Lake of the Woods Vacation Area Guide

What would you say if I told you that Ontario biologists were developing a new species of fish that combined the best features of many of the most popular species? With a taste that rivaled walleye, the brawling ability of smallmouth bass and the pure good looks of speckled trout.
Well, to the best of [...]

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, There is rapture on the lonely shore – Lord Byron
A blue jay balanced on the thin branch of a birch tree and watched intently as a belted kingfisher skimmed over the bay. A beaver, pushing silvery bubbles with its nose, cut through the calm surface leaving a trailing [...]

For generations many human beings have lived in fear of the forest. Wild animals threatened our early ancestors, and robbers, cutthroats and enemies lurked behind every tree. The woodsman had to rescue Red Riding Hood after she initially met the beast in a woods.
Goldilocks took a walk in the woods where she came across [...]

A general rule of thumb when establishing a boundary is to know the lay of the land in question. If one does, chances are the boundary will make sense, it will be geographically sound, and once established that will be it.
When the Canada-US boundary west of Lake Superior to Lake of the Woods was first [...]

Do you ever stop and think about the people that have influenced your life? What events in your life have redirected your future? That you would find something when you were just a teenager that would change your life course?
I would like to introduce you to Ron Mazur, a teacher from Argo High School [...]

If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature.
– John Burroughs
On land, water or in the air, Northwestern Ontario is a haven for naturalists of all stripes. The naturalist [...]

• Hire a local guide
• Know your ice thicknesses
• Wear layered clothing: you’ll be warm as you drill ice holes and set up, then cool down as you relax at your spot
• Take a good pair of waterproof boots rated for cold weather
• On a sunny day, light reflects off the ice and snow. Prevent [...]

In the summer of 1981 Lake of the Woods cabin owner Mike Meunier found a wood board while cleaning his shore line in Morson. The board was inscribed with the ice in and ice out dates from 1935 to 1964. The origin of the board was never found but Mike believed that it came from [...]

We see them along the highways all around this area. Rocks piled up in different shapes. But what are they? Many of us don’t know what they are and only a handful of us know. Consider yourself as the few that do know. An inuksuk (plural inuksuit) (from the Inuktitut: plural alternatively inukshuk in English [...]

For the better part of 25 years Paddy Reid was the defining force in the field of archaeology in Northwestern Ontario. He was the undisputed expert in the discipline of reconstructing the heritage which is an integral part of Lake of the Woods and surrounding areas.
In 1970 he left the army and entered university full [...]