Tag: Algonquin
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Algonquin Artist in Residency program – call for submissions!
In partnership with the Algonquin Art Centre, Algonquin Provincial Park is excited to announce the launch of the 2018 Artist in Residency program. This program allows artists working in various areas (visual, literary, media arts) to spend time in the heart of Algonquin’s beautiful wilderness — working on their projects, collaborating with park researchers, and…
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Howling with the wolves at Bonnechere Provincial Park
Today’s post comes to us from MacKenzie Schmidt, Discovery Program Coordinator for our Algonquin Zone. For centuries, wolves have captured our imagination and wonder. Tolstoy wrote about them, biologists have studied them in earnest, and campers staying at Ontario Parks have had the opportunity to howl to them during public wolf howls since the 1960s. In…
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Canadian canoe culture
“If it is love that binds people to places in this nation of rivers and in this river of nations then one enduring expression of that simple truth, is surely the canoe.” — James Raffan, adventurer, acclaimed author and Director Emeritus of the Canadian Canoe Museum Through the stories of five paddlers across Ontario, “THE…
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Stop bears from snacking on your food
Good news, campers! Our parks are implementing new ways to deter bears and other wild critters from making off with your dinner. Read about which parks offer bear-resistant storage containers and how you can use them during your trips.
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Protected: FREED from the classroom
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Peace and reconciliation totem pole at Algonquin
In October 2015, the Algonquins of Ontario raised a totem pole overlooking Algonquin Provincial Park’s East Gate. An Algonquin elder carved it from an eastern white pine almost as old as the park. Their gift comes with a story.
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Wolf Howls at Algonquin
Please note: Wolf Howl will not be offered during the 2021 season. For more than 50 years, we’ve called the wolves every Thursday in August. Since the Algonquin Provincial Park Wolf Howls started in 1963, more than 150,000 visitors have spent summer evenings listening to the wolves’ haunting harmonies.
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The best apps for smartphone photography
Today’s post comes from Marketing and Communications summer student Mitch Jackson. Smartphone cameras keep getting better and better. No longer do park enthusiasts have to drag clunky DSLR cameras through the wilderness. Taking your smartphone with you will free up room for snacks, sunscreen, a lunch, a water bottle…did we mention more room for snacks? We’ve…