Between this website's PCI and the parallel/integrated efforts of Drew ('All of Algonquin' website) and Cody ('Algonquin and Beyond' website), we have a growing online resource of backcountry campsites. This post is a reminder to those planning a backcountry trip to remember this resource .. both as a tool in your planning .. and as an opportunity to provide additional information to our general community. By checking out the PCI, you can identify opportunities to add reports of campsites that are not yet documented. Reports can be either emailed to the PCI through http://www.algonquinadventures.com/PCI/PCIindex.htm or submitted to Cody's website at https://algonquinbeyond.com/algonquin-campsites-submit/ 

I've just completed adding links to the PCI of the latest campsite reports from both Drew's and Cody's websites and encourage you to consider adding new campsite reports to our collective effort.

I'm with Kokko on that guess. Looks like fall colours and low water!

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Shayne74 wrote:

Up to date here as well. 

Hi Shayne. Thanks for the feedback. Sounds good!

Stapes wrote:

Hi Barry,
When I load the front page, the latest update I see is April 26th 2022.  If I click on the little "A" beside news and updates, it reloads an up to date page.  Hope this helps.
Thanks,

That's good. The updating you experienced was just a cache renewal within your own web browser.
 

Earlier yesterday evening, I left my concerns with an "afterhours" contact person at my hosting service. By early this morning, the problem was remedied. Whether by actual intervention or by automatic process, the glitch appears to have been corrected. The internet appears to have become a much more complex entity than in its early days .. weirder and weirder!

I believe this MNR 'portal' is new this year. I anticipate that within a few weeks we should get the annual  "seasonally colour-coded" single page map that came out of the AFA CSA advisory group back in 2007.

How can you make your mark and Leave No Trace at the same time?
 
- By becoming a board or committee member with Leave No Trace Canada! LNT is looking for volunteers who are committed to seeing our Canadian wild lands preserved in the best possible way by reducing the impact of the many visitors now enjoying our parks and open spaces from coast to coast to coast. 

Leave No Trace is the internationally recognized set of ethical, science-based, environmental guidelines now promoted in more than 50 countries. Leave No Trace Canada has lots of new initiatives under way - some of which include national and regional partners (more than 80 currently). To keep our Canadian chapter vibrant and relative we need the help of folks who share our values and mission. 

Of particular interest are individuals with backgrounds in business, fund-raising, education, communications and management. LNT Canada is a bi-lingual organization, so a proficiency in both official languages is most welcome! For now, LNTC governance is c/o a working board, so a time commitment is necessary. The board meets four times a year with committee meetings held as necessary. 

Are you interested?

Please reach out to info@leavenotrace.ca , with an expression of interest and a few details about yourself. You'll be contacted directly.
 

Over the passing year since last February, most peoples' physical challenges have likely got worse. I know mine have. Finding my own challenges increasing tends to increase my empathy for others in the same boat. The last thing I want to be known as is a "cranky old fart". I'm reminded of Steve Smith's sage saying "We're all in this together."