Algonquin, Kanada1 dayAutumn
Algonquin Provincial Park
Ideal: Ideal for nature, hiking, camping, canoeing, photography, road trips, and peaceful escapes from the city.
Proclaimed in 1893, it is Ontario's oldest park — 7,653 square kilometres with more than 2,400 lakes and 1,200 kilometres of canoe routes. Public wolf-howling sessions on August evenings are the park's signature: rangers mimic the call, wild packs answer, and hundreds listen in silence in the dark. Tom Thomson, who influenced the Group of Seven painters, painted these landscapes and drowned in Canoe Lake in 1917 in circumstances still not fully explained.
Quick facts
- Built
- 23 May 1893
- Area
- 772,300 hectares
- Elevation
- 428 m
- Heritage status
- national historic site of Canada
Facts from Wikidata, photos from Wikimedia Commons.
Why go?
- For Ontario's forest-and-lake wilderness at its best
- To canoe, hike, and camp in classic Canadian country
- For fall colour and wildlife watching on a memorable route
Travel tip
The park is vast — choose your lake, trail, or campground before you go.
