| Catch-all Discussions » Human remains found in Ontario's Algonquin Park identified after 45 ye » 9/05/2025 7:56 am |
| Catch-all Discussions » Black bear attack in Sault Ste. Marie late August 2025 » 8/31/2025 7:46 am |
After checking that it monitored small town media, I asked Google's A.I. module, called "Gemini", for its take on the bear scene. The links that the A.I. returned were to stuff like CTV News and the CBC; I've included a couple of them, chosen at random. Note that Boardhost did not "smoothly" accept Gemini's "stock" output and despite my best efforts I can see BBCode in my post... sorry about that. Even funkier, I am using Mozilla Firefox in Windows 10 and there is now a Gemini overlay between my screen and Boardhost!
Remember that A.I.'s can make mistakes. - Roman
Sault Ste. Marie Bear Attack Marks a Serious Incident
Otherwise, a Quiet Year for Bear Encounters in Algonquin Park
A harrowing black bear attack in Sault Ste. Marie in late August has been the most significant and widely reported incident of its kind in Ontario this year. The event, which sent two women to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, stands in contrast to a relatively uneventful year for aggressive bear encounters within Algonquin Provincial Park.
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| Test Forum » does your inbox work ? can you view trip reports ? » 8/11/2025 3:08 pm |
I don't see any new ones (for what it's worth).
I have some experimental phpBB's up and running (similar software eg. web based bulletin boards) and I can say that the back end can be VERY complicated - lots of administrator functions like user controls and such.
I don't see "Settings" anywhere here... just "Options".
| Catch-all Discussions » Kawartha Lakes fires? » 8/11/2025 3:00 pm |
| Catch-all Discussions » Algonquin Park camper seriously injured during wild storm » 8/11/2025 2:57 pm |
Campers needed to be flown out, from Kiosk? Wow!
| Catch-all Discussions » Our greatest stupidities » 8/11/2025 2:55 pm |
My buddy and I camped on an island for the night. I did no tie down the canoe (lightweight Grumman aluminum IIRC).
Some time later we we sitting on a log drinking coffee at our campsite, looking out over the lake from slightly higher ground, when we saw the boat slowly drift by a few feet off shore.
My buddy was quicker than me; he scored a long dead sapling which he managed to toss out onto the canoe while holding on to the end. But we both got wet.
| Backcountry » Parks Website - Calendar No Longer Available? » 7/08/2025 2:51 pm |
I didn't see the original (now gone?) calendar, but on a vaguely related note my technical helper (on my bulletin board experiments) recommended I should try Google's on-line "calendar" program. Here's a sample screen -
Notes: yesterday was of course "Group of Seven Day" in Ontario, and many will remember today (July 8) as the anniversary of Tom Thomson's death. The "Council of the Federation" thing happens in Huntsville; I actually had to ask Google what it was about -
When it comes to calendars I am a traditionalist. I *do* make rasterized art, sometimes using vector tools like Corel Draw, but hard copy is definitely my game. A vague sample of a rasterized calender is posted to my pages at
In designing calendars my main interest is functionality. I'm from a time before computers though and I enjoy physical, hang 'em up calendars the most.
It's a bit disappointing to see that FOAP does not actually show the full 2026 calendar, on their web page! Hopefully it has large square for dates, allowing a purchaser to make notes etc. 
As far as the government's web pages go I have not investigated whether or not Google's calendar can export nicely to a file that you could print and take with you? I only started working with it a few months ago.
For my own use I have designed a large generic calendar based on Brownline's monthly layouts, that prints nicely and I can scrawl and highlight all over it. I invite correspondence on this topic. Roman Bo
| History » AP Birthday » 7/07/2025 2:56 pm |
| Trip Reports » Bizarre encounter at Rain Lake access point » 9/04/2024 11:12 pm |
Sounds c-r-e-e-p-y
| Trip Planning » September solo out of Kiosk » 8/30/2024 5:41 pm |
I can't imagine paddling on Kioshkowi alone.
| Trip Planning » A tip toe through through the forest in June » 8/09/2024 6:25 pm |
solosal wrote:
To be honest I have avoided the backcountry of Algonquin since my last outing. Some of that is due to inexperienced folks out on the trails.
My thoughts exactly as I started to read the thread! In particular I worry that the influx of people - compared to, say, 40-50 years back - may be modifying animal behaviour... the most minor example would be critters developing a liking for a particular campsite.
| Trip Planning » notorious Club to Mouse “wall of marsh” » 7/17/2024 9:21 pm |
Great pics. 
| Trip Reports » Highland Backpacking Trail - April 15-17 » 4/26/2024 7:30 pm |
What is the "early backcountry opening" a reference to? 
| Trip Planning » ICE-OUT Prediction 2024!! » 2/01/2024 6:33 pm |
I’m in Barrie and I don’t remember a winter like this...
Woo-hoo. April 21st.
| Catch-all Discussions » Snow in Algonquin? » 11/18/2023 3:42 am |
Awesome and scary. Thanks for the update.
| Catch-all Discussions » Snow in Algonquin? » 11/09/2023 6:39 pm |
Local (Toronto) weather radar suggested some squalls moving across (west to east) this evening, roughly north of Huntsville as the crow flies.
| Where In Algonquin? » WIA 689 » 10/12/2023 2:03 am |
Nice. Have I missed the fall colours? Will phone Killarney Lodge.
- Roman in the wee hours of Thursday Oct 12
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