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Chalet In-The-Woods Bed and Breakfast is ideally located to provide bed and breakfast accommodations to those visiting the Park. We are about 45 minutes by car to the West Gate of the Park. Local accommodations include motels, hotels, lakeside cabins and cottages, bed and breakfasts, inns and resorts acomodations. Start at our HOME page for more information.

Spring In Algonquin Park...

Is a very special place during the annual Spring rejuvenation. Moose, deer and many other species of wildlife often may be seen on interior canoe trips, in the many Park campgrounds, and along the Highway 60 Corridor roadside. Particularly, moose will come from the bush to the ditches along Highway 60 to drink the water which contain high concentrations of salt that has accumulated from the Winter road salting. Moose sightings are most often seen in the very early morning. Wildlife can be more easily seen in the Spring before the foliage on deciduous trees and bushes has fully emerged. The abundance of wildflowers—especially Ontario's provincial wildflower, the Trillium—are spectacular when in full bloom. Trilliums blossum just as the trees in the forest are fully emerged.

Canoing and kayaking are two of the preferred methods to get into the interior of the Park. However, a number of excellent hiking trails also will allow you into the interior to experience the Park's spectacular scenery.

Algonquin's annual, nightly August public roadside wolf howl watch is an event frequented by hundreds of people visiting the Park.

During the Winter months, some of the Park's Summer hiking trails become cross-country skiing trails.

Relevant Links...

Lake of Two Rivers Algonquin Park 5-day weather forecast

Here is a wonderful resource about Algonquin Park's Animals, Fishes, Flora and Fauna

Algonquin Provincial Park contains almost 8 000 square kilometers of forests, rivers and lakes. The Parkway Corridor allows people—such as yourself—to easily access and enjoy the Park by taking a day visit to the Park along Highway 60. The Corridor allows people to camp in any of the many campgrounds that are easily accessible along the park Highway 60 Parkway Corridor.

With an amazing diversity in plant and animal life, the Park contains more than 265 species of birds, forty-six species of mammals, 29species of reptiles and amphibians, 51 species of fish, and more than 7000 species of insects. Additionally, there are more than 1000 species of plants and another 1000-plus species of fungus thriving within its boundaries.

The Park is blessed with more than 2000 lakes having names. One does not have to travel (or portage) very far to find lakes and river in the Algonquin Highlands acomodations.

The Highway 60 corridor that rolls through the southern portion of the Park, is perhaps one of the best areas of North America to view the majestic Moose in it natural habitat. During the months of May and June, Moose traverse to the Highway 60 roadside to drink its salty water resulting from Winter salting operations along the highway. Your best chances of seeing moose in in the early morning and around sunset.

Algonquin Park Early Days...

Before its formation in 1893—in what is now Algonquin Park—it was first inhabited by the Native "Algonquian" peoples. The Ottawa Valley and the Park area was populated by Native peoples for well over 7 000 years. They inhabited most of the Canadian region south of Hudson Bay between the Rockies and the Atlantic Ocean.

Algonquin Park Wolves...

Algonquin Park is also very famous for its roving wolf packs throughout the Park boundaries, which make it one of the most accessible areas in North America for wolf viewing and research, not only because it has been able to maintain one of the most southerly wolf populations in North America, but also because the wolves are relatively accessible to millions of people without having to don special equipment or to go on remote and expensive excursions.

Following extensive logging in the late 1800s and early 1900s, wolves continued to persist despite considerable effort by Park Rangers to eliminate them. At one time there was a bounty placed on the wolves. Abundant populations of beaver and deer—their primary diet—allowed high productivity by wolves. There were as many as 55 packs of wolves in the Park at the middle of the 1900s. Today, the number of wolf packs is estimated at around 30. Research by John and Mary Theberge and their research team has shown the possibility of a decline on the east side of the park from 1987 to 1999.

The Pimlott study in the early 1960s estimated that there were about 55 wolf packs in the Park, numbering about 300 individuals in mid- to late-Winter (the annual low point in the population before the birth of new pups).

The park staff have located a minimum of four wolf packs every year along Highway 60 corridor. The current best estimate of the number of wolf packs within the park boundaries is about 30 to 35 packs, with about 150 animals at Winter's end. With the birth of one pup per wolf pack, this number doubles to about 300 wolves. This number declines back down to approximately 150 wolves at the end of the following Winter. 

Algonquin Park is also famous for its yearly August public wolf howls along the Highway 60 Corridor.

Dog Sledding Tours...

Algonquin-Way Tours. Located at L'Amble, ON. Dogsledding tours of the Park, accessible from Hwy 60. Phone 613 332 4005.

Snowshoeing in Algonquin Park...

Snowshoeing enthusiasts are welcome to hike anywhere in the Park except for the trails that have been groomed for cross-country skiing. For short excursions, consider any of the summer walking trails along Hwy 60, or either of the longer two backpacking trails overnight trails. Three trails systems are specially designated for cross country skiing:

  • Fen Lake Trail

  • Minnesing Trail

  • Leaf Lake Trail

Cross X-Country Nordic Skiing...

There are over 20 km of x-cross-country ski trails ranging in difficulty from beginner to expert. Maps are available at the Park's East Gate or West Gate. Chalet In-The-Woods Bed and Breakfast is only 45 minutes from the West Gate.

Chalet In-The-Woods Bed and Breakfast is an ideal Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall destination for your honeymoon, anniversary, romantic getaway, weekend escape package. We have several packages available including Romantic Getaway Package, Seniors package.

Canoeing Links...

www.paddling.net
This is an all-purpose site for canoeing and hiking trips, tips and general information. The chat forum is huge but my favorite features are the articles and monthly columns written by outdoors writers (including yours truly).

www.myccr.com
Similar site to paddling.net but Canadian based. But since everyone in the world seems to want to paddle in Canada, it fits a lot larger audience.

www.canoestories.com
Fantastic first-person accounts of canoe trips in Northern Minnesota and Ontario, Canada. This one is very addictive.

www.solotripping.com
This site is geared toward adventurers — mostly paddlers — who like to travel alone. It has things other sites have: gear reviews, outdoor tips, related links, trip accounts. But it also has a chat forum which is usually full of members discussing the trials of traveling with other people. The odd thing is the banter is shared with other people. Shouldn’t a true solo site be a little less sociable? Not in my opinion. Just because one enjoys canoe tripping alone does not mean one is antisocial. In my case I enjoy solo canoe trips for many reasons: the challenge of traveling alone, the quiet solitude, and doing what I want to do when I want to do it.

www.quietjourney.com
A great site for traveling Boundary Waters in the United States and Quetico in Canada. Informative and a great chat room.

www.ottertooth.com
This is the perfect site for anyone considering going to the Temagami region or is a regular to the area and wants to reminisce.

www.algonquinadventures.com/
Same as Ottertooth is for Temagami – but then some.

www.outdooradventurecanada.com/
A similar site to myccr.com but had a much broader outlook on outdoor activities.

www.redcanoes.ca
A great site, not only for information on famous film maker and canoeist Bill Mason but also on his son and daughter (and husband the artist) as well. Paul, Becky and Reid are truly nice people.
 

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