The 300-hectare space was once part of a vast wilderness.

Head high for the best terrain — where you'll also find the wide blue trails — and picturesque views of the vast wilderness.

Below, there are snaking headlights and chattering crowds, but up here only emptiness: a vast wilderness of silent forests and mirror-still lakes where almost no one goes.

And if you follow in his footsteps, you will find that vast wilderness remains as thrillingly untamed as it was in 1862.

The northern coniferous forests are a vast wilderness of pine and spruce trees mixed with patchy stands of birch and poplar.