An hour farther north, "put in" your cedar strip and follow the J-strokes of more than 100 years of paddlers at Canoe Lake, a storied portal to vast Algonquin, Canada’s oldest provincial park ...

In the early 20th century, Thomson helped launch the first major artistic movement in Canada. He died mysteriously at age 39 on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park, but his influence still ...