Quetico Provincial Park — Attraction in Unorganized Rainy River

What an amazing park. I’ve been to many over the years and this is really something. I discovered that this is a dark sky reserve and when I say it is dark at night there, it is SIGNIFICANTLY dark at night! Like you cannot see your hand in front of your face! The camp sites and lanes to camp sites are tight for a big rig if you’re towing/driving a large rig. But they’re fairly clean. Busy place in summer. One of the most impressive base camp stations I’ve ever seen greets you as you go to check in to get your ticket for your site. Cool little store but very neat displays and well constructed building. Wish I had more time to thoroughly meander through the nature and art exhibits.

Absolutely stunning views from shore. There are a number of waterfront sites. Not able to accommodate large RVs though in waterfront sites. A few minute walk from the powered sites to the beaches. Easy access. Definitely not for the amateur driver to navigate the sites. Provincial parks aren’t known for their attention to trimming the over growth and we were there in mid August so the growth is getting mature for the season. Lots of branches gently rubbed the trailer going through the park. Fairly easy access to dumping and separate filling stations. Really enjoyed our stay. Wished we had more time to enjoy the numerous hiking trails. Certainly have this on our list to go and see again. But with different camping option. It is a HUGE park after having recently merging with a sister park. The lady I spoke with, park administrator, to check in, mentioned they had a fire last season due to carelessness of a smoker and I believe she said. It burned 14,000 hectares of land which barely scratches the surface of the more than 450,000 hectares that the park is comprised of. Superb place to see. You are very close to the US there. And there is a state park that is partnered with Quetico, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. And it really feels like you are in the wilderness just getting there. You drive for at least and hour two from the main highways with no other vehicles in sight before you get there. We left and took the northern route to get back up to highway 17 to continue our journey to Winnipeg and literally saw like 3 vehicles in two hours of driving. It was early but that is peak tourist season. Surprising!

Highly recommend going to Quetico if you can. Glad checked it...

This park is a kayaking and canoeing paradise, with lots of great backcountry options. We stayed only one night at the park while passing through on a road trip, but had a chance to chat people up and learned that people travelled from afar for the back-country opportunities.

We stayed at Dawson Trail - Chippewa Campground: Site #1, and it was great. There was plenty of privacy and we had a little trail down to the lake where we could set up camp chairs and admire nature’s beauty. Site #3, right next to us, had a little deck on the water! Our site was spacious with a fully enclosed, round fire pit sunk into the ground.

The washrooms were close by - clean, spacious and warm with flushing toilets. All water provided by the park is potable (and delicious) even in the washrooms - a nice bonus.

The Teaching Trail and Fisher Trail make for a nice walk to get the blood moving after a long drive or sleeping on the ground.

Park staff were great. We reserved our place online before arriving and had a great, informative experience dealing with the park staff.

The only problem was the wood we purchased for our camp fire. It hadn’t been aged well, and you could watch the water steaming out as it burned. It was constant work to keep it burning and it never gave off much heat. The wood just smouldered until it was ash. It made for an uncomfortable...

Hi, We camped at this campground in our 40ft motorhome on June 11 2018. The gravel road in was reasonable but overhanging tree branches meant it was impossible to stay on the correct side of the road without doing serious damage to the rig. So we needed to wait for oncoming vehicles to pass in order to cross to their side to avoid damage. The right turn to get to our site #78 was impossible to make in a 40ft rig. At the dump station water fill site there is no male thread on the hose to attach your own hose to, just a piece of garden hose pushed onto a barbed fitting. When leaving we called into the office to mention these issues but the Parks Canada employee seemed quite uninterested. He mentioned that we are in a wilderness area and they want It to be as natural as possible. Sounds like a poor excuse for not maintaining the clear access to sites. The site we were given was large enough for our size rig but it was very difficult getting through the overgrowth to the site. Certainly left with a lot more tree branch pinstripes than we arrived with. All that said it is a great location for...