With record heat and the sun shining every day, our
guided canoe trips into the lakeside paradise of Algonquin Park have been
the ultimate escape this summer of 2012.
Our guides and guests are living in bathing suits and spending as much
time in the lakes as they are canoeing over the water!
July is a great month to see wildlife and this year is no
different. Our blackboard at the Canoe Outpost reports “Lots of moose, bald eagles, otters,
Merlin's, one black bear, white tailed deer, beavers, herons,
ducks, northern flickers, and of course the loons. Fishing has been
good. Cody took a personal trip down to
the Nippising river and reeled in over a dozen brook trout. The bass fishing has also been great on North
Tea and the Amable Du fond river where several 3 – 4 pounds have been caught
by customers.
One of the highlights of summer is hosting families of all
shapes and sizes. A canoe trip is a wonderful adventure that
families can do together. This past July, we hosted families on 3 to 6 day
canoe trips from as far
away as the UK, Germany, the
Netherlands, France, Belgium, Austria, Europe, China, Kenya , Poland the US and of course all across Canada. Our award
winning 3 day family canoe trip is super convenient to book with
scheduled trips going our every Monday and Friday. Private trips are a great alternative for families who want to travel deeper into Algonquin, have younger
children or perhaps take a river trip to
a different area of Ontario. (Picture French river with kids). Cody
and Nick were out with families with a Duke of Edinburgh award candidate who
were looking for help completing their final expedition.
This past Wednesday
July 17, helicopters and MNR planes buzzed over us as the province issued a fire ban for all of
Algonquin Park. Eastern Algonquin Park had a significant forest fire caused by lightning
that ran 5 days until it was put out yesterday.
It is amazing that it has been
four weeks since we have had any significant rain !
All of us here at Voyageur Quest feel so fortunate to share
Algonquin Park with you. We hope to see you “on trip” later this July or August.
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