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For over 20 years I've been collecting stories, photographs, interviews, out of print books and researching various aspects of the human history of Algonquin Park in Ontario Canada. In other words, capturing voices from the past. In the fall of 2020, I launched my podcast 'Algonquin Defining Moments' to both complement my published books but also to continue my mission of sharing stories, recollections, traditions, landmarks and other fun Algonquin Park human heritage curiosities. In this way that those who share my passion for everything Algonquin Park can listen to snippets of the park and its people while commuting, walking, cooking, working around the house or even just meditating on the back deck. Enjoy! Gaye Clemson
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Saturday Sep 05, 2020
Episode 2: A Paddler‘s Guide to the Lost History of Canoe Lake‘s Algonquin Park
Saturday Sep 05, 2020
Saturday Sep 05, 2020
Episode 2: A Paddler's Guide to the Lost History of Canoe Lake's Algonquin Park
Located about 14 km in from the West Gate and unbeknown to most, Canoe Lake has a deep and colourful history well beyond the Tom Thomson Memorial Cairn and Totem Pole and the Canoe Lake Cemetery, where according to some, the spirit of Tom Thomson once rested for a while. This podcast shares the highlights of about a dozen landmarks around the lake. For those who are checking it out in a canoe, you’ll have to use your imagination as little if anything of most of these landmarks remains.
First we will start with our launching spot on Portage Bay, which is the home of the Portage Store. Then we’ll head north up the lake to a few notable sites mid lake including Braught’s Lighthouse, The Tom Thomson Memorial Cairn and Totem Pole and Whiskey Jack Creek. Then we’ll paddle to the north end and head to Joe Lake Dam and investigate landmarks that are no longer there including Joe Lake Station, the Algonquin Hotel and Colson’s Store. Then we’ll back track and head up Potter’s Creek and check out the remains of the Trestle Bridge and Omanique’s saw mill as well as Canoe Lake Station. Then we’ll head back down the lake and end with an view of the former Town of Mowat and Mowat Lodge on the north eastern shore.
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Episode 1: Life on Algonquin Park‘s Canoe Lake in the Pandemic Year 1918
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Episode 1: Life on Algonquin Park's Canoe Lake in the Pandemic Year 1918
It was 1918, the first year of the Spanish Flu pandemic and a year after the artist Tom Thomson had died under mysterious circumstances on Algonquin Park's Canoe Lake. This episode focuses on what life was like at Canoe Lake at the time including challenges getting there, the landscape, community economics, insight into the lives of some of the key residents and a peek at healthcare challenges of the times.