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<title>Mark&#x27;s Algonquin Park Sampler RSS</title><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/index.html</link><description>New Update&#x21;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2011 Mark Rubino</dc:rights><dc:date>2013-01-11T23:11:52-05:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:24:23 -0500</lastBuildDate><item><title>A View Down-Under:&#xa;Bathymetric Maps of&#xa;Algonquin Provincial Park - &#xa;Volume 1 The Chars: Brook Trout&#x2c; Lake Trout and Splake</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Review</category><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2013-01-11T23:11:52-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/view-down-under.html#unique-entry-id-42</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/view-down-under.html#unique-entry-id-42</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Much is offered in how each species responds to prey availability with respects to seasonal/temperature fluctuations and weather conditions, coupled with the underwater structures of any given lake; Stephen has done well to present the facts as they pertain to the many facets of understanding the behaviour of trout and how to effectively equip oneself, with not just gear but a complete understanding of where, when and why one might want to fish a chosen area to provide themselves with many hours of fishing entertainment ending with positive results.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Trip-log#107 is now online</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>New Trip-logs</category><dc:date>2012-12-01T18:57:43-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/trip-log-107-online.html#unique-entry-id-41</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/trip-log-107-online.html#unique-entry-id-41</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[To satisfy my urge for one last canoe trip, I took off up to Algonquin Park's west side for a planned two night stay on Rain Lake. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Web site news</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Announcements</category><dc:date>2012-12-01T17:07:36-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/goodbye-news-page.html#unique-entry-id-40</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/goodbye-news-page.html#unique-entry-id-40</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The "Blog" page easily makes the "News" page irrelevant and closing down the "News" page makes my life easier when it comes to publishing the web site. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fire ban declared for Algonquin Park</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Algonquin Park News</category><dc:date>2012-07-17T22:54:15-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/fireban-july-2012.html#unique-entry-id-39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/fireban-july-2012.html#unique-entry-id-39</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If illegal use of a campfire results in a forest fire, be prepared to mortgage your house in this and your next lifetime to cover the cost of putting out a forest fire! ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Jeff&#x27;s Algonquin Map Version#4&#x2026; and MORE&#x21;</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Mapping</category><dc:date>2012-07-15T20:51:05-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/jeffs-map-version-4.html#unique-entry-id-38</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/jeffs-map-version-4.html#unique-entry-id-38</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Presented in a no nonsense style with a witty tongue and humorous perspective that I've come to know of Jeff's style (Use the Map Luke!), version 4 of the printed algonquin map series is a fascinating piece of accurate, useful and gorgeous canoe route mapping of Algonquin Park.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AFA releases 2012-2013 harvesting schedule map</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Algonquin Park News</category><dc:date>2012-04-02T11:36:02-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/afa-map-2012-2013.html#unique-entry-id-37</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/afa-map-2012-2013.html#unique-entry-id-37</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[With careful planning one can draw up an itinerary to avoid noise that would be associated with logging and road building in Algonquin Park's backcountry.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>FOAP predicts earlier ice-out than average</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Algonquin Park News</category><dc:date>2012-03-22T07:21:16-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/possible-early-iceout-2012.html#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/possible-early-iceout-2012.html#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Temperatures are expected to cool down this coming weekend, although it is too late to stop the progression of the melt, this cooling trend will only slow the melting process.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Quick day-trip to Swan/Scott Lakes</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Mini Trip-log</category><dc:date>2012-03-19T20:44:07-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/swan-scott-lakes-march-2012.html#unique-entry-id-35</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/swan-scott-lakes-march-2012.html#unique-entry-id-35</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We arrived at the shore of Swan Lake to find that the shoreline ice was visibly thin for 2 meters (I could poke holes in it with a 9 foot stick)...the first foot or two was open water in places.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Winter Camping thru Cache Lake Access#8</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Mini Trip-log</category><dc:date>2012-02-21T20:04:50-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/cache-lake-feb-2012.html#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/cache-lake-feb-2012.html#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Once we had settled upon our location we set about the task of setting up camp for our three night stay in out 'hot' tent, a civilized way to winter camp!
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Another quick trip</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Mini Trip-log</category><dc:date>2012-02-15T20:49:31-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/spruce-lookout-cache.html#unique-entry-id-33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/spruce-lookout-cache.html#unique-entry-id-33</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The slow trek to the summit (Many photo-ops along the way) was an enjoyable one, the snow both deep and undisturbed for the most part; Just prior to reaching the summit there is a steep rock-face next to the trail and we were surprised to see tracks leading up to the top of the rockface and slide marks coming down the sheer rock wall next to the trail; Kids. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Missing The Park terribly</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Mini Trip-log</category><dc:date>2012-02-08T22:47:18-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/centennial-ridges-feb-2012.html#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/centennial-ridges-feb-2012.html#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Just before I arrived back at the trail's beginning I paused as I had heard something, looking to my left to locate the sound, I was surprised to see barely 30 feet away from me at eye level, a Pileated woodpecker, happily pecking away at a large pine tree.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The passing of Steve Jobs</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Announcements</category><dc:date>2011-10-06T09:53:02-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/steve-jobs-2011.html#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/steve-jobs-2011.html#unique-entry-id-31</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(One of Steve's favourite one liners), I'm getting things done&hellip; No messing around with blue screens of death, no jumping through hoops with viruses and malware and phishing and all the other crap that one has to deal with in the realm of the PC world. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Scribble&#x2c; scribble...</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Announcements</category><dc:date>2011-09-25T11:20:22-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/scribble-scribble.html#unique-entry-id-30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/scribble-scribble.html#unique-entry-id-30</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For now though, the best part of the canoeing season (Autumn) is upon us, so I hope you'll excuse me while I sneak out a few more times in my canoe before I commit myself to actually sitting down and writing something.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Algonquin Park Highway 60 Corridor Map</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Mapping</category><category>Review</category><dc:date>2011-08-04T20:12:16-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/corridor-map-review-2011.html#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/corridor-map-review-2011.html#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[You have to see the calendar to know what Jeff means, but once you do, you'll find it is a brilliant tool for planning one's trip according to one's criteria; whether it be to photograph wildlife, avoid the bugs, or seek out fishing opportunities, the possibilities are many.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Meanest Link Part I</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Woohoo&#x21;</category><dc:date>2011-07-08T22:07:35-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/meanest_link_part1.html#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/meanest_link_part1.html#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Due to time constraints, the rest of the link past Opeongo and over the height of land into the Madawaska watershed and eventually onto the Oxtongue and back down to the Huntsville AO store will have to be completed the following year. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Trip-log#78 The WPX 2010 is now online</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>New Trip-logs</category><dc:date>2011-06-26T20:41:53-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/trip-log-78-online.html#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/trip-log-78-online.html#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Aptly named by "Master Bo", the WPX or "White Partridge Express" is a fun-filled trip to the meadow at White Partridge Lake. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Trip-log#91 is now online</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>New Trip-logs</category><dc:date>2011-06-15T07:45:36-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/trip-log-91-online.html#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/trip-log-91-online.html#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[After over six months without dipping a paddle into her majestic waters, we were in terrible need for some solitude and fresh air. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Woohoooo&#x21; Off to The Park&#x21;</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Woohoo&#x21;</category><dc:date>2011-05-18T17:43:00-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/woohoo-may-2four-2011.html#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/woohoo-may-2four-2011.html#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Off to a low maintenance route with a low maintenance campsite and hope to see no one for five days. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Getting Ready for the Meanest Link</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Food Dehydration</category><dc:date>2011-05-12T22:27:18-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/meanest-link-dried-foods-2011.html#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/meanest-link-dried-foods-2011.html#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A good chuck of the blueberries will be for pancakes that I will make on a rest day and the remaining berries for a few days worth of toppings to add to oatmeal. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Trip-log#79 is now online</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>New Trip-logs</category><dc:date>2011-05-08T21:04:41-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/trip-log-79-online.html#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/trip-log-79-online.html#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Trip-log#79 - details an account of a quick and much needed visit to Algonquin Park's west side. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Canoe Lake Ice is out&#x21;</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Algonquin Park News</category><dc:date>2011-05-01T22:39:27-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/ice-out-2011.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/ice-out-2011.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you don't know Donald Lloyd you can get to know him (In the same manner as I have) though his book "Canoeing Algonquin Park". ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Backcountry Permits Available Friday April 29&#x2c; 2011&#x21;</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Algonquin Park News</category><dc:date>2011-04-28T21:34:10-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/canoe-season-open-2011.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/canoe-season-open-2011.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It is also a good idea to have a backup plan or two for differing routes and/or differing access points as conditions continue to be variable across Algonquin Park. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Canoe camping closed Easter Weekend (Trout Opener)</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Algonquin Park News</category><dc:date>2011-04-21T09:22:16-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/canoe-season-opener-cancelled.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/canoe-season-opener-cancelled.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This is not good for me personally as my canoeing schedule in Algonquin Park this year is convoluted and instead of making three visits this year by the end of May, I'll only get to visit Algonquin Park once by the end of May. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>USGS/UMESC&#x27;s Common Loon Movements &#x26; Migrations 2010-2011</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Loons</category><dc:date>2011-04-11T21:35:36-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/loon-migration-2011.html#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/loon-migration-2011.html#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If this study is any indication (I know I'm reaching here), it looks like the loons in the study have fared well as they all appear to be returning successfully, so far. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Removing the shackles of winter&#x21;</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Spring Fever</category><dc:date>2011-04-02T20:36:14-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/removing-the-shackles-of-winter.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/removing-the-shackles-of-winter.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On the way home I stopped by Canadian tire and saw a Brunton flashlight that doubles as a lantern and accepts multiple battery types and a "Swiss flint survival tool", great for getting fires started when you run our of matches, your lighter fails or they are all wet with rain.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AFA 2011-2012 Harvest Map &#x5d;UPDATED&#x5d;</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Algonquin Park News</category><dc:date>2011-04-01T14:25:20-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/afa-2011-2012-map-updated.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/afa-2011-2012-map-updated.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Gone are the 'spring' logging areas; Near Craig Lake at The Park's upper west border region and an extensive area along Branch & Scorch Lakes as well as along the York River in The Park panhandle near access#15 Kingscote Lake.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AFA releases 2011-2012 harvesting schedule map</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Algonquin Park News</category><dc:date>2011-03-26T22:46:44-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/afa-2011-2012-map.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/afa-2011-2012-map.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Going over the map, there is some good news for canoeists; Spring operations only cover two small areas&hellip;Near Craig Lake at The Park's upper west border region and an extensive area along Branch & Scorch Lakes as well as along the York River in The Park panhandle near access#15 Kingscote Lake.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>MNR publishes Algonquin Park fishing regulations online</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Fishing</category><dc:date>2011-03-18T21:30:00-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/algonquin-fishing-regs-2011.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/algonquin-fishing-regs-2011.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A good example of an exception is Westward Lake in Peck township; Only artificial lures may be used and there is a reduced catch limit of 2 for both Conservation & Sports licenses and a slot limit: catches must be greater than 46cm (18.1 inches). 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x22;Algonquin Park: Where My Canoe has Taken Me&#x22; Photography exhibit by Sean Rowley</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Photography</category><dc:date>2011-03-24T21:06:18-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/where-my-canoe-has-taken-me.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/where-my-canoe-has-taken-me.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[These 'new' prints were fabulous and spoke volumes to me at the quality Sean had produced; It was one thing to view previously viewed images in a new format, but quite another to see the never before seen images on canvas. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A quick trip to Barron Canyon Road</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Mini Trip-log</category><dc:date>2011-03-20T22:24:36-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/barron-canyon-rd-march-2011.html#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/barron-canyon-rd-march-2011.html#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Snow depths in the bush were still nearly two feet deep in places, with a softened crust and ice on the lakes had softened up on the surface but it looked like there was a long way to go yet before ice-out. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Canoe Lake Ice-out web site is now online for 2011&#x21;</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Algonquin Park News</category><dc:date>2011-03-09T15:01:37-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/canoe-lake-ice-out-2011.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/canoe-lake-ice-out-2011.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Jefferson Ridpath who runs the Canoe Lake ice-out prediction web site sent out an email last night to announce this year's edition of the web site is now online. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Trip-log#90 is now online</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>New Trip-logs</category><dc:date>2011-03-05T22:14:38-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/trip-log-90-online.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/trip-log-90-online.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My new workflow has enabled me to post this trip-log just six days after I returned from Algonquin Park. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Back from Lake Opeongo</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Mini Trip-log</category><dc:date>2011-02-27T19:54:48-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/lake-opeongo-feb-2011.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/lake-opeongo-feb-2011.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The decision to delay our trip by one week due to a warming trend the previous week was the correct one, as we encountered favourable conditions for ice travel. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Web Site Updated&#x21;</title><dc:creator>mark@markinthepark.com</dc:creator><category>Announcements</category><dc:date>2011-02-19T22:52:49-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/new-web-site.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.markinthepark.com/blog_files/new-web-site.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There is a newsletter list (Homepage & Triplogs) that you can subscribe to; periodically I will notify subscribers of web site updates such as new slideshow galleries, trip-logs, etc. ]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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