The playground just got bigger: Canada’s new wilderness area
August 13th, 2008 | by Andy Published in Camping, Canoeing, Environment, Quetico
These days, the moss is looking pretty green on the other side. The last several months have seen Canada taking huge steps to preserve its boreal wonderlands for future generations. The latest announcement comes from Ontario and Manitoba, who have agreed to establish and co-manage a new Interprovincial Wilderness Area. And it’s freaking huge [PDF map here].
Formed from several provincial parks along the Ontario-Manitoba border, including the Atakaki and Woodland Caribou, the new area totals about 2,300,00 acres. By comparison, our own BWCAW is a little over 1 million acres.
This is a big win for Nature, first and foremost. And good on the First Nations tribes who have worked with the government to preserve these wild lands, to be sure. But I must admit: I’m already checking Google Maps for drive times from our neck of the woods. Me wants to play!