South and east of Atikokan lies the magnificent Quetico Wilderness Park. The entry pavilion is an architectural gem! It houses a large reception center and a library featuring a complete record of the region; from early aboriginal times to present. Bring your camera! Quetico Provincial Park contains over 1,400 kilometers of canoe routes within its 4,655 square kilometer expanse! That's the size of SOME COUNTRY set aside for canoeing! No wonder Atikokan is known as the Canoe Capitol of Canada!! 
For more information regarding Quetico Park, phone: (807)597-4602.

Quetico is mainly a canoe area, but Dawson Trail campgrounds can provide the best family weekend for car campers and picnickers! Whether you decide to day-trip to the Pines, or tour Hunters Island by paddle, you'll be in for an adventure! The wilderness will tempt you with majestic cliffs, loons, impressive red and white pines, and pristine lakes!

Atikokan is situated in the heart of one of the North West’s most breathtaking and scenic vacation land. Quetico Provincial Park is an internationally renowned canoe area of over 4655 square kilometers. Among its tangled network of jewelled lakes and rivers lies a land of dazzling cliffs, spectacular waterfalls in this great northern forest. Immense solitude, rare wildlife, few people and excellent fishing allow visitors to explore both this wilderness and themselves. Quetico is the perfect location for an overnight getaway or a month long sojourn.

Access to the park is through one of six entry stations, located along the perimeter of the park. In this wilderness area, travel is non-mechanized (with some exceptions for guides of the Lac La Croix First Nation) and a can and bottle ban is in effect.

Dawson Trail Campgrounds and the French Lake entry to Quetico Provincial Park are located 48 kilometers east of Atikokan on Highway 11. This entry to Quetico is along an early travel route from Lake Superior to Rainy Lake. Dawson Trail Campgrounds are Quetico’s only car campground opportunity. 107 regular and 49 electrically equipped campsites, beaches, hiking trails and a playground, provide hours of entertainment for families of all ages. Dawson Trail is also home for the Quetico Information Pavilion and the John B. Ridley Research Library, where visitors can read about Quetico’s natural and cultural history, from biology and ecology to Ojibwa culture to stories from the fur trade. Interpretive programs are offered throughout the week, during the operating season.

For more information regarding Quetico Park, phone: (807)597-4602.
Quetico Park Information

For information on current conditions, call the 24-hour info line at 807-597-4602. To contact Quetico Park staff, call 807-597-2735 or write QPP, MNR, Atikokan, Ontario Canada P0T 1C0. Friends of Quetico has maps and books for sale and maintains a museum and historical information. They can be reached at 807-929-2571.