atikokan-quetico

Canoecopia Dreaming

2008-03-05T07:35:00.000-08:00

Dreaming of Canoecopia?

There is nothing like the adventure of pristine wilderness nature on a canoe trip. Canoecopia is the place to go to compare and review different kevlar canoes - or, you can get any one of the Premium industry leading Souris River Canoes!

Canoecopia Dreaming - Canoeing Video on YouTube

Cheers

The Better Hunting Binoculars

2008-02-10T04:01:00.000-08:00

Moose says
A good pair of Hunting Binoculars can help you see farther, of course, but - they can also help you see much better and clearer as well.

Hunting Binoculars Ratings - reported by customers - will help you select the Binoculars with strong Ratings in categories such as comfort, grip, size, ease of transportation, toughness and other advanced features.

There's no contest really, the better Hunting Binoculars will work just as well as the top rated birding binocular or sporting binocular. Look for a higher-end set of Military Binoculars - and you can be certain you'll see everything.

eBay Hiking and Camping Deals

2008-01-27T03:21:00.000-08:00

Now it's easier for Atikokan.org visitors to find a great deal on the Outdoors Equipment you need.

www.atikokan.org/ebay

Browse through specials and hard to find rare items like

Backpacks,
Canteens, Coolers
Compasses
Cookware, Stoves
Flashlights, Headlamps
Furniture
Generators, Heaters
Insect Nets, Repellents
Lanterns
Maps, Topographic
Showers, Toilets
Sleeping Gear
Survival, Emergency Gear
Tents, Canopies
Tools
Walking, Trekking Sticks
Water Filters

2008 Canadian Fly in Fishing Update

2008-01-20T11:36:00.000-08:00

Kashabowie Outposts extends a great big thank you to all of their guests for sending in the great hunting, fishing and scenic pictures to be entered in our on-going “Best Picture Contest” and “Biggest Fish Contest”. You do all the work; have all the fun and we get to view your great fishing and hunting adventures!

Come Read the
Canadian Fly in Fishing
Kashabowie Outposts
Winter 2008 Update!

In this issue:

Best Picture Contest - 2007 theme - the best outpost cabin picture!

Biggest Fish Contest - see pictures of our biggest Walleye of 2007 and biggest Northern Pike of 2007. Read our invitation to find the biggest Smallmouth Bass!

Outpost Cabin Upgrade Report - new improvements, upgrades and new features!

2007 Fishing Report - See how important lake and weather conditions can be!

2007 Moose Hunting Report - Action-packed Archery Hunts and Rifle Hunts this year!

2008 Sport Shows - Old friends and guests! Come out and meet us! We look forward to sport show season and hope you get a chance to stop by and say hello!

Madison Wisconsin All-Canada Sport Show
Green Bay Wisconsin All-Canada Sport Show
St. Louis Boat & Sports Show
LaCrosse Boat, Sports & Travel Show
Indianapolis Boat, Sport & Travel Show
Northwest Sport Show (Minneapolis)

Kashabowie Outposts provides Canadian Fly in Fishing At It's Finest. Family Group Holiday Vacations - no internet, no cell phones, no TV, no distractions - just time together by the campfire, telling stories and HAVING FUN FISHING!

All Canada Show Chigago

2008-01-08T00:51:00.000-08:00

All Canada Sport Shows are not only about fishing - THIS is the place to find your next hunting trip!

Come out to the next All Canada Sport Show in the following cities: Chicago and Indianapolis. These Hunting Sport Shows draw only the best Hunting Outfitters from Canada - but there’s just nothing like meeting your potential Host in person. You can find the best match for your hunting style and preference - and, if you are lucky enough to speak with the person who would serve as your Hunting Guide, you can get a gut-feeling right away to know if you want to spend three or four days in the bush with this guy!

Nothing compares to attending one of these All Canada Shows. The organizers are experienced pro’s who have all the details covered. The exhibitors are from amoung the most successful Hunting and Fishing Lodges in Canada. You just can’t walk out of one of these shows without a really good feeling - and a good idea who you plan to book your next Canadian Hunting Trip with!

Have you ever dreamt of a Moose Hunt? Say an archery hunt where the Moose Call brings the huge bull moose within yards… the heart-pounding fear/thrill of facing a 2000 lb moose who is in The Rutt… the amazing moose pictures and moose hunting video clips you could have recorded… and then the pride of a wall-mount Moose Head Trophy - or perhaps just the massive rack of moose antlers to hang as a trophy… ah, the stories you could tell…

Check out a great collection of

Moose Pictures at MooseHuntBook.com -

and start planning your Moose Hunt dream into reality!

Fishing How-to eBooks for Free

2007-11-08T07:32:00.000-08:00

http://www.canadianfishingbook.com/ is happy to announce the upcoming series of Free Fishing How-To eBooks designed to make your 2008 fishing trip eaiser!

We over a Free 17 page PDF - The US/Canada Border Crossing Checklist - jam-packed with every detail you need to have a smoother, faster transition into Canada.

And we take care of you after all of your identification, insurance and paper work is together and ready for the Customs Officials!

We help you with the most trouble-free Fishing Trip you've ever had. Our second Free Fishing eBook helps you get packed for your vaction with our handy, printer-friendly Fishing Trip Checklist.

This valuable information source covers Fishing Safety Tips you may never have considered and lists all the correct gear for a more comfortable day on the lake.

Remember - you have to get prepared for more than just catching fish!

Learn more about the ongoing Series of Free Fishing eBooks

Webmasters

Canadian Fly-in Fishing

2007-03-29T19:10:00.000-07:00

Canada is famous for our Fly in Fishing.

I'm not kiddin' eh?

The solitude of being on the only cabin on the lake is hard to describe. There's like, NO ONE around but the fish.

You can just walk out of your cabin after your morning shower and get into a boat instead of your car. But when you drive - you are the ONLY vehicle around. No lights - no intersections.

...and getting to your fishing spot is the most beautiful commute you've ever taken.

Once you get to your 'office', the phone never rings, the boss never assesses your day's accomplishments, there's no deadlines, no emergencies for you to manage - and there is no noise.

NO NOISE. It's actually hard to describe the ongoing silence and the deep quiet that exists when you are on your own private lake, fishing.

But for me, the most startling experience was the DARKNESS at night. WHOOOO man. I've heard the expression that 'its so dark you can't see your hand infront of your face' -- but I've only experienced that while in a bathroom with the lights off... Durring my Canadian fly-in fishing trip, I walked out onto the wooden deck surrounding the beautiful cabin in the middle of the night - and - I was dumfounded by my utter lack of vision. Until I looked at the stars. What a fantastic site. I can't ever remember the sky having so many stars - yet I couldn't see my hand, even when it was touching my nose!

Ahhh - Canadian Fly in Fishing.

Quetico Park Canoe Trip Outfitter

2007-03-23T06:51:00.000-07:00

Quetico Park Canoe Trip Outfitter

Canadian Waters Ltd

More about Quetico Park and Atikokan

2007-03-15T12:12:00.000-07:00

Check out these resources for more information about Atikokan and Quetico Park

Quetico Park
Atikokan
Family
White Otter Castle
Fly-in Fishing
Logging and Forestry

Wilderness Walkabouts

2006-11-15T07:55:00.000-08:00

After a year of sharing stories about our work and fun in
the bush, Jessica has finally entered a section called
'Prospector' which explains what we do for a living.

To read this section just click on the new 'Prospector'
title in the main menu. There are sub-titles to cover
different sections and these include photos.

www.wildernesswalkabouts.com

Wikipedia listings

2006-11-02T20:26:00.000-08:00

Atikokan

Get Listed!

Atikokan Progress

2006-11-02T09:26:00.000-08:00

View the Atikokan Progress online!

www.atikokanprogress.ca

Atikokan's Weekly Newspaper - powered by your Online Traffic Specialist - Quetico Internet Marketing

The Future is Here Atikokan

2006-09-06T08:34:00.000-07:00

Atikokan Progress, Monday, August 21 2006
By Jessica Smith

The future is here Atikokan, and guess what–it’s not scary…really. Atikokan and Quetico Park is now finding its way to the top of the heap of internet search results, thanks to Quetico Internet Marketing’s Doug Lampi, who says it’s also time for local businesses –big and small— to amp up their presence on the worldwide web.

And here’s the best part—gaining internet presence is easy, even for confirmed techno-phobes.

Quetico Internet Marketing has evolved from building and maintaining websites, to offering marketing and increased exposure for the area’s tourism outfitters, non profit groups and businesses, through three separate websites.

“One thing that has always bothered me from my Chamber of Commerce days, 6 years ago, is that when you search for Quetico Park online, it’s mostly Ely, MN Outfitters that come up on the top [of the search results]. Our biggest asset [the park] is being out-competed by Minnesota.”

Hence, www.queticocafe.com helps put anything related to Quetico Park in the top 10 out of around 180,000 search results. The website predominantly advertises area outfitters and tourism operators. Said Lampi, “I’m trying to draw that [internet] traffic to our side where the people will be making trip decisions after looking at our outfitters, instead of the Ely outfitters.”
Lampi has also created an online directory of local businesses, www.atikokanonline.com which features free listings of any Atikokan business or organization (with upgraded packages available, where businesses can add documents, pictures to their listing or purchase a 15 second video commercial).

While we know we’re out there, does the rest of the world? Over the next six months to a year, Lampi’s goal is to list as many organizations and businesses as possible, for local and international internet surfers. Right now there are some gaps in the representation of services the community provides. (For example, top search results for ‘Atikokan hairdressers’ or ‘Atikokan realty’ yields search results for Kenora area, and not a single finding for Atikokan.)
The third component of the town’s increased internet visibility is www.atikokan.org, which features community information and a general overview of tourist information. Lampi hopes that down the road, the AEDC’s community events calendar will be available in a syndicated format which enables other websites to add the event information to their pages as well, to enable a feed of the latest community events to other websites. Lampi is helping websites now use this format, called RSS (for really simple syndicated format) to share information. For example, the Atikokan Progress will soon be going online and news articles would be available through this format to easily be added to websites who want to feature local news.

These three websites, along with www.ontario-parks.info, provide a “mini-net” of information continually directing the traffic to Quetico Park and are tourism operators.
So how can the internet benefit small businesses, artists, non profit groups, hobbyist or just anyone who has something to offer?

Following the initial investment (around $200) to have a website set up, a person “can potentially make thousands of dollars per month in additional income,” said Lampi. “These are the kinds of things that are really exciting for me these days.”

So where does the money come from? Basically advertising companies will pay to advertise products or services related to the material on a website and pay the website owner for each ‘click’ on that advertisement. To advertise through large companies like Google, the search engine will scan your web pages and provide advertisements related to content. (For example, Lampi said through his various websites he made $750 in web advertising while on a weeklong vacation in Dominican Republic).

“To help people make money this way is great. I think it’s fantastic to be able to do my own bit of economic development that I can do for Atikokan by changing where the money is coming in from. Now that money is coming in from outside of Canada into Atikokan. It’s new money found.”

Whether it’s beekeeping to politics, Lampi said every local website gives Atikokan a larger mark on the map of the information highway, drawing in more community interest and advertising dollars. Refreshingly, information technology means that for once our remote location doesn’t present a logistical challenge to doing business.

“It’s one of the things that are really powerful for the work-at-home mom. She can spend a couple of hours a day puttering on her website.”

In the past five years, technology has revolutionized how Quetico Internet Marketing’s does business. Lampi started out building and maintaining websites, but said now his business makes half its profit through advertising and half “is for clients who are paying me to get them up there on the search engines etc.”

Now, “it’s really helped me market a change in the way I’m doing business. Instead of building websites from scratch, I’ve become more of an internet solutions broker, where I can choose from dozens of different developers to bring you the solution that best fits your needs. There are literally thousands of different scripts that are built for each specific industry.”
After finding a suitable type of website, Lampi then provides ongoing market analysis to improve search rankings and number of hits and inquiries to the website.

The maintaining and updating of the website is mostly in the hands of the website’s owner these days. Lampi said that’s largely because—even though we may not realize it—people have become a lot more computer savvy over the past few years.

“If you can write your own email and add an attachment to it, you have all the skills you need to update your own website.”

Just ask local artist Alahna Marohnic, who like most of Lampi’s customers—are now adding pictures, graphics, text etc. to their own websites. “It’s like having your own magazine,” said Marohnic (who, in recent months has been updating her website from South Korea.). “You can pick your own colours, anything you want. Once you can do it yourself, all the ideas start coming.”

Lampi said the changing needs of his customers and the growing avenues out there in cyberspace, have “pulled him along” to the current stage of Quetico Internet Marketing. And demand is so high, he said it’s more than he can even handle.

As Atikokan continues to pull out onto the information freeway, Lampi wants to point traffic to this area and its’ businesses, and help the small at-home business find its’ place in the rapidly changing cyber frontier.

Canoe Challenge

2006-07-10T07:39:00.000-07:00

Canoe Challenge

Win a Souris River Canoe!
July 29-30, 2006

Paddle in one of the worlds favourite canoeing destinations
Meet up with new paddling folks, and unite with old friends.
Challenge yourselves or just enjoy 2 days of a great event

Two days....

Two routes....

Adventure, scenery, fun and prizes!!

atikokan-quetico

Canoecopia Dreaming

The Better Hunting Binoculars

eBay Hiking and Camping Deals

2008 Canadian Fly in Fishing Update

Come Read theCanadian Fly in FishingKashabowie OutpostsWinter 2008 Update!

All Canada Show Chigago

Fishing How-to eBooks for Free

Canadian Fly-in Fishing

Quetico Park Canoe Trip Outfitter

More about Quetico Park and Atikokan

Wilderness Walkabouts

Wikipedia listings

Atikokan Progress

The Future is Here Atikokan

Canoe Challenge

Come Read the
Canadian Fly in Fishing
Kashabowie Outposts
Winter 2008 Update!