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day “Morning Tea with Moose” adventure where
you'll learn about the park's ecology and be
taken to some of the remote places where moose
roam. It also runs wilderness survival courses
and a four-day wolf-tracking trip. En route on all
its trips you'll stop off to swim in clear lakes, eat
around a camp fire and sleep in tents under the
stars. The city lights of downtown Toronto will
feel a million miles away.

280 meeT A mooSe in
ALgonQuin, cAnAdA

Few areas of wilderness as vast as Ontario's
Algonquin Provincial Park are as accessible from
a major city. Just four hours by direct train from
Toronto and you're in 7600 square kilometres
of maple hills, deciduous and coniferous forests,
rocky ridges, spruce bogs, and thousands of
lakes and streams. In the winter, this pristine
park is the domain of dog-sledding expeditions,
snow-shoeing and cross-country skiing, while
in the summer thousands come for hiking, wild
camping and canoe trips. Algonquin is one of the
best places in the world to hear a wolf howling,
or see moose and beavers, especially from
the comfort of a canoe (there are an amazing
16,000km of canoe routes in the park).
To help you find your way around, Northern
Edge runs guided canoe tours, including a three-

Need to know The Ontario Northland train
runs from Union Station, Toronto to South River,
Algonquin Park (4hr); for timetable see W www.
ontarionorthland.ca; T [phone]. The
canoeing season is from early May to October.
Park permits for backcountry camping cost
Can$11 a night ( W www.ontarioparks.com) but are
usually included in the price of guided tours. For
prices and itineraries of all trips at Northern Edge
see W www.northernedgealgonquin.com; T +1 705
386 1595.

The main attraction in Algonquin
Park