www.jon-nelson.com
jnelson@tbaytel.net
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Jon grew up in Minnesota and his love for the northwoods caused him and his wife to move to Canada in 1973. They worked as park rangers in Quetico from 1976 through 1987. His experiences in Quetico sparked an interest in archaeology and, after returning to school, he returned to spend six summers doing archaeology research in Quetico. His years in Quetico led him to write a book, Quetico: Near to Nature’s Heart, about the natural and human history of the area that, over 100 years ago, Ernest Oberholtzer called a “magic land.”
Quetico's Ice Age Legacy Quetico’s landscape is dominated by bedrock and glacial till left behind after the retreat of glaciers about 12,000 years ago, and its numerous lakes surrounded by high cliffs with their shorelines of boulders and glacial till are remnants of this glacial past. As the glacier receded, much of Quetico was submerged under glacial Lake Agassiz, and the land was covered in tundra vegetation. The Paleo-Indians who moved into this landscape scoured by glacial ice were Quetico’s first explorers. Today’s canoeists cross portages and sleep on campsites that were first used by Native People who have lived in Quetico since the glacier's retreat. Jon will introduce you to Quetico’s glacial past, its long and varied human history, and the diverse plant and animal life found in today’s Quetico.
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