Talk:Quetico Provincial Park

History

Quetico is celebrating it's 100th birthday this year, yet this article says it was formed in 1913. What is the truth? See here: http://www.quetico100.com/index.php?pid=22 Bao Pu (talk) 11:55, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

What is known today as Quetico Provincial Park was probably created and protected through a number of steps. Searching the internet, I didn't find any good online references about the history of the park, but this website from Ontario Parks (the government agency responsible for managing the Quetico) lists 1913 as the date the park was created under the Provincial Parks Act. There was probably a prior effort to protect the Quetico in 1909, and that's what's being commemorated this year. -- BlueCanoe (talk) 21:39, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

You are correct. In 1909 an "Order in Council" by the Government of Ontario established the Quetico Forest Reserve. Early the same year, the US established its sister "parks", the adjacent "Superior National Forest" and "Superior Game Refuge". Quetico became a park in 1913 with the Parks Act. There were no official parks before 1913. This information was obtained from the Superintendent's Letter in the 2009 Quetico Information Guide. Dger (talk) 23:13, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Great info. I'll add it to the article if you don't mind. -- BlueCanoe (talk) 03:41, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

External links

I think the links to Ontario Parks, which have been removed as spam, are valid, as they are non-commercial government agency websites directly related to the park. see Ontario Parks: Quetico Provincial Park -- BlueCanoe 16:42, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Agree they are the official links. You might want to re-add all three links and label it "References" though. -Ravedave 18:07, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Ezeu's been removing the Ontario Plaques spam and accidentally removed the similarly spelled Ontario Parks links. --NormanEinstein 20:40, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Changes in fishing regulations

This sentence: "In 2007 barbless hooks and artificial bait will be banned from use in the park." is incorrect. The ban will be on barbed hooks and live bait, requiring the use of barbless hooks and artificial lures. This is to reduce injury to fish and prevent the introduction of non-native species, respectively. See the Quetico Fisheries Stewardship Plan (PDF). -- BlueCanoe 17:16, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Regulations section is unclear

It is unclear whether the regulations regarding bottles refers to ALL bottles, or only glass bottles. Are plastic beverage bottles prohibited? The relevant sentences currently read: "Containers of fuel, insect repellent, medicines, personal toilet articles and other items that are not food or beverage are the only cans or bottles that may be brought into Quetico. Non-burnable, disposable food and beverage containers are not allowed." Thank you, John User:jcaldeira

Additional Sections / Topics

Nice article!

This huge, cool, interesting and beautiful place could sure use (and merits) an expansion with additional sections. Ideas could include geology of the park (great Canadian shield, some pre-cambrian rock etc.), flora and fauna of the park, major lakes of the park, drainage and waterway overview, climate, more details on history, gateways (north and south) to it, lake ecology (oligotrophic etc.).

SincerelyNorth8000 (talk) 19:43, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

I started a "geology and drainage" section to jump start the process. Please forgive me on its imperfections and feel more-than-free to modify, split and build upon it. North8000 (talk) 20:05, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Atikokan

Nice cleanup by Cmr08. One note: Atikokan is closely related to the park. It's very near the park, and the only Canadian city/two anywhere near the park. Home to nearly all of the outfitters for Northern entry into the park. The park is a major portion of Atikokan's economy. If not an external link, they should be in there somewhere. North8000 (talk) 13:28, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Change in described location within Ontario

Folks in Ontario refer to the western half of Ontario as Northern Ontario, and it is farther North than the eastern half. I think the recent change form "Northwestern" to "western" is OK, "Western" being descriptive. But anything with "south" in it (per edit summary) would be incorrect by both geography and opposite to the term used there. Sinecerely North8000 (talk) 16:21, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

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