Hunter Island (Ontario)

It is an area of large, remote and windy lakes and is now the southern half of the Quetico Provincial Park.

With the Saganaga-Maligne drainage to the east and north and the Basswood drainage to the south and west, Hunter Island can be thought of as a peninsula connected to the United States across the 90-rod (450-metre) Monument Portage between Swamp and Ottertrack Lakes.

[2] In the 1890s, the Hunter Island region was the focus of a boundary dispute between the United States and Canada, owing to the millions of tons of iron ore in the area.

[3] A canoe loop circumnavigating Hunter Island measures over 200 miles (320 km) and normally takes at least twelve days to complete.

It passes through some of the busiest access points to the park and wilderness areas as well as many notable natural and historical features.