Atikaki

Atikaki occupies a broad expanse of the Canadian Shield east of Lake Winnipeg, along the Ontario boundary. Its protected wilderness covers 3,981 square kilometres north of Nopiming Provincial Park and beside Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. Most water drains west toward Lake Winnipeg, and three long river corridors extend through the protected land: the Pigeon, Leyond and Bloodvein.

Their lakes and rivers are warmer than streams fed directly by cold mountain snow, creating conditions suited to fish and canoe travel through a landscape of rock and boreal forest. The country supports moose, elk, black bears, loons, bald eagles, woodland caribou and other boreal animals. First Nations communities predominate north and east of the park, and Bloodvein stands at the mouth of the river of the same name.

Long used as a water route, the connected lakes and channels make practical passages through terrain that otherwise appears almost continuous.