Beaver Basin Wilderness

The Beaver Basin Wilderness includes 13 miles of breathtaking Lake Superior shoreline, stretching from Spray Falls in the west to Sevenmile Creek in the east. It extends about 3.5 miles inland and features three pristine lakes — Beaver Lake, Trappers Lake and Legion Lake — along with five cold-water streams: Lowney Creek, Arsenault Creek, Sevenmile Creek, Little Beaver Creek and Beaver Creek. These clear streams and vast wetlands create ideal habitat for native coaster brook trout and other fish, including brook trout, largemouth and smallmouth bass, rock bass, northern pike and white sucker. The old-growth cedar swamp shows healthy regeneration, providing essential browsing for white-tailed deer, and expansive beech-maple upland hardwood forests offer habitat for black bears, gray wolves, American martens, fishers, migrating songbirds, raptors such as bald eagles and merlins, waterfowl, grouse and a rich variety of wildflowers. The landscape also reveals fascinating glacial features such as post-glacial meltwater channels, escarpments and ancient Lake Nipissing beach ridges. The Wilderness offers opportunities for solitude and wilderness recreation. It includes 8.4 miles of the North Country National Scenic Trail and 8.5 miles of connector trails, as well as backcountry campgrounds with individual and group sites.