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From the tip of Lake Superior to the Manitoba Border, the Western Boundary waters attracts conservationists, hikers, and paddlers alike. At its centre, Quetico Provincial Park has been a fixture of wilderness adventure for decades. One of Canada's legendary canoeists, Bill Mason, made the area famous through his many documentary movies. Abundant wildlife, a rich Native culture and historical ties to the early fur trade make the region a satisfying wilderness experience for both novice and experienced canoeists. This premier paddling destination is easily accessed from the TransCanada Highway and a major airport at Thunder Bay.

We offer 2 packages in the NW Boundary Waters region.

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The Fly-In Paddle-Out Quetico Discovery Package

Canoe Canada Outfitters

(807) 597-6418

Region: NW Boundary Waters

Offered: May - September

Enjoy the beauty of the untouched wilderness of Quetico by flying in to one of four remote ...

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Located in Northern Ontario's Pre-cambrian shield rock forest, this region of the province offers paddling experiences that are accessable to even the most inexperienced paddlers. Here, there are two wilderness areas to explore. The first is Quetico Provincial Park and the second is the White Otter Wilderness area which includes the Turtle River Waterway Park. These areas offer everything that flatwater enthusiasts can possibly be looking for in a wilderness vacation.

Visitors can follow the routes of the historic French Canadian fur trade of the 1600's across the same sparkling, drinking-water lakes, down the same shaded streams and over the same blazed portages that resounded to the boots of the explorers like Pierre Radisson and Alexander MacKenzie.

Quetico Park covers 4,800 square kilometers of untouched wilderness in Northern Ontario's Pre-Cambrian shield rock forest. The primitive area of around 2500 drinking-water lakes, numerous sand beaches and towering pine forests has no peer on the North American continent for the adventurer seeking solitude, superb sport fishing, and the opportunity to study rare wildlife in its native habitat. While natives of the Lac La Croix Indian band are allowed restricted motor use on some perimeter lakes, visitors to Quetico Park may not use outboard motors and remote interior areas must be explored by canoe. No hunting, roads, or development of any kind are allowed and firearms are prohibited. Quetico enjoys an international reputation as a canoeing wilderness without equal. While multiple use recreational areas like Alqonquin and the BWCA are easier to reach from large urban centers, Quetico's wilderness classification, its isolation and limited travel permits help to protect and preserve this wild landscape.

The White Otter Wilderness Area does not enjoy the protection of a wilderness class park, though it is an area just north of Quetico that offers travelers a whole new experience. There are many different canoe routes in this area and at times it offers a level of remoteness that is above that of Quetico. Outfitters can fly you to many different destinations for one-way trips or any number of loop trips can be enjoyed without the use of a floatplane. As with Quetico, this area offers large rock cliffs, drinking water lakes, abundant wildlife, as well as great Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike and Lake Trout fishing. The two jewels of this area are the Turtle River Waterway Park and White Otter Lake. The Waterway Park offers beginner level whitewater, great fishing, great scenery, a moraine, some of the oldest rocks on earth and can be done in 5 or 10 day trips. White Otter Lake offers 250 kilometers of shoreline with amazing rock cliffs, Native American Pictographs, the remains of a WWII POW camp and the White Otter Castle, a 4-storey log castle that is designated a historical site and was built by one man in the early 1900's.

The Western Boundary Waters area of Ontario offers literally thousands of paddling possibilities.

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