has communal bathrooms that are identical.
 * It is also possible the Abandoned Film Lot is on the same island as Camp Wawanakwa, though this is unlikely
 * It is the first location of Total Drama where the contestants arrived.
 * It has been confirmed that the fourth season, Total Drama Reloaded, will head back to Camp Wawanakwa for the first time in three seasons, with a whole new cast.