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Nature
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Interpretive
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Canoeing |
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The Park's Nature Center on Lakeview Drive is a great spot to begin
your adventure in the park.
The Nature Center offers interactive exhibits and activities, demonstrations,
a theater, discovery kit for loan, and the Friends of the Park Bookshop.
Knowledgeable, friendly park staff are on hand to help you learn more about
the park and it's wildlife. Open daily from late June - Labour Day.
For a special group booking, call the park office. |
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The natural world can at times seem as foreign as another country.
To help guide you through the intricate web of life of this transitional
landscape, a variety of naturalist activities are available. Whatever
age or interest, you will find the interpretive events unique and rewarding.
Check at the Information Center or Nature Center for details. Ask
for a copy of the Activity Schedule with descriptions, times and locations
of all interpretive activities. |
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A myriad of lakes and rivers cover the park, making the lure of the
water almost impossible to resist. Spend the night along the Bagwa
canoe route and listen to the loons cry as the northern lights dance overhead
or test your endurance on the rugged Bladebone route. Rivers here
are best run in the spring when the water is high, but the great variety
of lakes offers trips for all skill levels. Canoe rentals are available
in the park. |
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Grey
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Hiking |
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Boating
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The woods and wildlife of this park inspired several of the widely
read works of Grey Owl. For seven years this colorful, controversial
woodsman, author and orator lived at Beaver Lodge on Ajaawan Lake.
He retreated to the solace of this lake after his demanding lecture tours
of England and the United States. his cabin still stands on the shores
of Ajaawan, a mute tribute to his work. Grey Owl died in 1938 but
his words have survived for they speak of truths beyond dispute. "Remember;
you belong to nature, not it to you." |
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Whether your idea of hiking is an afternoon stroll or an overnight
excursion to Grey Owl's cabin, it is one of the best ways to get to know
the park.
Follow a boardwalk into a bog, venture into beaver habitat along a
creek or walk through sun filled aspen woods carpeted with wildflowers.
All this and more can be found on the park's many trails. |
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Power boats are permitted on Waskesiu, Crean, Kingsmere, Sandy and
Heart Lakes. Please note that a 40 h.p. motor restriction is enforced
on Kingsmere Lake. Marina facilities including boat rentals, are
located on Waskesiu Lake at the Main marina and the Narrows, and at the
Heart Lakes Marina. Watercraft must conform with federal small vessel
regulations.
Cast your line into cool northern waters for lake trout, northern pike
and walleye. You are required to obtain a national park fishing license
available, with a copy of the fishing regulations, at visitor kiosks. |
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Back
country Camping |
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Picnicking |
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Wildlife |
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Hike or canoe into the remote reaches of the park for an overnight
trip and truly experience the northern woods. Opportunities vary
from areas of high use with a number of facilities to the vast wilderness
areas of low use with few or no facilities and where random camping is
allowed.
To prevent overuse of the primitive campsites and wilderness areas
and for your own safety, you are required to obtain a back country permit
before any overnight back country travel. There is a fee for this
permit where facilities are provided, please check in at the Information
Center.
Park Wardens conduct random patrols of the back country to check permits
and to ensure proper camping practices. |
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There are a number of excellent picnic sites throughout the park.
All offer picnic tables and fireplaces and many have sandy beaches. |
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Moose, wolves, red fox, beaver...the park's protective boundaries harbor
a great variety of animals. A drive along a park road or a stroll
along a trail at dawn or dusk may prove rewarding.
The park has a healthy population of black bears. Their cuddly
and sometimes comical appearance is deceptive; they are powerful and unpredictable.
They think food. Even the smell of it is enough to entice them into
a campground where they will eat anything from canned goods to cosmetics,
fresh fruit to toothpaste, and any king of meat. They are not fussy
- but they are dangerous. Please do not cook or leave food or cosmetics
in or near your tent. |
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