Pimachiowin Aki



On the eastern side of Lake Winnipeg, lies the Canadian Shield, boreal forest and wetlands. There are no good highways that travel here - just gravel. A couple of provincial parks take advantage of the beauty that lies here - Atikaki Provincial Park in Manitoba, and Woodland Caribou Provincial Park in Ontario.

The land is barely touched by people, it is pristine.

But there are people, Bloodvein River First Nation, Little Grand Rapids First Nation, Pauingassi First Nation and Poplar River First Nation.

Credit: Pimachiowin Aki

Together, they make Canada's first Cultural and Natural Unesco Heritage Site, as announced by Unesco July 1st, 2018.

There appear to be many fishing lodges, and Atikaki Provincial Park offers outback camping - but first you need to get there, and there are no roads.

I would love to be able to see this Unesco site one day, but I suspect it'll be from one of the First Nations instead of the nature preserves. It sounds absolutely gorgeous.

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