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Ontario’s Quetico Park
Encompassing over two million acres,
the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Quetico Provincial Park traverses
an area of crystalline lakes interconnected by historic footpaths the French
called Portages. In spring, summer, and fall this unique system of trails
and waterways allow wilderness paddlers an opportunity to explore the diversity
of the north woods boreal forest. In winter these same frozen waterways allow
the adventuresome skier the opportunity to experience true solitude and the
stories that frozen tracks tell.
Let the International Golden Pike
Society be your guide service into this beautiful unspoiled wilderness. We offer
you a wilderness experience customized to satisfy your interests and abilities.
Our trips are enjoyable and an educational experience. Experienced wilderness
naturalists guide trips with an orientation towards ecology, natural history,
and a respect for the environment. All of trips emphasize minimum impact
wilderness travel skills.
 | History. Every
fall from about 1750 until the mid-1800s, the Voyageurs carried trade goods
through the Boundary Waters as far as the Great Slave Lake in Canada's
Northwest Territories. They spent the winter in the interior trading with the
Native Americans . When the ice went out of the lakes and rivers, they
returned with beaver and other pelts. In fact, the Voyageurs' route through
the Boundary Waters defines the Canadian-U. S. border. |
| The Fishing. The
Boundary Waters lakes are home to some of the best-tasting fish anywhere. The
angler will find northern pike, walleye, small-mouth bass, lake trout,
crappies, blue gills, and even rainbow and brook trout in some lakes. |
| Wildlife. The
unofficial mascot of the Boundary Waters is the common loon, whose spooky
laughter sends chills down your spine when heard in the still of the evening.
You might also see bald eagles, great blue herons, and the Canadian jay. The
Boundary Waters is home to a significant number of timber wolves, the last
large packs in the lower 48 states. There are also moose, white-tailed deer,
black bear, Brooks Stevens, beaver, and fox. Jack pine, Norway pine, white
pine, tamarack, black spruce, white spruce, balsam fir, white cedar, paper
birch, and quaking aspen cover the Boundary Waters. |
| Seasons. Winter
is a seven-month event in the Boundary Waters. The short summers begin in
early May when the ice goes out of the lakes and ends with snow and the freeze
over in October. |
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