LAST CHANGE TO SAVE QUETICO-SUPERIOR 
 
 
payments at certain fixed rates per 
acre plus a percentage of the federal 
forest income. Estimates of the yield 
from this proposal indicate that the 
returns would be reasonable and sub- 
stantially in line with but not greater 
than the returns under the Cordon 
bill. Either the Cordon bill or the 
county proposal, preferably the for- 
mer, should be adopted.. 
  There are some important aspects 
of the roadless area program which 
involve relationships with   Canada 
and the Province of Ontario. The 
general   Quetico-Superior  program 
contemplated the setting apart and 
protection of wilderness areas on both 
side of the international boundary. 
In 1929 the American Legion and the 
Canadian Legion, representing vet- 
erans of the First World War in both 
countries, adopted resolutions recom- 
mending that such areas be dedicated 
as an international peace memorial. 
That idea has a more powerful appeal 
than ever since the second World 
War, and there is no doubt that it 
will be widely supported by the vet- 
erans of that war, who want and need 
the type of recreation to be found in 
the wilderness areas and who will ap- 
preciate the importance of protecting 
those areas for themselves and future 
generations. 
  Action on the Canadian side de- 
pends primarily on the Province of 
Ontario, which owns practically all 
the land in the Quetico Provincial 
Park (see map), comprising over a 
 
 
million acres, in charge of the Pro- 
vincial Department of Lands -and 
Forests. This park, though largely 
stri ped of heavy virgin timber, con- 
tains a wealth of beautiful canoe 
routes with wooded shores and other 
natural attractions, and is in better 
position for future protection than 
the region on the American side be- 
cause it is in solid public ownership. 
As yet no improved roads, resorts, or 
other permanent artificial develop- 
ments have been permitted in the 
park, although the provincial depart- 
ment has received a number of ap- 
plications for permits for resorts, cab- 
ins, or other tourist facilities, and a 
preliminary reconnaissance has been 
made for a highway running through 
the park from Fort Frances to Fort 
William and Port Arthur. 
  We have been carrying on corres- 
pondence and negotiations with the 
Ontario provincial authorities since 
the spring of 1944 in an effort to 
gain their cooperation in setting apart 
international wilderness  memorial 
areas on both sides of the boun- 
dary, both to commemorate the com- 
mon associations of our two countries 
and their fighting forces in both the 
great wars and to establish a sound 
zoning program for reserving wilder- 
ness areas of reasonable size for the 
public benefit and promoting better 
development of resorts and other es- 
tablishments outside of those areas. 
Our immediate object is to get the 
Ontario department, if possible, to 
 
 
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