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Where the waterways weren't enough they helped mother nature with the construction of log slides.

Seeing the hidden Algonquin

Algonquin's sausage - lumbering. I was told there are two things you don't want to see how they are made; taxes and sausage. Lumbering is a verb not a noun.…

Spruce Bog, Algonquin Park

Spruce Bog, Algonquin Park - accessible trail In my adventures to Algonquin Park I had never walked the Spruce Bog Trail. That changed the morning of October 7th when my…

Part 2 – The Algonquin Adventure

Continuing on…It's still day 2 of our trip, February 20, 2019 Even the drive is an adventure. Driving out of Oxtongue Rapids we picked up Highway 60 and headed east.…

On the way to Algonquin Park we again took a side trip to Oxtongue Rapids. This time we booth put on snow shoes and began exploring areas a little further downstream. The first thing I noticed was the rushing water below me and decided I wanted to capture the feeling of the speed of its movement. Filtering the lens and adjusting my exposure to get a shutter speed below 1/2 second gave me an image showing the rapid yet smooth motion of the river.

Adventure with purpose

An Adventure with purpose - Capturing winter scenic images in Algonquin Provincial Park A visit to Algonquin Provincial Park is always an adventure. When that adventure has a purpose of…

Revitalizing and Refreshing

Producing art that inspires and makes a statement requires constantly revitalizing and refreshing your mind and your vision. Leonardo da Vinci said “Learning never exhausts the mind.” I am…

Beautiful tribute to Tom Thomson at memorial on Canoe Lake.

Tom Thomson & The Colorful History of Canoe Lake

John Mitchell
December 29, 2016
Partum Thought / Places I Love / What I See
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Canoe Lake – Intrigues and Mysteries I first went to Algonquin Park at approximately 10 years of age. My aunt and uncle, who were my godparents, took me with them…