Thursday, September 18, 2014

Canoe Lake

I have something else from the archives, and also from Algonquin Park. Speaking of which, check out this post from Merry@Syracuse, who was in the Park some weeks ago. That is the first post in a series currently underway by Merry, and the rest can be found on the right hand column; the trails mentioned in these posts are ones I know very well.

This is Canoe Lake on a tranquil, quiet day years ago. It's a big jumping off point for people with canoes, both for serious trips into the interior and for those who just want a day on the lake. There's a nice restaurant here overlooking the water, an outfitter to supply the canoe crowd, a gift shop, and showers for those who have spent a few days in the canoe and on portage trails.

The artist Tom Thomson drowned in this lake in 1917. There's a cairn somewhere on the shores here memorializing him.





45 comments:

  1. A pretty Lake. I even like the name. I would like to canoe around and have a snack whilst drifting. Oops I think I am drifting now. Bye! MB

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  2. Great place to meditate, I think. A large Walden Pond. ;)

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  3. My kind of place, canoe or not!

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  4. What a beautiful scene. I love when the water is so still like that. Between you and EG Camera Girl, I am really missing Canada!

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  5. Looks like a very tranquil place and the name sounds good.

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  6. A quiet and beautiful place and a good restaurant ... what else?

    Tomás.

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  7. that is the perfect picture of peaceful!

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  8. LOVE Algonquin....although I can't remember where Canoe Lake is.
    Jane x

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  9. @MB: I've seen it much choppier, and it is a big lake!

    @Tamera: thanks!

    @Bibi: a very large Walden's Pond!

    @VP: I've enjoyed visiting it anytime I've been in the area.

    @Halcyon: usually only in the morning, of course.

    @Karl: considering how many canoes launch from here, it's an apt name.

    @Tomas: it's a little something for everyone.

    @Jen: thanks!

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  10. @Revrunner: indeed.

    @Marianne: on this day, it was.

    @Tanya: I was surprised by that.

    @Jan: it is!

    @Hilary: quite peaceful.

    @Jane and Chris: it's a few kilometres in from the West Gate, and right off Highway 60.

    @Linda: thanks!

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  11. I didn't realize that was the lake where Thomson drowned. Amazing what one can learn blogging.

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  12. @Luis: I've always thought so.

    @Tex: thanks!

    @EG: I thought I'd add the detail. Canadians will know him well. I'm not sure of the rest of the world.

    @Judy: that time of morning, it was very calm. Later in the day the winds tend to pick up.

    @Sharon: it really is.

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  13. Looking at this shot I could just imagine what it would be like to slip a canoe into the water and quietly travel along the lake, such a calm image William.

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  14. I would love to canoe on that lake, it's gorgeous. The water was as smooth as glass that day.

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  15. Reminds me a bit of Finland. Very peaceful.

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  16. Very nice! I meant to go canoeing today, but ended up doing some sewing!!!

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  17. @Grace: I'd never seen it that calm before, but then I'd usually be there at different times of day.

    @Norma: it is.

    @Denise: yes, you almost expect to walk out on it.

    @RedPat: it certainly is.

    @Paul: thanks!

    @Marleen: that's why I like it.

    @Jennifer: those are two very different activities.

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  18. Lovely image! That story about the drowning is a bit of a shock for such a placid scene.

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  19. where are all the canoes? i could bring my kayak. that would be fun! ( :

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  20. What a beautiful lake! I can imagine canoeing on it quite easily!

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  21. The water is so calm and beautiful! The sky looks pretty reflected in the lake.

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  22. I've never made it quite this far, but hope to one day. It's almost a mythical place.

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  23. @Linda: he was a great artist. I'll have to show some of his work from inside the National Gallery.

    @Beth: oh, this was an April day, as I recall. The docks weren't even in place yet for the season.

    @Cheryl: not so much on a windy day!

    @Lois: it's a nice way to see a lake, when it's that calm.

    @Hamilton: it's a part of the province you should see.

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  24. Beautiful shot! The water looks like glass. When it's calm like this it's sometimes hard to imagine anything but peace and tranquility!

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  25. @Kay: that's quite true.

    @Blois: very still. I've never seen that particular lake the same way.

    @Shelly: it is.

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  26. William, thank you for this. Your series is really wonderful. It is a wild, varied and endlessly beautiful place. Many happy memories. Thanks so much for mentioning my series.

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  27. Further: this is the very spot where we witnessed, from the excellent vantage point of the restaurant, two guys who looked like they knew what they were doing get into a canoe facing one another. Hilarious. You take your pride in your hands when you launch from here. So much can go wrong.

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