#quetico

[jasonswingen]

Lake Trout on the fly! We landed over 20 lake trout trolling our fly rods with full sinking lines. Some were in as shallow as 5' of water, and others were suspended over 100'. They all put up your typically, crazy, drag-burning fights! . . . #flyfishing #laketrout #trolling #canoe #trout #troutfishing #nativetrout #quetico #streamerfishing #articulationnation #gamechanger #chosenone https://www.instagram.com/p/CfhQvBPuiY0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vintagecamping]

Making time for a shave.

Brent Lake, Quetico Provincial Park

1948

[earthanthem]

(via Pinterest)

Foggy Morning in Quetico Provincial Park by George Peters

[justin-stewart-weed]

Angler's Paradise: Navigating the Top 10 Remote Freshwater Fishing Escapes in the US

For those seeking a break from the familiar and a deep dive into the heart of nature's tranquility, the United States harbors remote freshwater fishing havens that beckon the adventurous angler. These top 10 hidden escapes offer not just the thrill of a catch but an immersion into the untouched landscapes that define the essence of true wilderness fishing.

Priest Lake, Idaho: Alpine Serenity and Mackinaw Bounty

Tucked away in the northern reaches of Idaho, Priest Lake stands as a testament to untouched wilderness. The pristine waters and dense pine forests create a serene backdrop for anglers seeking solitude. Renowned for its massive lake trout or mackinaw, Priest Lake offers a chance to reel in trophy-sized fish in a setting that feels worlds away from the hustle and bustle.

Vermilion Bay, Louisiana: Redfish Haven in the Gulf

Venture off the beaten path in Louisiana to discover Vermilion Bay, a hidden gem for saltwater anglers seeking the thrilling pull of redfish. Nestled in the Gulf of Mexico, this remote bay offers not only fantastic fishing but also an escape into the unique Cajun culture. Picture yourself navigating the winding bayous and marshes, casting for bull reds in the solitude of the Southern wilderness.

Uinta Mountains Lakes, Utah: High-Altitude Splendor for Brook Trout

Escape to the Uinta Mountains in Utah for a high-altitude fishing adventure surrounded by alpine lakes and breathtaking scenery. These hidden gems are stocked with feisty brook trout, offering anglers the chance to cast their lines in a secluded mountain paradise. Hike into the Uintas, breathe in the crisp mountain air, and immerse yourself in the beauty of the untouched wilderness.

Quetico Provincial Park, Minnesota and Ontario: Wilderness Canoeing and Lake Trout

For the ultimate remote fishing experience, venture into the wilderness of Quetico Provincial Park, spanning the border between Minnesota and Ontario. Accessible only by canoe, the park's pristine lakes are teeming with lake trout, making it a haven for anglers seeking both adventure and a diverse fishing experience. Paddle through interconnected waterways and camp under star-studded skies in this untouched northern wilderness.

Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado: Gold Medal Waters and Brown Trout Bliss

Hidden within the rugged canyons of Colorado, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison offers a unique angling experience in a spectacular setting for those in search of brown trout. Designated as Gold Medal Waters, this stretch of the Gunnison River promises not only trophy-sized browns but also the thrill of fishing amidst sheer canyon walls that plunge into the depths below.

Lake Jocassee, South Carolina: Clear Waters and Trophy Trout

Escape to the tranquility of Lake Jocassee, a hidden gem nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Known for its crystal-clear waters, the lake offers anglers the opportunity to pursue trophy-sized trout, including rainbow and brown trout. Immerse yourself in the peaceful ambiance of this secluded reservoir, surrounded by lush forests and the scenic beauty of the Southern Appalachians.

Little Red River, Arkansas: World-Class Trout Fishing Off the Beaten Path

While the White River often steals the spotlight, the nearby Little Red River offers a quieter alternative for trout enthusiasts. Flowing through the picturesque Ozark Mountains, this river is stocked with rainbow and brown trout, providing an exceptional fishing experience away from the crowds. Cast your line into the cool, clear waters and enjoy the tranquility of this hidden Arkansas gem.

Kodiak Island, Alaska: Remote Wilderness and Trophy Salmon

For the adventurous angler seeking the epitome of wilderness, Kodiak Island in Alaska is a dream destination. Known for its remote rivers teeming with salmon, including the iconic king salmon, Kodiak Island offers an unmatched fishing experience. Navigate pristine waters, surrounded by towering mountains and vast expanses of untouched wilderness, as you pursue trophy salmon in the heart of the Last Frontier.

Lake Superior, Michigan and Wisconsin: Untamed Beauty and Lake Trout

While the Great Lakes are no secret, Lake Superior, the largest and deepest of them all, harbors hidden corners for the intrepid angler. Head to the remote shores of Michigan and Wisconsin to experience the untamed beauty of Lake Superior and pursue the elusive lake trout. Imagine casting your line against the backdrop of rugged cliffs and expansive horizons in this vast and secluded freshwater wilderness.

Wallowa Lake, Oregon: Alpine Majesty and Kokanee Salmon

Nestled in the heart of the Wallowa Mountains in Oregon, Wallowa Lake is a hidden jewel for anglers seeking alpine beauty and abundant kokanee salmon. Surrounded by snow-capped peaks and dense pine forests, the lake offers a tranquil escape into the Pacific Northwest wilderness. Cast your line into the clear waters and savor the solitude of this mountain paradise.

For those yearning to escape the well-trodden fishing paths and immerse themselves in the untouched beauty of nature, these remote freshwater fishing escapes in the US beckon. Whether it's the solitude of alpine lakes, the thrill of pursuing trophy trout in wilderness rivers, or the serenity of fishing in the shadow of rugged canyons, these hidden gems promise not only exceptional angling but an adventure into the heart of America's pristine wilderness. So, pack your gear, embrace the spirit of exploration, and cast your line into the unknown for an angler's paradise like no other.

[fleurcareil]

Northwest Ontario: 2nd time's a charm

The route from Winnipeg into Ontario and eastward to Espanola is the only section of my trip that I've driven back & forth on the same road (apart from the Kenora-Thunder Bay stretch where I did take a different way back) as the rest of the 20k drive has really been one big loop across the country, hence 2nd time's a charm! 😀 Having assumed that the weather would be worse in September, I had taken my time going west, camping in beautiful provincial & national parks, so check out those earlier posts to see the full beauty of this region. Now on the way back, I tried to see a few new places and/or revisited some of my favourite spots.

It felt really good to see the Welcome to Ontario sign, as it meant I was heading home... all provinces have their own charm, but Ontario I know best, so that will always remain "my place".

Staying in Kenora for the night, I had contemplated to go see the sunset over Lake of the Woods, but instead I just stayed at the motel trying to fix the pump hose for hopefully a few more paddles. 🤞

In the morning, I took the highway south to Fort Frances, which is an hour longer to Thunder Bay then east to Dryden but has the benefit of not having any trucks. The road is curvy & hilly so that means it's difficult to bypass slow drivers, but I had it mostly to myself to take in the beautiful Canadian Shield and all the lakes - Ontario at its best! 😍

At Sioux Narrows provincial park, I did a small hike up a viewpoint of Regina Bay, the most eastern arm of Lake of the Woods. This was one of those viewpoints where the trees are blocking most of the view 😂 but it felt good anyway to be in the fresh-smelling forest. I surprised a deer that was on the trail nibbling at tree branches so that reminded me that I needed to make some noise from time to time - I was still in bear country after all!,

A bit further south, I had a nice 1.5hr paddle at Caliper Lake provincial park along the shoreline and around a little island. I usually start paddling against the wind to make life easier on the way back, however I had misinterpreted how the wind was being deflected around a hill, so suddenly it did a 180 on me and I got the wind against me also on the way back! 😆 less relaxing than I had envisaged!

Fort Frances is the main town in this corner of Ontario, sharing a river as border with the US similar to Niagara Falls. I had thought of breaking for lunch here, but the waterfront did not really appeal to me, so I drove on and stopped instead at a viewpoint of Rainy Lake, another one of those massive lakes.

For the night, I stopped at a motel in the middle of nowhere 😁 midway to Thunder Bay, where the owner had made pretty flower gardens out of reclaimed wood. Living in Toronto, I had always thought that Kenora and Thunder Bay were kinda in the same neighbourhood "out there", whereas in reality they are over 500km apart, so I was glad to split the drive in two! As a bonus, the motel was across the road from a beautiful lake so happy to sit in a chair taking in the last sun rays of the day. 🥰

In the morning the water was still calm, so I used the motel's dock to launch my SUP and went for a great paddle around several little islands. For me, this is as close to paradise as it gets; blue water, blue sky and some little rocky islands with trees in between them 💖💖

After leaving the motel, it was only a short drive to Quetico provincial park, famed for its backcountry wilderness canoeing... something I was clearly not going to do now, but I still wanted to get a sense of what it looked like. Did a small hike around a swamp which was nothing special, so sat for a bit on a rock overlooking the lake and empty beach... travelling after Labour Day is sooo nice as the crowds disappear and calmness returns. 😍 There was a whole flock of larger brown birds walking around, which looked a bit like grouse but those tend to stay in the trees, so at the visitor centre they told me they were partridges!

After Quetico, it was another 3-hour drive to my motel in Nipigon, and adding the final hour of time difference made the day go by fast! In total, I've had eleven time-changes during this trip (+1-1+1+0.5 from Ontario via New Brunswick & Quebec to Labrador, -1.5 back to Quebec, then -1-1-1 to BC, and finally +1+1+1 to Ontario), all in the same country! 😄

Just before getting to Nipigon, I had a quick stop at the Red Rock marina, where the view of steep hills was pretty enough, but the redness of the rock was masked by vegetation 😅. The scenery in this area is very pretty though, and the next day I really enjoyed the drive out of town - there's not many rest places along the highway to take pics from but hopefully you get the jest!

I had wanted to revisit Neys provincial park to hike up a hill to an overlook of a famous Lawren Harris painting of Pic Island, but I had been slow to leave in the morning, first sorting out things online and then waiting for my car to get an oil service. So instead, I repeated a small hike to a rocky point with a stunning view of the lake and sat there (in my coat & headband for the wind) for a while, chatting with a few friends online.

All through Canada some of my best cell phone reception was either on top of a hill or on a rocky outcrop (basically anywhere without trees) so I often would sit there to read email, research things online and chat with friends & family. 😂 It hadn't really bothered me to have poor/no reception for most of the time (sometimes for days on end), but now I was going home there was a lot to sort out, so it became more frustrating.

Staying that night in an airbnb without kitchen, I prepped a salad on the beach's picknick table, and then made my way over to Marathon for some cozy streaming of the Amazing Race while lying in bed 😊, a definite advantage of staying in a building rather than a tent! In the morning, I quickly checked out Marathon's Jellicoe Cove, which is undoubtedly a great place to be on the water in high summer.

Just south of Marathon, I also revisited Pukaskwa national park, which was as stunning as on the way up. It was much greyer now though, so check out the pics from my previous post to truly appreciate its beauty. I redid the Southern Headland Trail and then added the Manito Mikana trail which I hadn't had time for previously... the little islands, the vast water expanse, the beach... all pretty and with starting fall colour changes! 😍

Temperatures were less fun; 4 degrees in the morning and only warming up to 8-12 degrees in the afternoon, so after a cold day, I got myself in Wawa a chicken noodle soup & yam fries to warm me up! Arriving early at my cabin, the same where I had stayed years ago on a Thanksgiving trip up here, I cranked up the heat and snuggled in front of the tv. 😊

Next day, I hiked the Nokomis trail in the northern part of the Lake Superior provincial park, which has stunning views of the surrounding forest and of Old Woman Bay...which I had a harder time to see as I was stung by two wasps on the way up! 😫 Stopping to take off my sweater, they suddenly stung me on the arm and eyebrow before I even realized what happened. I picked up my stuff and ran away 😅. Not surprisingly, my entire eye got swollen so once I was back down, I took some rest on the beach before hitting the road again. Au, it hurt!! 😮

Driving went ok but it was very tiring, so I had another break at the lovely beach of Pancake Bay provincial park to eat something and soak up the sun with my eyes closed. I was surprised that Lake Superior has such large sandy beaches as most of the shoreline consists of Canadian Shield rocks... they are a bit out of the way for city folks from Toronto 😉 but great places for locals from Sault Ste Marie!

In that town, I spent some time getting ready for the next phase of leaving Canada; I washed my car so that it's a little more presentable 😅 (got also a deep-clean booked to get rid of all the sand) and spent my remaining gift cards and Shoppers points... don't want to lose any freebees! 😄

Checking in at the motel in Thessalon, I was relieved to be able to sit and not get up for a while... If we all could see such a sunset each day, the world would be a more peaceful place! 😍🥰

Wildlife: 1 deer at Sioux Narrows, 15 partridges at Quetico, 1 partridge at Pukaskwa, 2 wasps at Lake Superior

SUPs: one at Caliper Lake, one at the motel (Niobe Lake)

Hikes: one at Sioux Narrows, one at Quetico, one at Neys, one at Pukaskwa, one at Lake Superior

Distance driven since last map: 1,572km

[gingergarlictv-blog]

The Most Beautiful Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

The Boundary Waters Canoe Space Wilderness or BWCAW is situated in Minnesota within the northern third of the Superior Nationwide Forest. At over a million acres in measurement, the BWCAW extends almost 150 miles alongside the worldwide border adjoining..

The Boundary Waters Canoe Space Wilderness or BWCAW is situated in Minnesota within the northern third of the Superior Nationwide Forest. At over a million acres in measurement, the BWCAW extends almost 150 miles alongside the worldwide border adjoining to Canada’s Quetico Provincial Park and is bordered on the west by Voyageurs Nationwide Park. The BWCAW comprises 1175 lakes various in…

[enf]

Where the Bouys Are…

Navigating by canoe here to be pretty tricky. it’s a lot like Quetico. You have to determine the best path by sorting through landmark or you’ll end up in the wrong bay. This requires staying in the channel between Lakes and when you’re in a canoe you can pretty much paddle anywhere. looking at the various inlets and finally determined the one that works best for you. Parks Canada has placed a series of green and red boys to assist larger boats, with drafts like ours to stay in the middle of the channel and also determine the best course while avoiding shallows and rocks. It’s similar to but not really like Canal boating. In addition I am carrying an iPad with a GPS chip that also receives so uses cellular data. I have I am using the Navionics app to navigate once underway. I have entered various data about our boat into the app and I am learning to plot and track our daily course through the bouys  to stay in the channel. This assists Eileen to place the boat in the I proper position and heading. The images are screenshots from Navionics. Yesterday we went from Chaffey Lock to Jones Falls for some reason one of the landmasses here is named California. As I get more proficient,  I’m finding that using the Navionics app is almost as easy as using Google maps.

[thatbasicwitch]

Hello all, I’m back from my exhausting 12 day traipse through the Canadian Wilderness!! Please enjoy these pictures while I go grab a hot shower and some food that isn’t freeze dried 💕

[grumpycanine]

This one’s going to be special.  I’ve been taking one or two back-country canoe trips in the BWCA for more than twenty years, and one of them was a full week trip.  But this year, we’re starting on the far north side of the Quetico in Canada, and planning a 7-night trip to exit at Fall Lake, right outside of Ely.  This is our planned route, of about 100 miles.

[hydeninspiration]

Representing @creativeanimalfoundation on my camping trips this last week! I couldn't have asked for a better set of trail tools(knife,fork,bowl and chopsticks). They are sturdy (my nieces plastic spoon/fork combo broke), made from sustainable bamboo wood, very light weight, and come with their own case to keep the dirt out. Also great for everyday use at work, when eating carryout, or anywhere you don't have a fully stocked kitchen! When bought through http://www.creativeanimal.org/product/bamboo-kit-black/ a percentage stays with this wonderful nonprofit run by incredible people who dedicate every moment of their lives to protecting this beautiful planet and the unique ecosystems that are in danger due to human consumption! #bwcaw #savethebwca #camptools #guidelife #sustainability #loveyourmother #creativeanimalfoundation #quetico #canoe #camping #remotewilderness #vacations #paddleyourowncanoe (at Quetico, Ontario)

[jasonswingen]

Big pikes! This was such a cool fish. After throwing for smallmouth most of the morning we saw a deeper bay that looked "pikey" we switched rods and started throwing big flies with wire leaders. Within 5 minutes I had a bump and threw right back in. Just a couple strips of the line and wham! . . . #flyfishing #fishing #quetico #pikefishing #northenpike #esox #streamerfishing #gobigorgohome #canoe #flyvsjerk https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfbgt17u8YZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vintagecamping]

Author, environmentalist and advocate,  Sig Olson at a wilderness camping site, probably in the Quetico area.

Minnesota, 1940′s

[km162890]

#quetico #queticoprovincialpark #camping #wheredotheyearsgo #timefliesby #Westin #dadlife #kurt #canada #canoetrip #canoeing #fishing #sunset

[inhale-and-explore]

Jen's adventure to collect all of Ontario Parks new patches and stickers! Had the pleasure of spending the past week within Quetico! Got to hike to a waterfall and enjoy a beautiful sunset!

[adirondackjoe]

Alone on the Shield: A Novel by Kirk Landers

Alone on the Shield: A Novel by Kirk Landers

“I hope you get drafted, I hope you go to Vietnam, I hope you get shot, and I hope you die there. Those words, spoken in the anger of youth, marked the end of the torrid 1960s college romance of Annette DuBose and Gabe Pender. She would marry a fellow antiwar activist and end up immigrating to Canada. He would fight in Vietnam and come home to build an American dream kind of life��a great career,…

[rednor-elymn]

Hurry Before all the Canoes are gone! 2022 Souris River Canoe Pre-Order

Hurry Before all the Canoes are gone! 2022 Souris River Canoe Pre-Order

The time is ticking to get your order in for the 2022 canoe season, There will be limited canoes again this year and it’s all canoe makers just not Souris River, We have to get our order in Soon. Souris River Quetico 17 Red Tiger Hurry before it’s to late. Call 218-365-5489 to place your order. Click here for the Pre-Order Info: