http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Algonquin-Provincial-Park/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Canada , Ontario , Algonquin Provincial Park en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:51:07 BST Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:51:07 BST So pretty early on Thursday I get this email from my friend Sue which pretty much says something like this ... sorry for the short notice but do you want to come to the cottage this weekend I ponder for all of two minutes and think that either I can stay home go biking do laundry ironing and other chores read up on Madrid and generally lay low OR I could get in a car head to a cottage catc http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Algonquin-Provincial-Park/blog-296298.html We arrived at the park at the East Gate and went straight to the visitorrsquos center. The nice girl there set us off to do some cool camping in the interior of the park and have a canoe delivered to us to go to our camping site you can only access these campgrounds by canoehellip.unfortunately the girl at the information center gave us the wrong information and couldnrsquot get our canoe http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Algonquin-Provincial-Park/blog-294479.html 29th June 2008This morning it was still a bit cloudy but it had stopped raining. Amy starting the morning with a run whilst Dinah went for a walk with camera of course.We had to start collecting our things together and packing for the next leg of our travels.Amy took off kayaking with Jaqueline on Paint Lake and after an hour or so of sitting in the sun on the deck and watching the chipmunks an http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Algonquin-Provincial-Park/blog-293938.html Decided this place deserved a blog of it's own. The nicest bit of Canada I've seen. That includes all the spectacular snow capped peaks of the Rockies. May just be because the area is not well known so no one else goes. Wilderness much more fun when it's empty.Had Luxury acommodation own room practically empty hostel so bathroom kitchen and lounge to ourselves and amazing host. Took us on a to http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Algonquin-Provincial-Park/blog-293670.html Algonquin Provincial ParkAter stopping at the Flying Saucer Diner in Niagara well we were in North America we made our way to one of the wineries that the region is famous for to try the local speciality ice wine all in the name of culture of course They make it in the winter when the grapes are actually frozen and as a result is really sweet. Then it was our half way stop at a place calle http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Algonquin-Provincial-Park/blog-93074.html I had a successfull although long day. It took sometime and trips to the library the Land Registry Office and Knox Presbyterian Church but I found where my Dad use to live in Goderich. The thing that made it tough was that back in the time of the 1911 Census there were no street addresses. However I did find that he lived on St. Vincent and that street is only on block long. A very nic http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Algonquin-Provincial-Park/blog-74085.html The Canadian summer was a lovely affair what with the late dusks high 20's bbq's on chad'sour 12th floor balcony overlooking Lake Ontario and the city lights with a bottle of Alaxander Keiths no v.b. or Carlton over here boys and girls assuming the position.Chad's unit is in a leafy suburb called Mississauga pronounced mississsargwarwhich is situated at least 15 mins away from where a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Algonquin-Provincial-Park/blog-36526.html Hope you are not sick of me by now but I just have to let u all know how much fun im having and how beautiful this place was. This time the place was algonquin national park a majestic and absolutely stunning area that pretty much symbolises canada in mind. Its hard to explain to u all how amazing this place actually is i wouldn't know where to start. First there is the crisp clean air the fla http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/Ontario/Algonquin-Provincial-Park/blog-21158.html