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    All of the photos were take on slide film using either an Olympus OM-1 or OM-2.  All photos were taken in Northwestern Ontario and most were taken in Quetico Park.  The slides were then    

digitalized in order to be used on this website.  The digitalizing definately decreases the quality

of the images but the results are satisfactory.  Galleries in this website include aerial photos of Quetico Park, people in Quetico Park, waterfalls and rapids, photos of Thunder Bay, stromatolites, and cross country skiing (please see Photography Galleries to see more images). 

     The Beaverhouse Lake to Quetico Lake portage is located in the northwest corner of Quetico Park.  It passes through an old logging camp that was abandoned in the 1930's.  There is still rhubarb and chives growing in the open area, evidently these plants have gone wild and are still doing well after seventy years.  There is also the remnants of an old vehicle near the middle of the clearing.  Unfortunately, only large pieces that are too big to be easily removed are all that remains of the vehicle.  This reminder of Quetico's past is meaningful in the place where it was left but not very meaningful in someone's garage or mantle

 

     The homestead of Benny Ambrose was on Ottertrack Lake which is located along the boundary between Quetico Park in Ontario and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota.     

Benny Ambrose lived in this beautiful location for over fifty years.  He guided, trapped and prospected throughout the area with Ottertrack Lake as his home base.  He moved to this location long before it became a wilderness area and continued to live there after the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Quetico Park became wilderness areas.  He also married and his two children began their lives at this remote location.  Benny was a very talkative, friendly person and not a "hermit" as some reports have labelled him.  If you stop at his homestead site on Ottertrack please have respect for the site and do not set up camp. (more photos of Benny Ambrose in Photography section of this site) 

 

 

     Cross country skiing is a popular and important winter activity in Thunder Bay, Ontario.  Kamview Nordic Centre is said to have the largest membership of any cross country ski centre in   

Canada and Lappe Nordic Centre also has excellent recreational skiing and also is one of the best locations in Canada for competitive racing.  The Canadian National Championships will be held at Lappe Nordic Centre in March of 2006.  Thunder Bay is the home to the Thunder Bay National Team Development Centre which trains some of the best young cross country skiers in Canada.  Some of them have gone on to become members of the National Team and will probably race in the upcoming Olympics.  This photo was taken with the camera located between the two tracks used for classical skiing.  Lee Churchill, an excellent skier from Newfoundland, skied full speed toward the camera and then somehow managed to avoid hitting either the camera or my head.

         

Sean Randall has created large,metal fish sculptures that are located on a bridge in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The sculpture of a walleye is shown below.

   

 

Photo taken with Olympus E-500 digital camera and heavily altered on Photoshop. Image taken at dusk on trans-Canada highway near Thunder Bay, Ontario.