This was an interesting post on Algonquin Park's Facebook page earlier this week....i had no idea!=0.9375rem[url=https://www.facebook.com/AlgonquinProvPark?__cft__[0]=AZUNcI4pVaafq0qSCp5a9WqZqNWadaASFRPbB1vbEv1jggDKIGt51Ksuyfqw8fV2xdaPVqyL4JLWNaLVENRKOkN6lJmkLtbbtKVmCedZQsF4nj-KGxC6iQZM6sxWnlTfsKPs-Y0wdOWogkMoYv9Jbvg64Dxp7tIZYHLrs9CrODxfEN7beYMElbfwyAx41_eZhxocZRD9imX6YYOFIg6Rlhn_bAIW0SxDQf7X47NZ0qJnjg&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R]Algonquin Provincial Park[/url]=0.8125rem  · =0.9375remMaybe some of you have seen massive nests like the one pictured above. These nests are not made from a bird or a squirrel, but rather from Black Bears! Although our Black Bears are now hibernating for the winter, these structures are easy and interesting signs of bears. With the leaves gone, it is much easier to spot them and other animal-made structures in trees. Known as bear nests, these structures are made of clusters of broken branches while bears are up high in the canopy feeding on nuts such as beech or acorns. Despite the name “nest”, these are not structures where bears rest. When a bear sits in a tree's crotch to feed, they pull branches closer to them to eat buds, fruit, nuts, or leaves. When they break these branches, they place them in piles so that the food can be safely and comfortably consumed. If the nest you have found is in a Beech Tree, take a close look at the bark. Beech bark is incredibly soft, and claw marks can often be seen on their trunks from bears climbing up to have a snack of Beech nuts. These nuts are an especially important, nutrient-dense food source for Black Bears in the fall, as they have more protein and fat than acorns, preparing them for a long winter of no eating.  [img]https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=d09e7d4cac&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1785201211274712007&th=18c64f0b12a053c7&view=fimg&fur=ip&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ88fiaSsZT2cGLqbibVNxdoUYqW9zbf519XlFE_ggJTFm7d-KH3Omt8y5wryV-Gcye9JND8ZuOxSCqBIIRKZCVrvAx-I_AlBi2SxuOSzoPPopjwM23Nz9bu

Fire Ban Lifted!....................... https://www.parrysound.com/news/restricted-fire-zone-order-lifted-for-muskoka-parry-sound-almaguin/article_aa4884b7-a72c-5dde-8977-ac54bcd61ee5.html

Hi all. I have a swift cruiser 15.8 pack boat and looking for a spray deck  . Swift only makes it for the 14.8. Wondered if anyone knows of a supplier that will create  custom ones?

Hi all, looking to plan some new routes this winter that are NOT out of Mew Lake of Canoe Lake Access, or western uplands routes. Wondering if anyone knows if Pinetree Lake would be an accessible route or if the park has redefined what lots might be open this winter officially or unofficially for parking and access for other winter camping routes?

I can't speak for the rest of the forum but i am VERY interested to see the video you post of your canoe experience...the highs, the lows...the grimaces as a diehard kayaker!

Planning a solo route going into smoke lake and coming out at rock lake. Does anyone have suggestions on shuttle services?  Looking for someone that can pick me up at rock lake and drop me at smoke lake with my boat and gear at the beginning of the trip. Other than Algonquin outfitters. I tried them already….

Clarkey71 wrote:

Lukatch.  If you actually read my post it wasn't directed to you at all.  It was directed to nvm.  

Good point and thank you for the redirect AND clarifying the original source!

On a solo trip last year I packed out a full bag of garbage and 12 grills from a site on longbow.  It was ridiculous. However just did a 7 day full-length  Tim river trip and happy to say that there was no garbage on that route. Probably due to remoteness and that route would be normally done by real backcountry folks. What I do have a knack for finding is what I like to cal “trail magic”. I have found something on every trip. Rain poncho jacket, crocs, knife, sunglasses, rope, fuel canister, Canada flag, sweatshirt, etc. And of course 20+ single socks usually at the end of a portage which I burn in the next campfire. Even front county camping I always seem to find a beach towel that sits there the whole week and on last day I take it, wash it and it becomes a trailer towel. Even found a fully working portable Weber bbq sitting at the dumpster at smoke lake access. Nothing wrong with it just dirty. My kids laugh at me every trip and ask me what magic I found this time.

are you allowed to drive up the logging road to Sunday Lake to access and do a canoe trip from there? i see that road from the big pines tralihead and curious if others have driven into Sunday Lake and parked there for a trip?