Northern Forests · Zones 2–4
Boreal Forest & Shield
The great northern forest: mixed spruce, pine, birch and aspen over Shield rock and boreal plains, laced with lakes.
Coniferous and mixed forest, granite outcrops, bogs and thousands of lakes — the classic canoe country and northern mining-town landscape.
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Gardening
Short but productive: potatoes, peas, brassicas, roots, haskap and saskatoons; tomatoes and squash from transplants in warm sites.
About gardening guides →Fishing
Walleye, northern pike, lake trout, smallmouth bass (south edge), brook trout in cold streams and whitefish; superb ice fishing.
About fishing guides →Foraging
Wild blueberries, raspberries, chanterelles, boletes, lobster mushrooms, fiddleheads, morels after fire, highbush cranberries and hazelnuts.
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