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A View Down-Under: Bathymetric Maps of Algonquin Provincial Park - Volume 1 The Chars: Brook Trout, Lake Trout and Splake

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Back 2011, A fellow by the name of Stephen Molson, a regular contributor for many years previously on the algonquinadventures.com forum, published a fishing map book for purchase. This is a review of that book.

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Trip-log#107 is now online

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Trip-log#107 is now online. A quick solo trip to Rain Lake.


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Web site news

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The "News" page is now closed and will remain offline. Don't worry, these are improvements to the web site, nothing more.
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Fire ban declared for Algonquin Park

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A fire ban has been declared for all of Algonquin Park (As of July 18, 12:01am). Please keep in mind it is illegal to have open fires while in Algonquin Park's backcountry. If you are foolish enough to ignore the ban and are caught criminal charges as well as fines can be levied. Read More...
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Jeff's Algonquin Map Version#4… and MORE!

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"I can see the entire nipissing canoe route!" This was my first remark upon laying my eyes on Jeff's new map: "Canoeing and Exploring Map of Algonquin Provincial Park & The Haliburton Highlands" - Version 4.

Jeff's new map comes eighteen months after the release of version 3. It has been a long time in development and I gotta say it is worth the wait.
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AFA releases 2012-2013 harvesting schedule map

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The Algonquin Forest Authority (AFA) has released its yearly harvesting schedule
map. The map depicts locations through-out Algonquin Park where logging is to take place on a seasonal basis. The map also displays haulage routes, denoting where noise associated with haulage might occur.
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FOAP predicts earlier ice-out than average

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This morning an update was posted on the ice-out conditions web page of the FOAP web site (Friends of Algonquin Park). Many people around the 'net have been discussing the possibility of an early ice-out, possibly another record ice-out.

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Quick day-trip to Swan/Scott Lakes

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My friend Jeffrey and I went for a quick day-trip visit up through the road that runs to the Forest Management Research Station just before Kilometre#11 on highway#60.

We picked up our daily vehicle permit around 9:00am at the West Gate. On the way there we saw three deer; a Doe and two fawns running down the highway at us just outside of Dwight. All was well as traffic stopped both ways and the deer made their way off the highway and into the surrounding bush. We also saw a red fox at the West Gate, that was neat!
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Winter Camping thru Cache Lake Access#8

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Returned yesterday from three nights of winter camping via Cache Lake Access#8. While I am feverish for a paddle thru a favourite Algonquin Park Lake, winter never keeps my friends and I away.

Winter in Algonquin Park is quite different offering a rare and unique beauty that none of the other seasons can mimic.
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Another quick trip

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I grabbed my friend Sean(of Ajax) and headed up Friday afternoon to Huntsville where we checked into a motel. There was a mini-snowstorm happening so we dressed for the weather and went for a stroll through downtown Huntsville. We stopped by the Algonquin Outfitters store, drooling over the gear there, then made our way to cool pub; Moose Delaneys. The rest of the evening was spent pigging out and channel surfing in our motel room.
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Missing The Park terribly

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I hadn't been to The Park since October 10th, 2011. That is almost four months. Four months too long to be away from my favourite place on Earth.

Having some spare time and needing a break from trip-log writing (Yes, there are some new trip-logs coming!) I hopped into my vehicle and made my way north.
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The passing of Steve Jobs

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I'd like to take the opportunity to say "Good-bye" to Steve. Although his passing is not related in anyway to the topics of my web site, I find it of great importance to note the passing of Steve. Read More...
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Scribble, scribble...

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Soon the lakes will be ice-covered, the forest buried in snow and trip-log writing season will be upon me. Already, I can feel the urge to write tugging at my heart. I look forward to a long winter of writing as I recount my past journeys into Algonquin Park.
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Algonquin Park Highway 60 Corridor Map


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Jeff Clark of Clark Geomatics has recently released a 1:75,000 scale Algonquin Park map entitled,
"Algonquin Park - Highway 60 corridor, ON - Recreation & Backcountry Map".

With the official canoe routes map lacking any significant update for decades now, it is refreshing to see a new, highly detailed recreation map available as an alternative to the park's official source map. The Clark Geomatics map pays extra attention to the many attractions and services located along the highway#60 corridor that meanders its way through the southern section of The Park.
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The Meanest Link Part I

I'm off tomorrow morning early, heading up to Algonquin Park to secure our permits for our six man crew, then picking up our canoes and gathering together to sort and pool our gear.

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Partial map of the "Meanest Link" canoe route - Courtesy of Algonquin Outfitters web site

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Trip-log#78 The WPX 2010 is now online

Trip-log#78 recounts a unique eight day fishing trip deep into Algonquin Park.

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Trip-log#91 is now online

Trip-log#91 details a five day visit through Algonquin Park's supposedly quiet north end.

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Woohoooo! Off to The Park!

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Getting Ready for the Meanest Link

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I've been dehydrating fruit the past few nights. Just blueberries (Getting good at it now, I also did some last year too) and now I am trying my hand at strawberries.
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Trip-log#79 is now online

Trip-log#79 details a mid-June two night solo canoe trip to Rosebary Lake through access#2.

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