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White Otter
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White Otter Castle |
Crystal-clear White Otter Lake, part of Turtle River Provincial Park
south of Ignace, has an area of approximately 80 square kilometers. One
visit and you'll forever fall in love with it! Its best-known feature
is White Otter Castle. Built in the early part of the century by Jimmy
McQuat, his magnificent three-storey log home has attracted and mystified
thousands of people over the decades. A major Conservation Project has
just been completed. Your Host is an expert on the Castle, first visiting
the Castle by canoe 30 years ago,conducting the annual rendezvous to White
Otter Castle for several years, and currently serving as Chairman of the
Friends of White Otter Castle. He can tell you about the Castle and Jimmy
McQuat, and show you how the recently-completed conservation efforts were
done.
White Otter Lake has seen two major logging eras and remnants of logging
camps, dams and sluices can still be found along its shores. Just north
of the Castle are the ruins of a logging camp-cum-Prisoner of War Camp
with its own story. You can walk to it from the Castle. There are over
20 pictograph sites (your Guide & Host found & documented 16 of them!),
and numerous native habitation archaeological sites. He has discovered
7,000-year-old stone tools on White Otter Lake! The area shows evidence
of the transition zone between the Boreal and the St. Lawrence Forests,
with a mix of tree species. Large red and white pine punctuate the horizon;
one near the Castle has a ten foot girth! The lake has everything from
sandy beaches to marshy shorelines, and majestic towering cliffs, along
which are found many of the pictographs. Your Host has other secrets of
the lake to share with you, too! It is recommended that you take more
than one day to visit this majestic lake!
The above information is from the Web site listed below:
http://www.heartland.on.ca/dreamcatcher/
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