TRAVEL IN ALGONQUIN PARK The first Europeans to travel throughout today’s Algonquin Park were explorers such as Champlain and David Thompson. In their wake came the trappers, lumbermen and settlers, roughly in that order. Indigenous to the Algonquin Region was the lightweight birch bark canoe, a mode of travel vastly superior for exploration than tramping […]
ALGONQUIN R & R Algonquin Provincial Park, “7600 square km of wild rugged beauty” quoth The Raven, Algonquin Park’s official newsletter, found between latitudes 45 degrees 10 minutes – 46 degrees 10 minutes and longitude 77 degrees 30 minutes – 79 degrees 15 minutes, within the Madawaska Highlands of the Laurentian Shield. The Precambrian Shield […]
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 […]
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 […]
THE MOOSE HUNT With the 2024 moose season upon us in Ontario I thought readers might enjoy some tongue in cheek penned by ANON, undated. 3:00 a.m. – Out of bed first day of the hunt after a restless sleep. 3:05 a.m. – Assure the wife of moose meat for supper. 3:15 […]
ONTARIO DEER HOUND ASSOCIATION CORRESPONDENCE – 2009 – 2023-10-15 The Ontario Deer Hound Association (ODHA) was formed in February 1999 by dedicated deer hunters/houndsmen who were concerned with the increasing threats to terminate deer hunting with hounds in Ontario. They recognized that it was crucial to unite as one organization to protect their passion. In […]
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF A TURKEY GUIDE? Would you believe the first bird? No golden haired hunter, I can’t brag that I bagged my first turkey on my first hunt. In fact, on my first hunt I witnessed a brilliant blue-green meteorite entering the earth’s atmosphere in the blackness of 4 a.m. It turned […]
UP & DOWN, UP & DOWN The story of our one and only ocean going fishing trip while vacationing during the Christmas break (1991). Published in 1992 The Times – OODs. Ponce Inlet, Florida Any similarities between actual people and those described in this article are purely co-incidental. Names have been mainly altered to protect […]
MOLSON Penned on Wednesday October 28, 1987 OUT OF DOORS Serious dog men will tell you to leave the wife and kids at home when it comes time to pick a pup from a litter. That way you can follow the sage advice of professionals who have mapped out intricate, and some not so intricate, […]
