ALGONQUIN BREAKUP When the gentle zephyrs of a changing season first blew through the Algonquin forests their warmth issued a wake up call that signaled the coming spring. As the ice pack groaned under the vast white weight of winter the Lumbermen could hear, and feel, the impending climax to their camboose shanty sojourn. An […]
John F. Kennedy – President of the U.S. of A. People usually have “I know where I was when that happened” moments. For example, I was in Mr. Pipe’s grade 12 chemistry class on Friday November 22, 1963 when it was announced that J.F.K. was assassinated. (Mr. Pipe resembled a popular Popeye cartoon character, Wimpy, […]
ALGONQUIN PARK – RICH IN TRADITION One of the six original aims of the Algonquin Royal Commission in recommending the creation of Algonquin Park was to promote it as a health resort, a place of recreation. This was to be a serious attempt to keep the tourism dollar at home, to stem the tide of […]
A Year of Celebration 1893 – 1993 On August 15, 1992 Algonquin Park officially presented the new Logging Museum to an adoring public. “The opening of the new Logging Museum, one of the two unique attractions being constructed to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of Algonquin Park in 1993, could not have come at a […]
PARK PRANKS by Barney Moorhouse To the trapper who entered Algonquin Park on stilts or the one who strapped his snowshoes on backwards, intent on fooling the game warden, it was no prank. Nor was it to the individual who exchanged his old worn out boots for those of the sleeping park ranger. These guys […]
