THOMPSON
“Such a wolf educational experience and display of northern wolf and human co-existence can further the cause of wolf understanding and tolerance around the world. We are now on the radar screen of international wildlife and conservation audiences that are looking for a place to point to that is doing it right. We are it,” says Marion Mor- berg, president of Spirit Way Inc. Over the course of history the wolf has been persecuted by humans and
Wolf Facts
1. They were gods in Norse mythologies, brothers to Native Americans, and dire enemies of the Europeans.
2. Socially astute they are devoted parents who mate for life and maintain sophisticat- ed pack ties, communicating with sounds, tail positions and several facial expressions.
3. Wolves are blessed with amazing abili- ties. They have eyes that are very sensi- tive to movement, can hear sounds up to 9.7 km in the forest (16 km on the open tundra), and can smell animals up to 1.6 km away.
4. Built for endurance wolves can swim up to 13 km, run 32 km an hour and even reach 56 km/h when necessary for short periods.
5. Packs of seven to eight occupy large spatial-temporal territories with packs moving in and out of each other’s turf as they access prey, protection and shelter.
6. Once the most widely distributed land predator, wolf populations numbered two million in the 1600s, today world wolf numbers are approximately 150,000. Fifty thousand wolves live in Canada.
7. Wolves range in colour from grizzled gray or black to all white. The mutation for black fur, more common in North America, is a dominant trait that resulted from breeding with dogs.
8. Their main food source is ungulates or hooved animals such as elk, deer and moose. They can eat up to nine kilograms in a single meal and go up to 14 days between meals.
9. Death is most commonly caused by humans, either through conflict over live- stock, fear, trapping or hunting.
10. Stories are an important part of Ojibwa and Cree oral history, many of them relat- ing how the wolf has shown man how to take care of himself, his family, community, land and nation.
56 • Fall 2014 PISEW FALLS PROVINCIAL PARK
Hikers and nature lovers alike can delight in Manitoba’s second largest waterfall - Pisew Falls, an hour’s drive south of the city of Tompson. Tis half-kilometre trail leads visitors to the 13-metre-high, year-round fall. Experienced hikers that cross the suspension bridge spanning the lower falls will be led on an 11 kilometre, difficult back-country trail to Manitoba’s highest waterfall – Kwatsitchewan Falls.
The Hub PAINT LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK
Countless islands, rugged boreal forest and beautiful waters await in Paint Lake Provincial Park. Located 32 kilometres south of Tompson, the park, which spans over 56,000 acres, is home to Manitoba’s largest marina. During summer months the park offers fishing, swimming, hiking and cabin, boat and canoe rentals. Winter visitors can take part in an ice fish- ing derby; fish on their own; take part in outdoor activities such as skating or tobogganing; and ski or snowmobile along the park’s trails.
eradicated from many countries. In the United States, a huge controversy has developed over a decision in which wolves, once protected by the En- dangered Species Act were de-listed and wolf hunting resumed. If fears, myths and misunderstandings continue, these charismatic creatures will continue to be persecuted, possibly to extinction.
Nearby parks
Photo by Joe Garson
Photo courtesy of Manitoba Parks.
Photo courtesy of Manitoba Parks.
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