There is no such island in Killarney, but in my daughter’s mind we were on Mosquito Island for the duration of our shortest canoe trip to date. We drove up to the park for the weekend to host a film screening of Wilderness Trails at the park amphitheatre. Scott (co-creator of the film) and his …
We got a bit of weather extremes during this weekend paddle up to Tom Thomson Lake and back. Here is a time lapse to illustrate the difference that weather can play on the mood of a canoe trip.
“There’s a place, a garden for the young To laugh and dance in safety among The shimmering light in the shade of the trees” (Josh Garells / Morning Light) For the past eight consecutive years, I have taken my kids on a canoe trip in Killarney Provincial Park. This place is truly “a garden for …
I know – the title of the film sounds a little presumptuous and all encompassing. Another option, ‘My Wilderness Portrait’ (to me anyways) sounded too juvenile. I usually spend way too much time oscillating between titles until I get frustrated and (in this case) just go with my first instinct. This film is made from …
This was my daughter’s third canoe trip. This one was a little different – just the two of us – father and daughter. She loves camping – in fact she often tells me that, “Daddy … I love camping!” She’s my little helper. She volunteers to help gather firewood, chop firewood, set up the tent, …
Jackson’s first canoe trip at 5 months of age. We decided to ease back into canoe trips because of having kids in diapers. It was more important to just get out there and not be too ambitious with portages and paddling all day. Bell Lake (in Killarney Provincial Park) has its’ own access point, many …
It was time to explore a part of Algonquin that was new to me. I had never started a trip from the Smoke Lake access point. This was a quick weekend trip – only one portage to get to our destination. As you can tell from the photographs, we had a lot of rain mixed …
In the fall of 2013, a friend and I set out to canoe the lakes of Killarney Provincial Park, for the first time during the cooler months of the year. We had only been in the park during the summer months. I also had a vision of creating a short film on the essence of …
One of my favourite aspects of wilderness camping is standing on shore, looking out across the lake and enjoying the stillness and beauty of the Killlarney landscape. Out here, you rarely encounter other campers. Based on how hard it is to reserve sites in Killarney, I know that we are not the only campers in …
“Let freedom ring from the mountain tops…” was part of the speech made by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington, D.C. fifty years ago now. I had just returned from our annual canoe trip in Killarney Provincial Park and was driving home from work one day. I heard on the radio that it was …