QueTiCoFoundation.org
Title
The Quetico Foundation
Description
"Wilderness" is a substantial area of land or water where the forces of nature are permitted to function freely; where the impact of man is largely unnoticeable; where the only method of travel is by historic, non-mechanical means; where there are opportunities for a wilderness experience of solitude, space, time and a personal integration with nature. Furthermore, it is cared for in such a way as to ensure the evolution of natural processes.
The Foundation is closely associated with Quetico Provincial Park, a park which together with the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in the United States, forms the largest international wilderness preserve in the world.
In 1909, the Ontario provincial government set aside 1,148,000 acres (430,000 hectares) for wilderness recreational use northwest of Lake Superior, which became Quetico Provincial Park in 1913. (Click here for more information on the Park). In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed the President's Quetico-Superior Committee and in 1939, the U.S. Forest Service marked out the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. In 1949, the Canada Quetico-Superior Committee was formed with the Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey as Chairman.
