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01/24/2012 12:37 PM here Family Day Idea - Algonquin Park - About - News & Issues

Family Day Idea - Algonquin Park About - News & Issues Visiting a museum or attending a Toronto Family Day event are good options but if you would like to bundle up and convene with nature, why not head to Algonquin Park for its first ever Winter in the Wild. Ontario's oldest provincial park is hosting an ...

01/21/2012 12:15 AM here Get kids camping before age 15 - London Free Press

Get kids camping before age 15 London Free Press By JIM FOX, Special to QMI Agency An alternative to a canvas tent is staying in a heated yurt such as this one at Algonquin Park. (Ontario Parks photo) Should young kids have a so-called vacation "bucket list?" Ontario Parks thinks so and has come up ...

02/05/2012 09:06 AM here Active birders find plenty to watch - Ottawa Citizen

Active birders find plenty to watch Ottawa Citizen Gary Fairhead was in Algonquin Park last week. He saw a flock of evening grosbeaks who are wintering there, gray jays, a partial leucistic chickadee, a male purple finch, a few flocks of white-winged crossbills and some Bohemian waxwings. and more »

01/19/2012 04:04 AM here Stittsville artist in exhibit at New York City gallery - EMC Stittsville/Richmond

Stittsville artist in exhibit at New York City gallery EMC Stittsville/Richmond Many of his landscapes originate in Algonquin Park, a spot that he was introduced to years ago through a friend and which has been a source of constant inspiration ever since. "Algonquin is always going to be an enormous influence for me," he says. and more »

01/29/2012 02:10 PM here Branding 'Ottawa's Great Forest' - Ottawa Citizen (blog)

Branding 'Ottawa's Great Forest' Ottawa Citizen (blog) The South March Highlands generally are currently ranked 20th, with 417 votes, behind such great places as Vancouver's Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden (go when it's raining, I suggest), Queen Street in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Algonquin Park, ...

01/24/2012 01:05 PM here 15 travel musts for kids in Ontario - Toronto Sun

15 travel musts for kids in Ontario Toronto Sun (Photo courtesy of Ontario Parks) Algonquin Park's interior is dotted with ranger cabins built in the early-to mid-1900s. Fourteen of these cabins formerly used by park rangers are available for rent. Five are accessible by car while the others can be ... and more »

02/02/2012 02:12 PM here Paddlers, photographers team up to help kids in need - CottageCountryNow.ca

Paddlers, photographers team up to help kids in need CottageCountryNow.ca The book is available at the Algonquin Park Visitor Centre, at Algonquin Outfitters in Huntsville, and at Swift Canoes in Gravenhurst. For more information on Northern Shores, visit the Kiwanis website at www.kiwanisnipissing.com.

01/19/2012 07:45 AM here Painting isn't a Tom Thomson, after all - The Sudbury Star

Painting isn't a Tom Thomson, after all The Sudbury Star See video at www.thesudburystar.com JOHN LAPPA/THE SUDBURY STAR/QMI AGENCY By CAROL MULLIGAN, THE SUDBURY STAR Mystery has swirled around Canadian artist Tom Thomson since he apparently drowned on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park in 1917. and more »