This short film is all about time spent with family in a beautiful setting-Algonquin Provincial Park. It was my son’s turn to go with just me. We had each other’s complete and undivided attention for the whole weekend. Canoe trips can be such wonderful opportunities for building relationships-plenty of shared activities, no external distractions (work, …
ABOUT THE FILM Journey deep into the breathtaking lakes and backcountry of the La Cloche Mountains, perched along the north shore of Georgian Bay. With its clear blue lakes, striking white quartzite and pink granite hills, Killarney Provincial Park offers some of Ontario’s most unforgettable canoeing and hiking adventures. Filmmakers Daryl Phillips and Scott Jordan invite …
For the past three decades, I have been canoeing and photographing the Killarney landscape. Apart from a few relics from the days before the Park was established, it seems like the landscape has not significantly changed over the centuries. There has been some deforestation, acid rain and forest fires, but those ancient hills remain. This …
Enjoyed a brief visit and conversation with Kevin Callan (AKA the Happy Camper) down by the lake at our home and B&B in Bancroft, Ontario.
We had an opportunity this past summer to take off for five days due to a 7 day rental at our B&B (www.cedarhaus.ca). I asked the kids if they wanted to go car camping or a canoe trip. They asked me, “what’s car camping?” After I explained, they quickly made their decision and we were …
A Tribute to the Beauty of the La Cloche Mountain Range and a Celebration of Thirty Years of Adventure in Killarney Provincial Park – Coming 2025! IN A LAND WHERE TIME STANDS STILL For the past three decades, I have been canoeing and photographing the Killarney landscape. Apart from a few relics from the days …
When you don’t plan, some things just never happen. Some events need planning, not only to occur, but to execute. This canoe trip was a result of both, a decisive moment and commitment followed by careful execution. Here’s to getting our daughters out into the wilderness. This trip had all the weather that a summer …
It has taken five long years for the kids and I to get back out into the canoe and go camping. A major change in life (moving to Bancroft and building a house) had left us with little time for canoe trips. The last weekend in September was unusually warm and perfect for a fall …
The Bridge Community Church (Bancroft) Men’s Canoe Trip, 2019
I was asked to participate in a canoe trip this past Summer (2017) with a group of guys I mostly had never met before, in a place I had never been before and had no problem saying “yes!” The opportunity to experience something new in a familiar situation was all too enticing. The itinerary was …