Tag: Quetico

  • Meet Quetico Provincial Park's new camping pods

    Looking to try a different style of camping at Quetico Provincial Park? Perhaps you’re craving a step up from tent camping or longing to try an entirely different style of Ontario Parks’ roofed accommodation units. Well then, let us introduce you to Quetico’s camping pods and let the glamping begin!

  • Where to snowshoe in Ontario Parks

    Remember to always check the Snow Report before you go to ensure conditions are favourable for snowshoeing. Nature looks completely different under a glittering blanket of snow. Why not strap on some snowshoes and experience Ontario Parks in a whole new way this winter? Check out some winter parks with top-notch snowshoeing opportunities:

  • Five friends, five departments, one park

    Today’s post comes from Zuzanna, Alysa, Lyle, Jackson, and Emily: five friends who applied to Ontario Parks across the province and by a twist of fate, all got jobs at the same provincial park, 1,500 km (or 16 hours) from home! Are you interested in joining us for the 2024 summer season? Applications are now open! In…

  • Five spots to ice fish in Ontario Parks

    Calling all anglers! Fishing season doesn’t end when the lake freezes over. Our parks are home to some world-class ice fishing opportunities. Here are some prime spots to drop a line this winter:

  • 10 ways to enjoy winter at Quetico

    Today’s post comes from Quetico Provincial Park Superintendent Trevor Gibb. Quetico is primarily known for its world class backcountry canoeing opportunities. However, once the lakes freeze and snow blankets the forest, the park transforms into a wilderness winter wonderland.

  • Weekend warriors: northern edition

    This blog comes from park besties: Alysa Cortes and Zuzanna Radecki! They’re back for another recap of their weekend adventures living and working at a different provincial park. This season, we moved 17 hours from home and 14 hours from our previous park, Killbear Provincial Park, to work at the world-renowned paddling paradise: Quetico Provincial…

  • Quetico: an International Dark Sky Park

    The opportunity to look up into a beautiful starry sky has forever been a part of the Quetico Provincial Park camping experience. But did you know that on February 23, 2021, Quetico Provincial Park was officially designated as an International Dark Sky Park by the International Dark Sky Association? Imagine yourself lying on your back gazing up…

  • There and back again: a Quetico tale

    Today’s blog comes from Quetico Provincial Park Canoe Route Technician Gavin Morito-Karn. In 2019, I spent my summer paddling across a large chunk of the vastness of one of Canada’s waterways. Brigitte Champaigne-Klassen (also a past member of Quetico’s staff) and I travelled from Cochrane, Alberta (just west of Calgary) to Nym Lake on the border…

  • September's digital download

    With views like this, who would ever want to leaf? Orange you glad it’s autumn? This month’s FREE digital download comes from the gourd-geous Quetico Provincial Park.

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