At 3:10 a.m. on Labor Day, I awakened to what sounded like an ice cream truck. I thought the Good Humor man must be pretty desperate to be peddling his wares that early in the morning. Especially ...

We left our cabin and set off on our 1-year journey traveling across North America. Our first stop is a 4-day backcountry canoe trip through Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada. We rented a ...

A few weeks ago Steve McKee told me the high point of our Algonquin canoe trip was meeting Marilynne Keyser on Ragged Lake. For me, the high point was meeting a woman we didn’t meet. I finally met her ...

Imagine living in a fantastic city, with all its benefits—employment, amenities, restaurants, atmosphere—but also within weekend-dash distance of 2,896 square miles of protected wilderness, 2,000 ...

Established in 1893, Ontario’s 7,653-square-kilometer Algonquin Provincial Park is the oldest provincial park in Canada. It became a park for a reason and that reason involves paddling. Established in ...