Interior camping
Woodland Caribou offers 1,000 backcountry campsites for the wilderness adventurer.
Leave not a trace of your passage. Every bit of debris, every scar is an affront to the natural landscape. Camp at known campsites and use existing fire rings, or better yet, gas stoves. Structures such as lean-tos, tables, and benches are not allowed to be constructed at campsites or any where else in the park interior. Practice a pack-in/pack-out, no trace camping philosophy.
With approximately 1,000 paddlers using the park each year, the solitude and serenity you seek is guaranteed. Many have described the Woodland Caribou experience to what Quetico was like 30-40 years ago. If you choose to come in September, be it to enjoy the quiet explosion of colour around you or to hear the moose calling you may very well be the only one in the park.

"We were very impressed by the wilderness character of this part of the park. We saw only the one group of canoeist in the five days we were there. The cleanliness and relatively untouched nature of the park were wonderful. This wilderness is something very special." JS

Roofed Accommodation
Four lodges and several outpost camps are primarily accessible by aircraft and by water from Red Lake.

Hiking
Wilderness hikers will find no designated trails.

Fishing
Anglers (both canoeists and guests at outposts) travel to this wilderness park for sport fish such as walleye, northern pike and lake trout. The fish quality is excellent as the fish are very co-operative. You are sure to see a lot of fishing action. Live bait is used but is not necessary.
More information on fishing.

Canoeing
With over 1,600 km of connecting lakes and rivers to chose from, canoeists can plan unique circuits through the park. Located in the Arctic watershed, the park's two principal river systems, the Bloodvein in the north and the Gammon in the south, flow westerly into Lake Winnipeg and eventually into Hudson Bay.In the south, Bird River drains the lower lake system into Eagle Lake, outside the park boundary.

"We had a great trip…The portages were in very good shape and caused us no problems at all. We found plentiful blueberries, got to see a caribou, hear wolves howl, swam and fished and thoroughly relaxed." JM

Wildlife Viewing
Animals in this park are typical of the boreal forest and more western habitats. They include caribou, moose, black bear, beaver, otter, muskrat, mink, martin, fisher, wolverine, weasel, lynx, fox and timber wolf. Other inhabitants include green frogs, snapping and painted turtles and 100 species of birds, including bald eagles, ospreys, terns, pelicans and great blue herons. The park's elusive woodland caribou herd and a colony of prairie Franklin's ground squirrels are found only in this region of Ontario.

"… A female moose and her two calves were on the shore not
far from my campsite, then swam to the island in the middle
of the lake. The cow left the calves there and swam directly
towards my tent and was feeding in the lake with in 75 feet
of my tent." HW