The Quetico Centre near Atikokan is getting new life as a private high school.
Education worker Michael Heaton has purchased the facility, and plans to have Quetico College School up and running by the fall.
Quetico Centre was a top-notch retreat and conference facility before it went into receivership in 2006. Since then it's been mostly vacant, except for a few special events and activities.
Heaton purchased it for $1.3 million, and has been busy getting it ready for September.
The Toronto native spent five summers at the Quetico Centre in the 1970s, and also started his teaching career in Atikokan.
He says the facility will have 30 students and seven teachers, and will be the only private high school in Northwestern Ontario. Along with a beautiful setting, Heaton says it's perfectly suited for a school.
Heaton also plans to add a BMX park for students to use.
Tuition for the school will be $39,500 per year, which Heaton says is in line with private school tuitions in the Toronto area.
(Thunder Bay Television)
