QUETICO WELCOME TO QUETICO WHAT’S INSIDE PROVINCIAL PARK David Jackson - Trails Less Travelled ...... 5 One of Ontario’s finest wilderness canoeing Janice Matichuk - Exceptional Park Ranger . . .14 destinations. With over 450 000 hectares of Sam Cook - Stars Above Cirrus Lake ...... 15 protected wilderness filled with thousands of James Burns - Quetico’s Trout Ponds Hiding interconnected lakes, rivers and streams, Quetico in Plain Sight ...... 18 truly offers a lifetime of canoe tripping opportunities. It’s not just the variety of canoe routes that draw people to Quetico. It’s the special trips shared with family and friends that create lifelong memories, the quiet solitude of a misty lake in the morning and the majestic cathedral pines of a breezy island campsite that make this place so special. Quetico is excited to be continuing our longstanding partnership with Lac La Croix First Nation in 2021. Together we will continue to work on natural resource management initiatives such as aquatic ecosystem planning, and fire history research, and work together to maintain and protect the park. This year brings some exciting news for Quetico Provincial Park. The starry night skies free of light

OntarioINFORMATION Parks | Quetico GUIDE Provincial Park 1 pollution over Quetico are an important part of the There are several educational activities happening natural environment and have been a source of awe at the park this year. Discovery activities will happen and wonderment for generations of visitors. To help at the Dawson Trail Campground throughout the protect and recognize our amazing night skies the summer and artists of various disciplines enrolled in park has successfully attained International Dark our Artist in Residence program will be completing Sky Park designation from the International Dark their residencies at the Dawson Trail Campgrounds. Sky Association (IDA). With the support of Starry During your stay check with a park ranger or postings Skies Lake Superior IDA chapter and the Heart of on park message boards for more information about the Continent Partnership, Quetico becomes the Discovery activities, and other park news. 3rd public land unit in the region to achieve a Dark Every visitor to Quetico has a role to play in protecting Sky designation following Voyageurs National Park the park. During your visit, please practice a leave and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in no trace approach to camping and familiarize Minnesota. This unique international partnership is yourself with special park regulations intended to building on a long history of cooperation to create a minimize human impact in the park. To help with unique and internationally significant area of pristine our International Dark Sky Park efforts you can be a protected night skies in Northwestern Ontario and dark sky friendly camper by following these voluntary Northeastern Minnesota. If there is a clear night guidelines: during your visit make sure you take the time to go • Use outdoor lights and lanterns only when down to the lake shore or any other area with a clear necessary and shut them off when you go to view of the sky and appreciate the beauty of the night sleep. sky. Helpful materials such as star charts are available at park entry stations. • Don’t install solar powered garden lights that stay lit all night long If you visit the northeastern portion of Quetico’s backcountry this summer, you may paddle by a nearly • Don’t install lighting on your campsite such as 3000 hectare area north and east of Russell Lake and string lights. Alice Lake that was burned in a natural wildfire in You can also help us care for the park by recording 2018. Fire is an essential part of the parks ecosystem and reporting any species at risk or invasive species and plays a role in maintaining the ecological integrity you might encounter of Quetico by renewing forests, and in turn creating a while in the backcountry. patchwork of different habitats for the parks wildlife. Together we can ensure In the short term, much of the burnt area may appear that Quetico’s pristine desolate and blackened, but even this year, less environment remains safe than 3 years after the fire, vegetation will begin to for years to come. Have a recolonize the burned areas. If you pass by this large safe and enjoyable stay. area burned in 2018, take a moment to reflect on the natural processes at work, and try to imagine what this area might look like 20, 50, or 100 years in the Trevor Gibb future . Park Superintendent

Cover top photo by David Jackson, Photojournalist

PARK INFORMATION EMERGENCY CALL - 911 Park Office ...... 807-597-2735 INFORMATION 108 Saturn Ave., Box 2430, Atikokan, ON P0T 1C0 Hospital ...... 1-807-597-4215 Clinic ...... 1-807-597-2721. Reservations . . . . ontarioparks.com/reservations Poison Control ...... 1-800-268-9017 ...... 1-888-ONT-PARK (1-888-668-7275) OPP Police 24 Hrs...... 1-807-683-4200 Fire - MNR ...... 1-888-310-FIRE (3473) Ambulance Local ...... 1-807-597-1305 2 Central DispatchOntario . Parks. . . . | . Quetico . . .1-877-351-2345 Provincial Park Message from the Lac La Croix FIRST NATIONS LEADERSHIP We would like to take this opportunity to welcome Lake Band was forced to merge with Lac La Croix, the visitors of Quetico Provincial Park to our when the park was in creation by the province, as traditional territory and homeland. We hope you will our people were displaced out of the 24C Reserve to enjoy what the park has to offer. We have occupied make way for the ever spectacular Quetico Provincial this land long before the creation of the park and are Park, as it sits today. in partnership with the Ministry of Natural Resources You will come across some of our sacred sites which in managing it, which falls under our Agreement of were used for different ceremonies in our homeland. Co-Existence. You might see some of the pictographs that were Within the park you will experience the majestic left there for future generations to see. They too beauty and strength of this land. There is nothing tell stories and legends of the great history of our more satisfying than being able to breathe in the people and they are protected and upheld in the fresh air and take in the serenity of the land and the greatest honour from our people, for they are places pristine waters. You will witness awesome sunsets of sacred ceremonial grounds too. You will cross and wake up to beautiful sunrises. Most of the vast some of the many portages our people have used. forests and spectacular landscapes are untouched. Within the park, we still practice our inherent rights The variety of wildlife you might see, add to the to our traditional territories as you might see us overall beauty of the land and the fishing is great. fishing, hunting, collecting, gathering medicines and The waterfalls and rapids are exciting and refreshing berries. You might come across one of us doing our but can be dangerous if you are not careful and ceremonies. You might hear the drums and songs respectful to them, which brings us as to how the of our people in ceremony in your travels. All we name Quetico came to be. ask is that you respect our lands, our home, and our The name “Quetico” comes from the Ojibway word, culture as we continue to live in harmony with all our “gwe taa maang”. This refers to how we view this natural surroundings. sacred land. There is a place in the park that is Again, we welcome you to our sacred, traditional named Quetico Lake. The lake is sacred, meaning it territory and homeland where you will find great is occupied by living spirits that have been here since mysteries, healing, excitement, peace, relaxation, time immemorial. You hear stories from our elders of beauty, strength, wisdom, tranquillity and hopefully unexplained and unusual events at this lake, which deep and meaningful spiritual experiences, just as can only be explained by our spiritual ways. The lake we have been blessed with it for thousands of years. is very sacred and spiritual to us. We are told to be The land, waters, forest and all the beings that dwell mindful and respectful of the power it holds. “Gwe here are near and dear to our hearts and complete taa maang” means we sacredly respect that area for our circle of life. This place is amazing and truly the spirits that dwell there. Everything that is alive unique . has a spirit. It is a lake we revere. We have many When visiting our home, please try to leave it as great stories, legends and teachings that come from you found it, for we need to preserve and keep the our homeland and this just one of them. uniqueness, beauty and strength it holds for future Quetico Provincial Park holds a lot of Lac La Croix generations and visitors to enjoy. and Sturgeon Lake Bands rich history. The Sturgeon Meegwetch (Thank You)

Ontario Parks | Quetico Provincial Park 3 Book your Windigoostigwan visit to Lake Mink Quetico! Lake TRAIL MAP Paul Kane QUETICO Trail 1.0 PERMITS

You need to have a 0.5 French Falls permit to be in the 0.6 0.3 park. Back country Highway 11 permits, 1.1 Pickerel French Falls day-use permits, River 1.0 Trail French Portage seasonal and Information Pavilion campground permits Little Eva Boardwalk are available. Lake 0.8 Make sure you check Pickerel 0.4 in at one of our entry Point Trail Log Cabin Art Teaching Trail stations to register. Studio/ Artist’s Path Winter French Retreat 0.2km 1.1 River RESERVATIONS

1-888-ONT-PARKS Chippewa (1-888-668-7275) Campground 0.5 4.4 www.OntarioParks.com Teaching Place Self-serve permitting Camp 111 Trail is available French in the off-season. Lake 1.2

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Ontario4 Parks | Quetico Provincial Park Ontario Parks | Quetico Provincial Park 4 NIGHT SKY WATCHING IN QUETICO Photo by Kay Lee Article by Brian Jackson, Quetico Park Biologist Quetico Provincial Park joins Voyageurs National Borealis will occur based on recent sunspot activity. Park, and The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Two of these are My Aurora Forecast and Aurora Wilderness, as a dark sky designated area by the Borealis Forecasts & Alerts. International Dark Sky Association (darksky.org) in Tips: recognition of exceptional quality of its starry nights and an environment that is specially protected • If you have a pair of binoculars, they can help to preserve its night skies for scientific, natural, you see details you often can’t see with your educational, cultural heritage, and public enjoyment. naked eyes. Try seeing if you can find the double stars on the handle of the Big Dipper/ As Bob DeGross, superintendent of Voyageurs Great Fisher, explore the moon’s craters or look National Park put it: into the depths of the Milky Way. “Attaining this designation provides an • Avoid looking at bright lights while you’re opportunity for us to be recognized and to stargazing. It is important to give your eyes 15 celebrate this resource that many, especially to 20 minutes to adjust to the darkness to get in urban areas, no longer have the ability to the best view of the night sky. If you need a experience unimpeded. Our natural dark skies light, try using a red coloured flashlight as it is provide the ability to experience northern better at maintaining your night vision. lights, view the Milky Way, and see meteor showers the way people have for millennia.” • Get a copy of the book Ojibwe Sky Star Map - Constellation Guidebook: An Introduction While just taking in the vastness of the universe on to Ojibwe Star Knowledge by Annette Lee, a clear night is an incredible experience, if you get William Wilson, Jeff Tibbets and Carl Gawboy more curious about what you are seeing, there are © 2014 to learn what the Anishinaabeg call numerous guides and resources to help you out. the constellations and the stories behind the Guides and Apps names. There is a copy available at the John B.Ridley library in the Dawson Trail Pavilion. Sky Chart (for iPhones/iPads) and SkyMap (androids) are both popular apps for your phone that can help • Follow Quetico’s Dark Sky Friendly Camper guide you identify the stars, constellations and planets you including are looking at. 1. Using outdoor lights and lanterns only when For those without a phone, there are numerous necessary and shut them off when you go printed sky maps and star finders that can help to sleep. identify stars and constellations. There are also some 2. Don’t install solar powered garden lights excellent books on the subject (Nightwatch by T. that stay lit all night long Dickinson is a favourite) 3 . Don’t install lighting on your campsite such There are also apps that can provide predictions on as string lights. when potentially good periods for viewing the Aurora

Ontario Parks | Quetico Provincial Park 5 BARRIER FREE AT QUETICO! Beaches and sight-seeing can be an accessibility challenge for park visitors.. At Quetico we have been working to make these experiences more accessible to all. An all-terrain wheelchair has large wheels to make movement over bumps, across gravel or grass and getting to a sandy beach easier . Beach mats at the Grassy beach, Day Use Beach at the Dawson Trail Campgrounds helps walkers, wheelchairs or parents pushing strollers to venture out closer to the water or to access viewing sites.

This season we are introducing a new Mobi Chair The Mobi Chair is buoyant and with assistance can be used to access the water. You can borrow the Mobi Chair for free at the front desk of the Dawson Trail Heritage Pavilion.

Seventy-six provincial parks acrossCampers and day-visitors! Please help us keep parks clean and dispose of all garbage correctly. Ontario have at least one barrier-free campsite, and a growing number have either all-terrain and/orGarbage can result in human-wildlife conflict and become a hazard to park visitors. water buoyant

Mobi chairs. More information We suggest bringing a garbage bag with you to collect your trash and dispose of it at park can be found on Ontario Parks Blog - http://www.ontarioparks.com/designated garbage and recycling areas before heading home. parksblog/beach-accessibility-ontario-parks/ We appreciate and encourage park-lovers who are committed to protecting our environment for the future.

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CAMPERS AND DAY-VISITORS! Please help us keep parks clean and dispose garbage and recycling areas of all garbage correctly. regularly. Garbage can result in human-wildlife conflict and We appreciate and encourage become a hazard to park visitors. park-lovers who are committed to We suggest bringing a garbage bag with you to protecting our environment for the future . collect your trash and dispose of it at park designated

6 Ontario Parks | Quetico Provincial Park THE FRIENDS OF QUETICO PARK The Friends of Quetico Park, (FOQP), established in 1984, is a registered non-profit organization. It is composed of a volunteer board of directors, as well as people who have paid for a membership and staff Photo by John Guthrie to serve administration and sales needs. The Friends • Supporting research in the park are dedicated to promoting and protecting the park, so that future generations may enjoy it as much as we • Supporting the renewal of educational signage do today. on trails and entry stations FOQP continues to have a noticeable presence as • Supporting the development and preservation we have been involved in a number of projects to of the Paul Kane exhibit and trail promote and support education and protection • Helping to fund the Dark Sky Initiative and initiatives at the park. Our goal is to better the support the application for Dark Sky Park experience for those who visit. We are pleased to designation be working directly with Quetico’s superintendent Trevor Gibb who brings his expertise, experience and • Ongoing fundraising for the betterment of a collaborative attitude to our gatherings. Quetico Provincial Park Current and Past Friends of Quetico Together, we can contribute to the on-going protection of our beautiful Quetico. We hope that Park Projects the future of Quetico continues to provide the serene • Supporting the development of the Red Pine experience that campers and paddlers enjoy. The Fire History Interpretive Display at the Dawson Friends of Quetico Park are proud to be able to work Trail Campground, in partnership with the and be involved with one of Ontario’s first and finest Quetico Foundation wilderness parks, and one of the greatest paddling • Operate a retail outlet at Dawson Trail destinations in the world. Campground, and remote entry stations Find us on Facebook and Instagram • Renting of kayaks and paddleboards at French @friendsofqueticopark or online at Lake www.friendsofquetico.com • Supporting the Traction Control Project at the Dawson Trail Campground • Prepare and distribute bi-annual newsletters • Funding books, pamphlets and related educational literature

Photo by John Guthrie

Ontario Parks | Quetico Provincial Park 7 WATER SAFETY - IT’S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY 1. There are no lifeguards on our beaches. Water safety is your responsibility at all times. 2. Take the steps to be safe around water. Learning how to swim and water survival techniques help keep us all safe. 3 . Always supervise children and non-swimmers by watching them when they are in or around the inflatable rafts or toys are used in shallow water water. areas only and pay attention to changing wind 4. Ensure children and non-swimmers wear a conditions. Personal Flotation Device (PFD) in or around the 7. Be responsible. Avoid substance use when water. involved in water-related recreational activities. 5 . Swim only in designated swimming areas. When 8. Protect your neck. Never dive into shallow or the water is rough, or conditions are not clear - murky water. STAY OUT! Never swim alone. You should always 9. If you suspect a drowning or any other type of swim with a buddy. water emergency, call 911 and contact the park 6. Using a floatie? Offshore winds often blow office immediately. inflatables out into dangerous waters. Ensure ONTARIO PARKS BEACH POSTING FACT SHEET Recreational water quality is routinely monitored are acceptable. at Ontario Parks designated beaches. Samples are Beach water quality can change at any time and tested at Public Health Ontario Laboratories for guests should avoid swimming during and after Escherichia coli (E.coli), an organism found in the storms, floods, heavy rainfall, or in the presence of intestines of warm-blooded animals. large numbers of waterfowl.

Water Quality Factors Recreational water quality is influenced by a number of factors, and can change between sampling periods. Influences include: • Heavy rainfall • Large numbers of water fowl • High winds or wave activity • Large number of swimmers

Beach Posting Ontario Parks staff post signage at beaches (example HowBeach you watercan help quality can change at any time and guests should avoid to the right) when E.coli levels in the water exceed Ontarioswimming Parks guests during can and help after maintain storms, our floods, beach heavy rainfall, or in the provincial standards. Signage is placed to warn waterpresence quality by of following large numbers these simple of waterfowl guidelines:. bathers that the beach water may be unsafe for • Do not feed birds or other wildlife swimming. Swimming in beaches that are posted for • Leave nothing behind- dispose of all garbage/ How you can help elevated bacterial levels may cause: food waste • Skin infections/rash • UseOntario designated Parks guests pet beaches can help when maintain swimming our beach water quality by • Ear, eye, nose and throat infections withfollowing your dogthese – petssimple are guidelines: not permitted in • Gastrointestinal illness (if water is consumed) Ontario• Do not Parks feed public birds beaches or other wildlife Beach postings are based on E.coli counts in beach • Do• notLeave let nothingchildren behind swim in- dispose soiled diapers of all garbage/food waste water samples taken within the past 24 hours, and • Do• notUse use designated shampoos pet or beaches soaps in when lake water swimming with your dog – pets are not permitted in Ontario Parks public beaches are removed when test results show bacterial levels o Do not let children swim in soiled diapers o Do not use shampoos or soaps in lake water 8 Ontario Parks | Quetico Provincial Park

2 • Sept 2020 The Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness received Dark Sky Sanctuary DARK Congratulations!SKIES IN THE HEART OF designation (photo above by Erik Fremstad) THE CONTINENT • Dec 2020 Voyageurs National Park received Dark Sky Park designation (bottom left by Jeff Kantor) Each of these agencies, public lands that neighbour each other have received dark sky status from the • February 2021 Quetico Provincial Park received Dark Sky Park designation (photo below by Kay International Dark Sky Association. Lee)

Ontario Parks | Quetico Provincial Park 9 Ticks and Lyme Disease

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These Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis), are found on a wide range of hosts including mammals, birds and reptiles.

Blacklegged Ticks Ixodes scapularis are known to transmit Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi, to humans and animals during feeding, when they insert their mouth parts into the skin of a host, and slowly take in the nutrient-rich host blood.

Photo by: Jim Gathany, CDC

TICKS AND LYME DISEASE Do ticks and Lyme disease make you wary of going outdoors this summer? By being aware of ticks and understanding the role they play in spreading Lyme disease you are taking the first step to protect yourself and your loved ones. There are many different species of ticks and not all of them carry Lyme disease. The most common tick you may encounter is the American Dog Tick, which Blacklegged Tick (Ixodes scapularis) does not carry Lyme disease. The only tick that on a blade of grass. carries Lyme disease in Ontario is the Blacklegged Photo by: Jim Gathany, CDC (Deer) Tick, Ixodes Scapularis. Both ticks can be found in wooded areas or tall grass habitats. Public When you are out in tick habitat you can better Right on the photo put: Blacklegged Tick (Ixodes scapularis) on a blade of grass. Health Ontario’s “Ontario Lyme Disease Estimated protect yourself by taking a few precautions: Risk Areas map”) shows areas in Ontario where they 1. Wear long sleeves and tuck your pants into estimate you are more likely to find blacklegged your socks. ticks. (Blacklegged ticks are known to feed on 2. Wear light coloured clothing so you can detect migratory birds and deer and as a result, they can ticks before they attach. be transported throughout the province. Therefore, while the potential is lower, it is possible for people 3 . Use insect repellent containing “Deet” (please to encounter Blacklegged ticks, or to be infected follow manufacturer’s directions). Apply it to with Lyme disease from the bite of an infected your skin and outer clothing. Blacklegged tick, almost anywhere in the province. 4. Conduct a tick check. Look on your clothes, Ticks are most active in spring and summer, but body, children and pets. Pay close attention to can be found at any time of the year when the your groin, scalp and armpits. temperature is above freezing. 5 . If you find a tick on your body, properly remove Ticks feed slowly, and an infected tick must feed it (see instructions on next page) and place on a person for at least 24 hours in order to infect it in a container. Contact your local health them with the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. unit to inquire about having the tick sent Because of this delay, prompt detection and removal for identification and testing. This test may of ticks is one of the key methods of preventing take several months and is not diagnostic. Lyme disease. If you become infected from a tick Additionally, you may contact your family bite, symptoms usually begin within 1 - 2 weeks, doctor for questions on Lyme disease. but can take as long as one month to begin. The By following these simple suggestions, you can “classic” symptom is a bulls-eye rash that can have a safe and enjoyable time exploring Quetico develop anywhere on the body; however, this rash Provincial Park. may not occur in all cases. Early symptoms of Lyme 4 of 4 disease can include flu-like symptoms such as fever, For more information please consult the Ontario headaches, stiff neck, jaw pain, and sore muscles. Ministry of Health and Long Term Care’s website: If untreated, problems with the heart, nervous https://www.ontario.ca/page/lyme-disease system, and joints can occur months or years later. Public Health Ontario Risk Map: Lyme disease is easily treated in the early stages so https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/ seek medical attention if you feel unwell. documents/l/2020/lyme-disease-risk-area- map-2020.pdf

Photo Caption: These Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis), are found on a wide range of hosts including mammals, birds and reptiles. Blacklegged Ticks Ixodes scapularis are known to transmit Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi, to humans and animals during feeding, when they insert their mouth parts into the skin of a host, and slowly take in the nutrient-rich host blood.

10 Ontario Parks | Quetico Provincial Park FOUND A TICK? Learn more about the work that the Quetico Foundation does at queticofoundation.org and DO facebook.com/QueticoFoundationDiscourage uninvited and Instagram.com/ guests • Use fine point tweezers QueticoFoundation. • Grasp the tick as close to your skin as possible Protecting• Gently wilderness pull the with tick a straightparticular out focus on Quetico Provincial• Disinfect Park since the 1954. bite areaQuetico with Foundation’s rubbing alcohol vision or has led themsoap toand be water recognized as an influential and credible• Save leader tick for (aliveprotection if possible) of wilderness in a jar, values with aand ecological integrity. Bears are attracted to anything that looks or smells piece of damp paper towel for identification like food. Items like unwashed utensils, food In additionand topotential advocating testing. on behalf Park of staff the park’s can provide packaging, toiletries and trash are tasty treats for bears. wildernesscontact area andinformation working closely for the with local Quetico Health Unit, Be BEAR WISE when camping: • Don’t leave food or scented items unattended Provincialor Park alternatively staff and communityyou can take partners, the tick the to your on your campsite Queticofamily Foundation doctor supportsfor testing. the Park through a number • Pack and store these items in your vehicle, out of of programs.• Watch These for symptoms include the and annual seek sponsorship medical sight, with windows closed of biology interns working in the Park to contribute • Clean food preparation areas promptly after use attention if you feel unwell or if you cannot • Routinely take your garbage to the park’s waste depot to scientificsafely studies remove including the tick. forest fire, white pine, red pine, species at risk and invasive species research. Other sponsored programs have included connecting Let's all be Bear Wise youngDON’T leaders and students with wilderness, developing Always call 911 in an emergency leadership• Grasp and aroundteam-building bloated skills belly featuring and squeeze canoe the Call 1-866-514-2327 to report a sighting tick excursions in the park, promoting park artists through ontario.ca/bearwise our Artist• Use in aResidence match, heat assistance or chemicals program to and try long-term and sponsorshipremove of the it park’s public John B. Ridley Research Library• asTwist well the as installations tick when pullingat the Frenchit out Lake pavilion in Quetico Provincial Park to name just a few.

ABOUT HOCP Heart of the Continent Partnership (HOCP) Quetico Provincial Park lies within the “Heart of the Continent”, a magnificent natural world that includes over two million hectares of public land “as it originally was with its game, its forest, its lakes and its richly romantic past”. The Heart of the Continent Partnership (HOCP) is a volunteer Canadian/American coalition of land managers and local and tribal stakeholders working together across borders to promote the economic, cultural and natural health of the lakes, forests and communities on the Ontario/Minnesota border.

Several separately managed natural areas are encompassed by this ecosystem at the “heart of the continent,” including Quetico Provincial Park, Superior National Forest, Voyageurs National Park, Grand Portage National Monument, Sleeping Giant, La Verandrye Provincial Parks, and other Minnesota and Ontario state/provincial parks and forests. With these entities, local residents and stakeholders, HOCP works to • Develop a common identity and sense of belonging • Increase respect for the land and its people • Collaborate across national, state, provincial and municipal boundaries • Promote scientific research and its applications • Build awareness and support of public lands • Share resources to benefit the land and its neighbouring communities

To learn more about our Dark Sky Initiative or other projects we are working on visit www.heartofthecontinent.org

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OntarioOntario Parks Parks | Quetico| Quetico Provincial Provincial Park Park 1313 THE LOSS OF AN EXCEPTIONAL PARK RANGER

Janice Matichuk, the longest-serving interior ranger in the Janice Matichuk talks to a group from Chicago in 2018 at the history of Quetico Provincial Park. Matthew Baxley | WTIP Cache Bay Ranger Station. Matthew Baxley | WTIP Depending on who you ask, Quetico’s Cache Bay Entry Bay Entry Station, Janice left a positive impact on Station, the gateway to the southeastern part of the park visitors and park staff and forged many special park, is also known as Janice’s Island. In the summer relationships. Janice would always go above and of 2020, Janice Matichuk passed away and Quetico beyond to help others and is also remembered for lost its longest serving ranger. Known far and wide a number of life-saving rescues she performed at for her passion for Quetico, dedication to her job as a Cache Bay over the years. Through her hard work park ranger and her caring for park visitors and park and dedication as a park ranger, Janice was a tireless staff, Janice Matichuk touched countless lives in her advocate for the protection of Quetico and the 36 seasons at the Cache Bay Entry Station. promotion of sustainable recreation in the park by Starting in 1985 until her passing in 2020, park ranger wilderness paddlers. Thanks to Janice, generations of Janice Matichuk welcomed tens of thousands of paddlers have experienced safe and enjoyable trips canoeists to Quetico from all around the world and into Quetico. made sure they were well prepared for their journeys There will never be another park ranger like Janice. into the park. Over her 3 plus decades at the Cache

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14 Ontario Parks | Quetico Provincial Park STARS ABOVE CIRRUS LAKE Article by Sam Cook I have never forgotten the night, many years ago, on Of course, we could see the great pale swoosh of Cirrus Lake. the Milky Way across the dome of the sky, as if My wife and I were camped on a spit of rock some celestial artist was trying to spread the last somewhere in the western arm of that long, lean wash of white from her brush through the heavens. lake in Ontario’s Quetico Provincial Park. We could Such profound moments make us want to speak in neither see nor hear any other campers -- just the hushed tones out of sheer humility. way we like it. Some human beings -- perhaps most -- never see a Supper was over, the dishes long since done. sky that dark, brimming with so many stars. We probably sat around the evening fire for a while, Lying on a finger of glacier-scraped rock, looking maybe a long while, just staring into coals that into that kind of sky for long enough, one’s entire seemed alive. perspective changes. You begin to understand your But at some point later in the evening, we stepped true place in the universe. You realize that you are away from the fire and gazed up at the night sky. but a speck -- that the Earth itself is but a speck -- in It was deep and black and spangled with so many the grand scale of the heavens. You realize what a

Photo by Bob Panther stars we were stunned. Understand, we get into the wilderness frequently in all seasons. We’ve great stroke of fortune it was that you happened seen plenty of night skies. But that night was so upon this planet with all its oceans and oxygen and spectacular that it holds a reverential place in our warmth. memories . One doesn’t have to camp in Quetico to come “Remember that night on Cirrus?” one of us will say. across skies this dark. I have seen similar skies over the North Dakota Badlands of Theodore Roosevelt “Yeah. Amazing,” comes the reply. National Park. I’ve witnessed them over a sliver of The day had been warm, and the finger of rock that sand on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. I’ve seen them jutted into the lake from our camp still held heat. on crisp October nights from the yard of a little We plopped right down on that rock and lay there farmhouse in western Minnesota. for a long time, just gazing upward. Still, they are rare enough that when you happen Because the million-acre wilderness park is onto such a night, it is not just remarkable. It is somewhat remote in the first place, and because the transformative. area surrounding the park is so lightly populated, SAM COOK, a frequent visitor to Quetico Provincial virtually no human-generated light dilutes the Park, was outdoors writer at the Duluth (Minn.) intensity of the night sky. The result is a sky so dark News Tribune from 1980 to 2018. He is the author that the casual observer’s first thought is, “Where of several collections of essays. did all these stars come from?”

Ontario Parks | Quetico Provincial Park 15 PATH OF THE PADDLE support several projects throughout 2020 and to be completed by summer 2021. Travellers will find new ASSOCIATION signage at several locations as well as enhancements Path of the Paddle Association is pleased to have to the Provincial Park sections of the trails. We been asked to submit an update in this publication. also were able to create some interesting features The organization has had some busy and productive on our trails which visitors have been delighted to years since our last submission. POPA continues to be find. Quetico Park benefited from traction aid being managed by volunteers and in 2019 completed the installed on the Dawson Trail Boardwalk. POPA planning of a 5 year Business Plan. The mission and purchased the netting and Friends of Quetico are vision of the organization was renewed and the vision installing. Four beautiful signs were designed by states: Quetico staff and printed by funding from TCT. As a wilderness segment of The Great Trail, the Path In other parks and public lands, you will find some of the Paddle will be recognized as a world-class “thunder boxes” at the campsites on Lake Superior trail network connecting waterways, municipalities and at the western end “garden thrones “at some and Indigenous communities across Northwestern busy campsites in Whiteshell Provincial Park. Several Ontario, providing a recreational relationship with benches have been built and located at popular spots. nature, history and culture for people of all ages and These benches include a sign in log. At the Pigeon abilities, for generations. River Lookout trail, which is the beginning of our land links from Lake Superior to La Verendrye Park, The goal is also to work side by side with the Land the sign in log is nearly full. Other projects included Managers of the Provincial Parks within the trail’s 1100 km. From the east to west of the water and land trail, adventurers will travel through Fort William Historical Park, Pigeon River PP, La Verendrye PP, Quetico PP, Rushing River PP and Whiteshell PP. In 2019 an overview map was prepared with the help of the GPS data collected by staff and volunteers. The map includes portages, campsites and was created by a company named Canadian Mapmakers. It is a perfect starting point for planning your next trip. Funding from Destination Northern Ontario supported 50% of the project and in April of 2020, 3000 maps were delivered. We launched their sale in the addition of traction strips and nose guards on 60 September 2020 and we look forward to our partners steps at Rushing River. at the Parks featuring them. You can find them for The funding is also providing points of interest along sale on our website now. the trail. By summer you will be able to paddle and www.pathofthepaddleassociation.com/shop locate 30 geocaches south of Dryden plus make Funding was received from Trans Canada Trail to use of some canoe lockers and portage carts. The POPA website is getting refreshed and by June will be transformed to be more user friendly. Watch for updates and inside information on our new features as they are completed. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and check out newsletters on our website. We are seeking new Board members. Please contact us if interested! Thank you to Quetico Park plus all lovers of paddling and the outdoors. Keep calm and paddle on. Submitted by Clara Butikofer Chairperson of Path of the Paddle Association [email protected]

16 Ontario Parks | Quetico Provincial Park Learn more about the work that the Quetico Foundation does at queticofoundation.org and facebook.com/QueticoFoundation and Instagram.com/ QueticoFoundation.

ForProtecting the past 65wilderness years, the with Quetico a particular Foundation’s focus on Quetico focusProvincial has been Park onsince protecting 1954. Quetico Quetico Foundation’s Provincial visionPark. Thehas Foundation’s led them to be vision recognized of scientific as an influential stewardship and has ledcredible it to be leader recognized for protection as an influential of wilderness and values credible and leaderecological for protection integrity. of wilderness values and ecologicalIn addition integrity to advocating in Ontario. on behalf of the park’s Inwilderness addition toarea advocating and working on closely behalf with of the Quetico Park’s wildernessProvincial Parkarea staffand workingand community closely withpartners, Quetico the ProvincialQuetico ParkFoundation staff and supports community the Park partners, through the a number Queticoof programs. Foundation These include supports the theannual Park sponsorship through a varietyof biology of science interns based working programs. in the Park These to contribute include theto annualscientific sponsorship studies including of biology forest interns fire, working white pine, closelyred pine, with species the Park at risk Biologist and invasive to contribute species research.to scientificOther sponsored studies programsincluding haveforest included fire research, connecting whiteyoung pine, leaders red andpine, students and species with wilderness,at risk. This developing year, workingleadership in collaboration and team-building with skillsLakehead featuring University, canoe theexcursions Foundation in the has park, sponsored promoting and park is in artists the second through our Artist in Residence assistance program and long-term year of a three-year research program to investigate sponsorship of the park’s public John B. Ridley Research invasive species in the Park and their affect on the Library as well as installations at the French Lake pavilion Park’s fisheries and other aquatic life. in Quetico Provincial Park to name just a few. The Quetico Foundation has always believed that education is integral to wilderness protection and sustainability.ABOUT HOCP Plan to visit the John B Ridley Research Library, established in 1986 by the Foundation in memory of one of its founding members and explore the vast array of resources and materials relatedHeart to the history ofand natural the ecology Continent of Quetico Partnership (HOCP) Park! OurQuetico longstanding Provincial Park and lies locally within theawarded “Heart of Shan the Continent”, a magnificent natural world that includes over two million hectares Walsheof public Memorial land “as Bursary it originally is offered was with itsto game, high itsschool forest, its lakes and its richly romantic past”. studentsThe who Heart are of pursuingthe Continent postsecondary Partnership (HOCP) studies is a in volunteer Canadian/American coalition of land managers and local and tribal stakeholders working together across borders to promote the economic, cultural and natural health of the lakes, forests and the environmentcommunities on field. the Ontario/Minnesota A final Foundation border. initiative created the Artist Studio on French Lake, to attract to theSeveral Artist separately in Residence managed Program natural areas individuals are encompassed who by this ecosystem haveat athe passion “heart offor the the continent,” beauty ofincluding Quetico. Quetico Join Provincialtheir Park, Superior workshopsNational Forest, and visit Voyageurs their studioNational to Park, experience Grand Portage National Monument, QueticoSleeping Park Giant, through La Verandrye their Provincial eyes! Parks, and other Minnesota and Ontario state/provincial parks and forests. As a charitableWith these entities, organization, local residents all ourand stakeholders,programs HOCP works to and activities are supported by the generous • Develop a common identity and sense of belonging contributions of those forward-thinking individuals, corporations• Increase and respect organizations for the land and who its peopleshare our love of Quetico• Collaborate and believe across innational, our vision state, provincialfor the future. and municipal boundaries Quetico• PromoteProvincial scientific Park researchserves asand an its important applications icon for wilderness• Build awareness protection and supportin Ontario of public and landsin Canada. Please visit us at www.queticofoundation.org and • Share resources to benefit the land and its neighbouring communities2017 Quetico Foundation, friend us on Facebook and support our vision for “United By Canoe” voyage across the park. anotherTo 65learn years! more about our Dark Sky Initiative or other projects we are working on visit www.heartofthecontinent.org

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QUETICO’S TROUT PONDS: HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT Article by James Burns, Portage Crew 2000-2013 Quetico Park is a cool place for a lot of reasons. If you’re reading this, you probably know this already. But what I’m going to talk about is something that probably isn’t appreciated even by those of you who are here for the fishing. So, listen up, fish nerds, because there’s going to be some insider info in here and, more important, some lake name dropping.

Lake Trout, or Salvelinus namaycush, if you want to get all scientific. Quetico holds one of the highest concentrations of lake trout lakes in Canada, south of Northwest Territories. Do I have fancy statistics to back this up? No. But take my word for it, or look into it yourself. Personally, I think this is very cool because the lake trout literally requires some very cool water to live, year-round. Given how far south Quetico lies on the map, it is pretty amazing these fish are here at all, let alone in a very high concentration. And the coolest part of all is that some of the smallest lakes on the map are the lakes that maintain the most concentrated populations of lake trout. bass: This is what allows lake trout to dominate both Speaking of maps, grab one now. Normally in these the deep and shallow water ecosystems in both the articles you don’t reveal the actual lakes you are winter and summer. I don’t have room to get into the talking about but, in this case, I’ll name several ecosystem disruption that smallmouth bass cause in because there is no danger of the lakes in question a lake trout population but let me drop one last lake being overrun, due to their location. Grab your maps, name: Ferguson Lake. paddles, fishing rods and frying pans if you’re so inclined; Amok, Cone, Cullen, and Hoare. These are a If you want to catch a 5lb lake trout in 15 feet of few tiny little lakes that hold significant populations of water in July, check it out. But you aren’t going to lake trout. Not exactly destination lakes for the park’s catch any bass there; or in a lot of the tiny little clear fishing contingent – but they should be. water lakes in Quetico, especially the lakes on the far eastern side of Quetico. And that’s not to say When I looked at a map to pick some lakes to point that Ferguson Lake is a tiny lake. But the thing is out, I had to cull a few of my favourites because that the amount of water that is deeper than 40 feet they are literally too small to have a name. If these is very limited. The entire eastern basin of the lake lakes were outside of the park and had road access, consists of shallow water and this, in essence, makes they would be closed to fishing because of the it uninhabitable for lake trout in the summer. But vulnerability of the trout populations. Yet within the western basin is deep and perfect sanctuary for Quetico I doubt that more than a few people wet a lake trout when the weather turns hot. As the old line there on any given year and those who do are saying goes, nature hates a vacuum. With no bass to casting the shore for bass. dominate the upper regions of the lake’s ecosystem, But here’s the thing: There are no bass. These little the lake trout are free to make time-limited forays lakes represent the last of the remote sanctuaries into the shallows, briefly populating that vacuum, that have escaped the introduction of smallmouth before darting back to their deep, cool sanctuaries.

18 Ontario Parks | Quetico Provincial Park Only about one percent of Ontario’s lakes (i.e. ~ 2,300) contain Lake Trout, but this represents 20-25% of all PARK SUPPORTERS Lake Trout lakes in the world (roughly 10,000 lakes). FMZ 5 has about 25% of lake trout lakes in Ontario or >5% of the lake trout populations in thePARK world. SUPPORTERS

Quetico has about 20% of FMZ5 Lake Trout lakes (or Trains . . . Planes . . .Canoes ~5% of Ontario lakes or 1% of the world’s populations). In Quetico,LaTourell’s >15% of all lakes larger than 10ha are Trains . . . Planes• Guided . and . . UnguidedCanoes Wilderness• Guided and Unguided Trips Wilderness Trips known to have trout (compared to 1% in the province Moose Lake Outfi tters • World’s• World’s Largest Largest Canoeing Canoeing Reserve and less than that across their range). The three Reserve• Train-In, Fly-In Remote Retreats for • Complete and Partial Fishing or Families hotspots for trout density in Ontario are Quetico/ • Train-in,• Drive to Wilderness Fly-in Remote B&B Atikokan, Blind River areaCanoe and Outfi Algonquin tting area Retreats for Fishing or Families • Towboat Service to Frontier Trail, Hwy. 527 What I’m trying to emphasizePrairie Portagehere is that dozens of the Armstrong, •Ontario Drive toP0T Wilderness 1A0 B&B Phone: (807) 583-2626 lakes on your map of the park hold some of the best [email protected] • [email protected] (218)trout 365-4531 fishing you’ve everwww.latourells.com had, and you may be about Call (807) 708-4080 Ely, Minnesota www.wabakimi.com to paddle right over top of it. So, the next time you’re [email protected] or [email protected] paddling from one “destination” lake to the next, stop Frontier Trail, Hwy. 527 Armstrong, ON P0T 1A0 and take a look at what’s sitting right under your butt. Could it hold lake trout? Is the water clear and you wabakimi.com can’t see bottom? Take a few seconds, drop a line and get ready. You could be in for some of the best fishing of your life.

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Ontario Parks | Quetico Provincial Park 20 THE TRAILS LESS TRAVELLED Article by David Jackson, Photojournalist If anything can be left behind from those who walked where the big tree’s hide. On lakes we jump across, before us, it is the trodden trails of many feet on the wetting a line might reveal feisty, and numerous, earth and the stories they tell. Pushed down into trout. In a swamp we learn that there is no easy way moss, knee deep through sphagnum, scraped on bare but through, in a downpour we always keep our rock, these paths read like heartbeats through the eyes peeled, for at a moments notice, skies can part labyrinths of lakes, rivers, and forests that we love. A and rainbows collide. The trails less travelled might fire may burn down blazes, a blowdown could hide be long, or grown in, or drowned by beavers but for the clues, but trails can last forever, as long as we those willing to go, we nod our head for they are the know the way. The thing is, so many choose to go keepers of history, holders of the torch, and for them where others go, to travel the places we know to be we should always hold a special place in our hearts. If dear, but it’s the far off forgotten lakes that give us all you find at a trails end is an ache in your shoulders reasons to veer. On particularly long carries, we pass and tenderness in your feet, then we hope you didn’t by places that otherwise can be forgotten, hikers on miss the moose and her calf, or the aroma of dinner a trail encumbered by heavy load, sometimes, this is over an open fire. In Quetico, these trails exist in length and demand gritty endurance. In and out of Cache Lake, the marches to Delahey, we hope you go, for these trails need feet, and we can all be keepers of their stories.

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Park Wardens are on patrol to: language is not tolerated at any time of day or • provide information night and may result in charges being laid and eviction. • ensure the safety of park visitors • Pets must be kept under control at all times, • protect Quetico Park and its resources and on a leash not longer than two metres. No • enforce park rules and regulations pets in swimming areas or on beaches. You must Within a Provincial Park, a Park Warden has the clean up after your pet. Dogs should not be left same authority of an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) alone on campsites to bark and disturb other officer and enforces the following legislation: campers. A leash-free area is designated on • Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, the Pickerel Point Trail and the adjacent beach 2006 (see campground map for details). Pets are not allowed in public buildings. • Highway Traffic Act • Rules of the road (speed limits, seatbelts, stop • Liquor Licence Act signs, etc.) apply in Quetico. All roadways, • Trespass to Property Act including those in campgrounds, fall under the • Off-road Vehicles Act Highway Traffic Act which is enforced by Park • Forest Fire Prevention Act Wardens. • Motorized Snow Vehicles Act • Campsites must be kept clean and free of attractants for wildlife (e.g., bears, mice, ducks, • Ontario Fishing Regulations squirrels, etc.) at all times. • Criminal Code of Canada • Mechanized travel (including gas and electric Rules and regulations in provincial parks are intended motors) is not allowed. to ensure the safety of park visitors, protect the park As well as many of the rules and regulations listed and its resources, and ensure our guests have an above, special rules and regulations apply to guests enjoyable stay. When in doubt, ask a Park Warden. in the Park Interior (backcountry): The following are some (not a complete list) of the • Cans and bottles are prohibited. more common laws enforced at Quetico provincial park: • If you pack it in, then pack it out. DO NOT LITTER. • Permits are required for all visits to a park. • Leave only footprints. Establish your campfire Ensure your permit is readily available to present • in the designated fire ring, do not leave your fire to an officer upon request. unattended, and make sure it is DEAD OUT. • Additional vehicles must be registered at the • Remember it is against the law to cut or damage gatehouse. any live vegetation including trees, shrubs, • Campsites must be vacated by 2:00 p.m. on the wildflowers, mosses, and lichens. permit expiry date. • No more than nine persons may occupy an • No more than six people are permitted on a Interior campsite. No more than three sleeping campground site unless they make up a single- shelters, one cooking shelter and one tarp per family group of parents and children. site . • A maximum of three pieces of shelter equipment Canadian Boating Safety Regulations require: are permitted on a site. Only one of which can be • One lifejacket or personal floatation device (PFD) a trailer. of appropriate size for each person on board • Alcohol is restricted to a registered campsite • One buoyant heaving line no less than 15 meters only, and is prohibited in all public areas (49’ 3’’) including beaches and roadways. • One manual propelling device(i.e. set of oars or • Fireworks are prohibited. paddle) • Firearms are prohibited. The definition of a • One bailer or one manual water pump fitted with “firearm” includes a rifle, shotgun, hand gun, air or accompanied by sufficient hose gun, pellet gun, paint ball gun, slingshot, bow or • Sound signalling device (whistle) crossbow. • Water-tight flashlight if paddling at night • In campgrounds, removal or collection of live or (batteries must work) dead wood is prohibited. Please check current boating regulations to ensure • Rowdy behaviour, excessive noise, and obscene regulations are met at www.boatingsafety.gc.ca

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