It is restricted to canoeing, kayaking, fishing, hiking, horseback riding, and temporary camping. Most important, motorized traffic is forbidden. It is, above all, intimate. The longest uninterrupted paddle is less than three miles. On most routes you work through a series of small ponds and short carries, camping on the larger ponds linked thereby.
Campsites are, where possible, tucked out of sight.
The wildlife knows well what a rich and quiet place it is, and gathers accordingly. You paddle, swim, camp, and look. I took my coffee down to water's edge. I was awed by the sheer physics of the thing. The scene was so serenely lovely that I found myself thinking that if God were ever going to speak to me, now was the time.