Algonquin Provincial Park is a very special place for me.  It is a “power place” where over the years I have been able soothe, refresh and challenge myself physically, mentally and spiritually.  It is a place of great  beauty, tranquility and peace.
This section represents an ongoing project to capture some of the places both in and around Algonquin that have inspired me over the years. 
Autumn Morning on Smoke Lake
Autumn Morning on Smoke Lake
Stopping along the Highway 60 corridor at Smoke Lake to admire the fall colours.
Battered Canoes
Battered Canoes
Well seasoned canoes stacked together at the outfitters.
Foot Bridge at Spruce Bog
Foot Bridge at Spruce Bog
The steel and wood bridge on the Spruce Bog Trail 
Autumn Paddlers on Canoe Lake
Autumn Paddlers on Canoe Lake
Watching the paddlers heading back to shore on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park.
Canoe Lake Colours
Spectacular autumn colours frame the Canoe Lake permit office (Algonquin Park)
Paddlers
Watching the paddlers on Canoe Lake. 
(digital photo-sketch)
Giant Old Growth White Pines
Giant Old Growth White Pines
Standing in awe of the giant old growth white pines along the Big Pines trail in Algonquin Park.
Big Pines
Big Pines
One of the few remaining giant old growth white pines along the Big Pines trail in Algonquin Provincial Park. (Some of these spectacular trees are more than 225 years old.)
Autumn Colours Along Big Pines Trail
Autumn Colours Along Big Pines Trail
Stopping to admire the autumn colours along the Big Pines Trail (near Sunday Creek) in Algonquin Park
Foggy Autumn Sunrise Over Oxtongue Lake
Foggy Autumn Sunrise Over Oxtongue Lake
Sunrise poking through the thick autumn fog over Oxtongue Lake (Algonquin Highlands, Ontario, Canada)
Morning Fog Over Oxtongue
Fog Over Oxtongue
Early morning fog over Oxtongue Lake in autumn (Algonquin Highlands, Ontario, Canada)
Autumn Morning
Autumn Morning
The autumn sun slowly burns off the fog over Oxtongue Lake (near Algonquin Park)
Early Morning Smoke Lake © Irwin Seidman
Early Morning Smoke Lake
An early autumn morning and an amazing sky over Smoke Lake in Algonquin Park
Autumn on Canoe Lake © Irwin Seidman
Autumn on Canoe Lake
The stunning fall colours frame the rustic permit office on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park.  Whether on the water or just sitting along the shoreline (or beside the docks at the Portage Store), this is a majestic place.
Little Island © Irwin Seidman
Little Island

A Great Blue Heron flies past Little Island on Oxtongue Lake, near Algonquin Park. (Little Island is most know for the 1965 painting by Group of Seven artist, A.J. Cason)

Whiskey Rapids Trail © Irwin Seidman
Whiskey Rapids Trail
Resting by the Oxtongue River along the Whiskey Rapids Trail in Algonquin Provincial Park
Great Blue Heron © Irwin Seidman
Great Blue Heron
Patient and still, a Great Blue Heron waits for a catch on Canisbay Lake in Algonquin Park
Vintage Algonquin Outfitters Truck © Irwin Seidman
Vintage Algonquin Outfitters Truck

Digital photosketch of vintage GMC pick up truck outside Algonquin Outfitters (Oxtongue Lake, Ontario)

Oxtonque Dawn © Irwin Seidman
Oxtongue Dawn
An unforgettable dawn looking eastward over Oxtongue Lake near Algonquin Park 
Road to Canisbay © Irwin Seidman
Road to Canisbay 

Soft light filters in through the trees on the road to Canisbay Lake in Algonquin Park

Highway 60  Revisited © Irwin Seidman
Highway 60  Revisited

Autumn colours frame a Highway 60 bridge as it crosses the narrows of Oxtongue Lake.  Lined with private cottages and cottage resorts, Oxtongue Lake which is just west of Algonquin Park, is spectacular.  

Oxtongue Mist © Irwin Seidman
Oxtongue Mist
Morning mist rising over Oxtongue Lake near Algonquin Park
Red Dawn © Red Dawn
Red Dawn

Often a reward for early rising is a spectacular sky looking eastward over Oxtongue Lake (near Algonquin Park)

Calm Before The Storm © Irwin Seidman
Calm Before The Storm
Another stunning sky over Oxtongue Lake in the Algonquin Highlands
Great Blue Heron © Irwin Seidman
Great Blue Heron
A Great Blue Heron fishing on Canisbay Lake in Algonquin Park
Algonquin Moose
Algonquin Moose No. 1

Spring brings caution and excitement at the sighting of a young moose along the Highway 60 corridor in Algonquin Park

Algonquin Moose
Algonquin Moose No. 2

Spring brings caution and excitement at the sighting of a young moose along the Highway 60 corridor in Algonquin Park

Algonquin Moose
Algonquin Moose No. 3

Spring brings caution and excitement at the sighting of a young moose along the Highway 60 corridor in Algonquin Park

Stacked Canoes © Irwin Seidman
Stacked Canoes
Aluminum canoes stacked side by side at Algonquin Outfitters on Canoe Lake
Early Morning on Oxtongue Lake
Another incredible sky as we prepare for an early morning paddle on Oxtongue Lake near Algonquin Park
Smoke Lake © Irwin Seidman
Smoke Lake 
Autumn morning on Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park 


Springtime along the Highway 60 corridor in Algonquin Park © Irwin Seidman
Algonquin Spring Thaw

The spring thaw means ice and mist on the many lakes and rivers along the Highway 60 corridor in Algonquin Park 

On Canoe Lake
On Canoe Lake
Looking out out on Canoe Lake in the autumn. Algonquin Provincial Park (Ontario, Canada)
Oxtongue Narrows at Dawn © Irwin Seidman
Oxtongue Narrows at Dawn
Spectacular light at dawn on Oxtongue Lake near Algonquin Provincial Park
Peck Lake © Irwin Seidman
Peck Lake

Resting to admire the stunning landscape while hiking the trail at Peck Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park

Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel
A cute red squirrel stops to have a meal on a tree stump along the trail
Peck Lake Trail © Irwin Seidman
Peck Lake Trail
Fallen maple leaves and dappled light through the trees along the trail at Peck Lake
Canoe Taxi © Irwin Seidman
Canoe Taxi 

A canoe taxi returning to base at Lake Opeongo in Algonquin Park after taking a small group of campers into the back country with their canoes and gear

Spring Thaw on Oxtongue Lake © Irwin Seidman
Spring Thaw on Oxtongue Lake
Ice breaks up on the beach at Blue Spruce Resort on Oxtongue Lake
Melting Ice
The spring ice is melting and the sun has just finished burning off the early morning fog in this wide angle panorama of Smoke Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park
Algonquin Outfitters © Irwin Seidman
Algonquin Outfitters
A beautiful day on Canoe Lake (Algonquin Park)
On Canoe Lake © Irwin Seidman
On Canoe Lake
A scene almost frozen time... small boats along the shore of Canoe Lake (Algonquin Provincial Park)
Morning Hike © Irwin Seidman
Morning Hike
Beautiful soft light filters through the trees on this early morning hike along the Whiskey Rapids trail in Algonquin Park
Canoe Lake Colours (photo-sketch)
Spectacular autumn colours frame the Canoe Lake permit office (Algonquin Park)
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