Chris "Tripper70" has recently started a blog of some of his Algonquin canoe trips .. Algonquin Voyageur. Chris was introduced to Algonquin at an early age and over the past 20 years has worked in Algonquin Park for one of the outfitters and as a Park Naturalist/Interpreter. The trips included on his blog are ...

"2009 North Tea - Birchcliffe - Gibson - Highview Cabin - Biggar - North Tea"
"2010 Rain – Timberwolf – Rainbow – McCraney – Rain"
"2011 Algonquin Spring Fishing Trip Cedar – Wendigoes – Ravenau – Lantern- Bug – Iron Wood – Carl Wilson".

Rob Howes and his friend made a short-notice day-trip to Rain Lake for an enjoyable day of mild October weather. While this quick and short visit to Rain Lake, wasn't an actual backcountry camping trip, it does illustrate the ease with which a visit can be had to backcountry of Algonquin Park .. Rain Lake Day-trip - October 8, 2011 - Access #4

"The afternoon somehow just flew by. We were doing nothing but just sitting on the side of a lake beside a good fire and just enjoying the conversation of a good friend. Before we realized it, the sun was starting to drop and we started thinking about packing up and moving on. With the fire drowned and everything packed, we pushed off around 5:30. We headed straight for the opposite shore, taking our time heading back and exploring the shoreline."

Rob Waywell has added a trip-log to his Loon Island Outdoors website. It's of his 4-day Joe Lake Canoe Trip, with his daughter in mid-August of last year. Their trip included day-trips through Liitle Doe Lake to Tom Thomson Lake, and through Baby Joe Lake to Burnt Island Lake. The trip-log includes some enjoyable video clips and a great photo gallery!

"The paddle up the Little Oxtongue River was easier than I had thought it might be. The river is fairly wide without much current and there was lots of water to paddle through. We made it up to Little Doe Lake by 1:30 pm where Madeline finally caught our first (and as it turned out our only) fish of the day, which was a 16" Smallmouth Bass that weighed in just under 2 1/2 lbs. By that time we were almost at the creek that runs into Little Doe from Tom Thomson Lake."

The latest cohosted Algonquin Outfitters / Algonquin Adventures photo contest has now started .. Algonquin "Fall Colours" Photo Contest. Submit your best photos (up to 3 photos in one entry) of “Fall Colours” from Algonquin Park. This includes everything from autumn leaf change to photos that include brilliant colours under a rich blue sky, or maybe just some brightly coloured canoes.

Photos must be a minimum of 1024×768 and must be original photographs taken by the person entering the contest. Enter contest here.

Grand Prize of a $250 Algonquin Outfitters Gift card ... 2nd Prize of a $150 Algonquin Outfitters Gift Card ... 3rd Prize of a $100 Algonquin Outfitters Gift Card.

Marc Gravel has branched out from his blog Wild Nature .. moving all its Algonquin Park content to a new blog My Beloved Algonquin. His new blog contains his Algonquin trip-logs, gear, books, photos, etc.

"It has evolved into a place with many followers who like myself share a common interest in Algonquin. This medium allows me to share with everyone not only my pictures, but my experiences and knowledge that I have accumulated since realizing my passion for Algonquin many many years ago."

Judging of the latest cohosted Algonquin Outfitters / Algonquin Adventures photo contest is complete!

The Summer 2011 photo contest was themed "Sunny Days".

You can check out all the entries at ... https://picasaweb.google.com.

Or, you can view them on the AO Blog at http://ao-sales.blogspot.com/2011.

David Pile (aka: Jester) has submitted a trip-log of a trip that he and a friend went on. It was a six-day canoe trip loop, starting at Smoke Lake and ending at Cache Lake. Their trip took them through Ragged, Big Porcupine, Bonnechere, Phipps, Harness and Head Lakes .. 2011 Smoke Lake to Cache Lake - August 3rd to 8th.

"Jeff McMurtrie’s map labels the “chicane” as the Devil’s Razor. Over the years, water levels have been such that we have either carefully paddled over the rocks or treated the rocks as a variant of a beaver dam. This year we had to pull over at the very left or southern end of this section to get into the northern half of Bonnechere. Once over this obstacle, we paddled through what has always been a quiet section of the lake, though each time we’ve paddled through there has been at most one other canoe and some years in late May or early September we’ve seen no one else. Perhaps 10 minutes after launch we were nearing the dead end and the smooth rock landing at which we unloaded and began our easy walk northeast to the Phipps Lake portage."

This year, a substantial (291 pages) and well-photo-illustrated historical book about Cache Lake was published. Titled “Destination Algonquin Park – Tracks To Cache Lake and The Highland Inn”, it was written by Donald J. Beauprie. As a youngster, he spent summers with his family at their cottage on Cache Lake and has continued to holiday there ever since with his children and grandchildren.

Roderick MacKay (park naturalist and historian) praises the book ... “In this long-anticipated labour of love, Don Beauprie has extensively consulted both archival sorces and his personal recollections to reveal the history of the one-time hub of Algonquin Park at Cache Lake.”

It's a thoroughly enjoyable “long-read”, which becomes even longer when one is slowed down pouring over the many intriguing old photos. A genuine Christmas present treasure to give to that special camping pal! ... http://store.algonquinpark.on.ca

Mike Burns has submitted a trip-log of his 8-day solo loop that he paddled this summer .. from Rain Lake, via Misty, White Trout, Big Trout, Burntroot, Catfish, Cedar, Petawawa R., Radiant, Little Madawaska R., Philip, Hogan, La Muir, Big Trout, White Trout, McIntosh and back to Rain Lake.

With lots of photos, you'll definitely enjoy ... Mike's Algonquin 7 Night 2011 Solo Trip, Aug. 18 to Aug 25, 2011 .

"I grabbed the island campsite, across the bay from the ranger cabin. I was tired at this point and could not go much farther. The wind gust were brutally strong at times. I was standing still by the cliffs trying to round the bend. Brutal! .. I went out of the wind. Great campsite with tons of room to pitch a tent. I was out of the wind until a storm front came in and the wind changed directions on me!"

John Mooy has recorded a trip-log of the 4-day loop that he paddled with his buddy .. from Canoe Lake, through Burnt Island, Otterslide, Big Trout, White Trout, McIntosh, and Tom Thomson Lakes. It was July 22-25th and the bugs were bad. But he definitely got some decent photos! .. http://theadventuresofcoreyandtrevor.blogspot.com.

"Light rain/drizzle in the morning. Jamie slept in and as I was having breakfast there was a bunch of commotion with some seagulls. Turns out the resident Bald Eagle was around and they didn't like that much. Had to wake up Jamie so we could shoot some pics. Eagle sat in a tree for 15 minutes or so before it moved on. That's Bald Eagle number 2 for me now." We broke camp and made our way through Ink Creek which was absolute hell. Fighting deer flies and mosquitos through a meandering creek is not fun."