Quetico History and Facts
475,782 square hectares. For more information: Park Web Site.
Quetico Provincial Park Atikokan,
Ontario P0T 1C0
807-597-2735 (Trip Planning Information Line)
Quetico is a protected, pristine wilderness retreat of international acclaim west of Lake Superior on the Canada - US border. The park's tangled network of lakes once formed water routes travelled by Ojibway and fur traders. Now it is primarily the destination of experienced canoeists seeking solitude and rare glimpses of wildlife by cascading waterfalls, glassy lakes and endless forests. The park is accessible at four points by canoe and two by car (Dawson Trail Campground and Lac la Croix Ranger Station).
The Quetico Foundation
http://www.Queticofoundation.org/history.html
On April 1, 1909, the Ontario government set aside 1,148,000 acres of northwestern Ontario as the Quetico Forest and Game Reserve.
In 1909 that led to the game reserve. The same year, Minnesota set aside 1,400,000 acres of adjacent wilderness that ultimately part of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
Quetico Provincial Park was formally established in 1913 by Order-in-Council which in part read ...: Learn More about Quetico. Visit the Quetico Foundation Web Site.
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