About the Eastern Woodlands
Canada's Eastern Woodlands are the wilderness in our backyard -- a surprisingly wild network of forests and wetlands stretching from Algonquin Park in Ontario, to New York's Adirondack Mountains, to Canada's Maritimes.
Despite the heavy urban development in much of the Eastern Woodlands, most native species can still be found here: Algonquin Park supports a population of red wolves; Lynx, caribou and marten are found in the forests south of the St Lawrence; and Atlantic salmon survive in the Restigouche and Miramichi Rivers of New Brunswick and in the rivers of the Gaspé Peninsula.
Canada’s Eastern Woodlands are among the most threatened ecosystems on the continent because of their proximity to cities and towns.