Explore old-growth red and white pine forest, and jack pine, poplar, and sugar-maple forest along this trail. Have you wondered what old growth forest is, how old it is? Or what’s the difference between old growth and ancient forest? The answers to these and many other questions await you. The history of the Temagami area, in terms of both its natural and cultural heritages, is diverse and extensive. Aboriginal inhabitants, the Teme-Augama Anishnabai, have occupied this area, their homeland (n'Daki Menan), for at least 6,000 years.

Temagami Island lies within n'Daki Menan, the homeland of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai, which...