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 […]
Month: November 2024
ALGONQUIN NATIONAL PARK
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
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 […]