Escape to the Backcountry

World-renowned for its rugged beauty, sheltered lakes, majestic waterfalls and virgin pine forests, Quetico Provincial Park offers some of the world’s best backcountry canoeing. You’ll find plenty of wilderness here, as except for family friendly campground Dawson Trail, the park is only accessible by water. What’s more, a complete mechanical ban has helped preserve the park’s natural quiet and remote splendour. It is even wilder now than when it was formed more than 100 years ago.

Some areas of the park are more easily travelled than others. Portages and campsites are not signed so trip planning and wilderness navigation skills are necessary. 

Outfitters 

• Canadian Quetico Outfitters
• Canoe Canada Outfitters
• Voyageur Wilderness Program
• Zup’s Canoe Outfitters
• Campbell’s Cabins and Canoe Trips
• Quetico North Outfitters
• Spirit of the Paddle

If you are not pursuing the Northwest Quest and you don’t want to camp for all or any of your canoeing adventure, you can stay in rustic luxury at a unique wilderness lodge, cabin, yurt or outpost and do canoe day trips.

• Branch’s Seine River Lodge
• Camp Quetico
• Campbell’s Cabins
• Kashabowie Outposts (Fly-in)
• Marr’s Perch Lake Lodge
• Voyageur Wilderness Program - Voyageur Island Ecolodge
• Zup’s Fishing Resort & Canoe Outfitters
• Powell Lake Resort

Outfitter Air Service

• Atikokan Aero

• Sunset Country
• Northwest Ontario
• North of Superior Tourism Association

Don’t Miss 

About 1 hour east of Quetico Provincial Park is Thunder Bay. Located on the shore of the Lake Superior, the world’s largest freshwater lake, it has everything you need to get outfitted properly for your adventure and all the urban culinary and cultural attractions to complete your memorable epic adventure.

While in Thunder Bay, explore back in time to the year 1815 to experience the fur trade at Fort William Historical Park. There are 42 authentic, reconstructed buildings on the site and actors in period dress to bring it to life.

For information on park fees and reservations, click here.

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World-renowned for its rugged beauty, sheltered lakes, majestic waterfalls and virgin pine forests, Quetico Provincial Park offers some of the world’s best backcountry canoeing. You’ll find plenty of wilderness here, as except for family friendly campground Dawson Trail, the park is only accessible by water. What’s more, a complete mechanical ban has helped preserve the park’s natural quiet and remote splendour. It is even wilder now than when it was formed more than 100 years ago.

Some areas of the park are more easily travelled than others. Portages and campsites are not signed so trip planning and wilderness navigation skills are necessary. 

Outfitters 

• Canadian Quetico Outfitters
• Canoe Canada Outfitters
• Voyageur Wilderness Program
• Zup’s Canoe Outfitters
• Campbell’s Cabins and Canoe Trips
• Quetico North Outfitters
• Spirit of the Paddle

If you are not pursuing the Northwest Quest and you don’t want to camp for all or any of your canoeing adventure, you can stay in rustic luxury at a unique wilderness lodge, cabin, yurt or outpost and do canoe day trips.

• Branch’s Seine River Lodge
• Camp Quetico
• Campbell’s Cabins
• Kashabowie Outposts (Fly-in)
• Marr’s Perch Lake Lodge
• Voyageur Wilderness Program - Voyageur Island Ecolodge
• Zup’s Fishing Resort & Canoe Outfitters
• Powell Lake Resort

Outfitter Air Service

• Atikokan Aero

• Sunset Country
• Northwest Ontario
• North of Superior Tourism Association

Don’t Miss 

About 1 hour east of Quetico Provincial Park is Thunder Bay. Located on the shore of the Lake Superior, the world’s largest freshwater lake, it has everything you need to get outfitted properly for your adventure and all the urban culinary and cultural attractions to complete your memorable epic adventure.

While in Thunder Bay, explore back in time to the year 1815 to experience the fur trade at Fort William Historical Park. There are 42 authentic, reconstructed buildings on the site and actors in period dress to bring it to life.

For information on park fees and reservations, click here.