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snakecharmer
04/28/2012 01:02PM
  
quote BillConner01: "The Q. That's all."
Yup. The Q.
 
AdamXChicago
04/28/2012 01:14PM
  
For me since 1978, it's been "Quetico" (although in the past few years, whenever I'm among canoe enthusiasts, I refer to it as "The Q" as well).

Tomato / tomahto, potato / potahto ???????

Adam X


 
Miami1
04/28/2012 02:07AM
  
For me it will always be GODS COUNTRY. Anthony
 
arctic
04/28/2012 09:08AM
  
quote GraniteCliffs: "
For my close friend and paddling partner it has always been "Quetico." I think for him it is simply a place, not a park."
I think my mind sees it in two ways. The pragmatic side sees it as a park, because it had to be designated as such to keep it from being trashed. The idealistic side of me views it as one of the gems in the vast canoe country of the Canadian Shield, certainly not an island of wildland.

I would suspect the Indians who first referred to the area as "Quetico" had no set boundaries for it and no doubt would have included the current BWCA and Voyageurs NP, as well as the Northern Light Lake country.


 
billconner
04/28/2012 11:55AM
  
The Q. That's all.
 
Jackfish
04/28/2012 10:09AM
  
Either one is fine, but it's Quetico Provincial Park.

Think of it this way - do people go to Boundary Waters or the Boundary Waters? The name is Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, but it's commonly said that " we're going to THE Boundary Waters".

It doesn't matter. I like Miami1's comment. "God's Country" works for me.
 
tumblehome
04/27/2012 08:00AM
  
It seems we use the terms interchangably.

"I'm going to Quetico."

I spend time in 'the Quetico'.

I will ponder this more when I'm up there.

Does anyone know what Quetico means and how it got its name?

Tom
 
arctic
04/27/2012 05:20PM
  
According to the book "Quetico Provincial Park: An Illustrated History" by Shirley Peruniak, "The origin of the word "Quetico" is lost in time. It comes from a very old Indian word used to refer to a benevolent spirit whose spirit was felt in places of great beauty. The name Quetigo appears on an 1884 map showing the country between Lake Superior and the Red River".

Seems appropriate to me.


 
GraniteCliffs
04/27/2012 08:39PM
  
For me it has been "The Quetico" for the past 40 years. Perhaps just a shortened version of "The Quetico Park."

For my close friend and paddling partner, it has always been "Quetico". I think for him it is simply a place, not a park.

Neither of us corrects the other. I guess that is why we are still close friends.


 
tumblehome
04/28/2012 11:21AM
  
My question was more philosophical than anything. It's just something I think about when I write about Quetico. I like the suggestion that Quetico is a place generally speaking. But it is also a provincial park. Therefore it depends on what you are implying when you say it.

As I write from my mountaintop I would say I'm in the Quetico, a place dear to me.

When I tell my wife I want to go camping, I tell her I want to go to Quetico, a specific location.

Tom
 
jcavenagh
05/12/2012 02:32PM
  
For me its "I'm going to Quetico." or when posting "I like the Q because..."

Also, for me, the boundary waters has always been an inclusive term meaning the BWCA of Superior Nt'l Forest and Quetico PP. It is, geologically speaking, one lake system split by the national boundary. Technically, even the surrounding area can be inlcuded in the term boundary waters, but I use the term to mean the 2 park areas.