Foundation News

Atikokan Progress, Monday August 31 2015, Jessica Smith Six Toronto high school students toured Atikokan and met with members of Town Council before heading into Quetico Park, Wednesday. The canoe trip, which ends today with their arrival at French Lake, is part of a leadership development course specializing in wilderness stewardship and urban citizenship. The […]

Atikokan Progress, Monday August 31 2015, M.McKinnon In addition to the Ridley Wilderness Youth Program, the Quetico Foundation sponsored a biology intern this summer to work with Park biologist Brian Jackson (he moved over from his position as area biologist earlier this year). Kiara Gannon, who will enter her second year of biology studies at

The invasive introduced rusty crayfish are no good in Quetico’s Basswood Lake, displacing native species. Read the Quetico Foundation’s 2014 biology intern, Hannah Gehrels’ blog: https://whenilookatthestars.wordpress.com/2015/03/18/rusty-the-ravenous/   Photo compilation (rusty crayfish and virile crayfish): Noah Cole

Read Rob Kesselring’s article about the Quetico Foundation’s recent endeavours in the Winter 2014 edition of The Boundary Waters Journal. The Quetico Foundation celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2014. Did you know that the committee that eventually became the Quetico Foundation was in part established by the Right Honourable Vincent Massey, with assistance from US