New canoeing areas are always sought after by canoeists. The Algonquin, BWCA and Quetico were always thought to be the prime destinations; until now.
The Atikaki Wilderness consisting of Woodland Caribou Provincial Park in Ontario, and Atikaki Park in Manitoba offer new routes for those in need of solitude and adventure.
The sheer solitude of these areas is breathtaking and overwhelming and few people use these routes during any given season. For example in some years as few as 600 canoeists paddle Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. Imagine 1.2 million acres all to yourself. It happens. You may paddle and never see another human or even the hint of one.
These pristine areas cannot compare to other heavily used parks in Ontario/Manitoba. They have no pre-made campsites and those that ARE there are primitive to say the least.
Fires are permitted in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park (unless stipulated otherwise by the implementation of a Restricted Fire Zone) and there is certainly no lack of bedrock to build a fire pit. Manitoba however asks you to use stoves or metal fire pots. Be sure to bring a saw, and try to avoid the heavier axes or hatchet. Weight is important on these trips. When you leave a site, please leave it in at least the same condition as you found it if not better.
There are no roads in these areas, hence it is virtually virgin wilderness territory just like it was hundreds of years ago.
Many lakes are within this area and no portages go into about half of them. They are for the better part unexplored to this day -so much so that we’re still finding previously unrecorded Pictograph sites!
The Atikaki is really yet to be discovered. It’s flora and fauna are not highly documented and information of such is certainly incomplete.
Discover Atikaki yourself and attempt to unlock it’s secrets.