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SOLITUDE, ADVENTURE, INTEGRATION with NATURE…the big three. This defines quite well, the paddler’s quest.
Many people feel that to be successful in this quest, one must travel far and wide to obtain this oft-times illusive goal. What if I were to tell you that only a 5 hour drive from the Canadian /U.S. Boundary at International Falls / Fort Frances, or a 45 minute flight from the Winnipeg Airport, or a 2 hour flight from the Thunder Bay airport would find you in Red Lake, Ontario, the launching point to Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, one of the most accessible yet least traveled, wilderness paddling destinations in central Canada.
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Less than 1000 trippers dip their paddles annually into these wild waters. The well known Quetico – Boundary Waters Area, complete with greater than 150,000 users annually is only 5 hours away, yet very few of these paddlers will regularly travel the few extra miles to find a lake of their own. Staff at Woodland Caribou Park understand the importance of high quality backcountry adventure and through their approved management plan have taken steps to provide that elusive feature called solitude by capping use. Unlike other parks it’s not the quantity of users that’s important it’s the quality of the experience the users have. This action will also ensure the impact on the land is minimal.