Quetico as a wilderness park is managed to protect and maintain the environment in its wild and natural state. You are a visitor to this space and your place is not to conquer or own it; but to act as a care-taker of this magnificient place. Please play your part in the preservation of Quetico Park for future generations by following these no trace camping guidelines:

Group Size: Keep your group size small. If your group size is near or at nine people, make two reservation so that you can split up and travel separately. You will increase your enjoyment of the park, decrease your impact on park resources and enhance the wilderness experience of others.

Quiet Please: To ensure that you and your canoers will have an enriched wilderness experience; please remember that sound travels great distances across the water. Your chances of seeing wildlife are better if you and your group camp and travel quietly.

Toiletries: Please take extra care in selecting and covering your latrine area. Be sure to select a spot that is 60 to 100 metres from your camp or the shoreline. Remove the sod layer and dig a hole, 10 to 15 cm or 4 to 6 inches deep. Immediately after use replace the soil and put the sod back.

Garbage: Please help to keep Quetico Park clean. Use our yellow garbage bags or bring your own bag to pack out both your own and other garbage you may find along the way. Please pay particular attention to foil, twist ties, cigarette butts and other small pieces that tend to be overlooked or accidentally dropped.

Drinking Water: Please bathe and wash dishes at least 30 metres away from lakes and streams. This will give your biodegradable soap time to break down before reaching the water, ensuring we have clean drinking water in the future.

Don't Depend on Fire: Camp stoves heat up more quickly and if you happen to camp during a fire ban or wet weather, then you are sure to have a hot meal. This also helps to save damage done to trees undergrowth and avoid increased human impact on the campsite. If you need firewood, please use bark and branches that have fallen; please do not cut down trees.

Leave Only Footprints: When locating a campsite, please use the established fire rings. Please don't dig a second one or dig trenches around your tent. This disturbs the top soil and leads to erosion. Remember it is against park law to remove, cut or damage any living vegetation including trees, shrubs, wildflowers, mosses and lichens.