Algonquin Park Blog

The view from our front door

Does this scene look familiar?  One of our facilitators - Jen Daniels, who leads the Tom Thomson Art Retreat Experience recently produced this beautiful painting from our front door.  If you’ve ever stepped out the front door from the dining room you might recognize this scene.
Martha and I couldn’t resist the opportunity to purchase this [...]

Morning Tea with Moose: an Algonquin Park Canoe Trip

We have just returned home from the Morning Tea with Moose canoe trip in Algonquin park. The weather was spectacular and we had an amazing time paddling and viewing wildlife on North Tea lake in the NW corner of Algonquin park. We had the privilege to see three moose early in the morning and after [...]

Crystal Bowls return to Blue Canoe

It’s been three years since David Hickey stopped by Northern Edge Algonquin to give a crystal bowls performance. Since that time he has travelled extensively throughout North America bringing his unique sound to audiences. This interview and soundscape was recorded in 2005 at the Edge. I hope you enjoy meeting David and [...]

Harmony, Balance, and Wellness-Achieved!

Our Summer of seeking balance has arrived. Our first Quest For Balance,Yoga and Sea Kayaking Retreat was met with participants who completely opened themselves to all of the opportunities for growth ‘ The Edge’ has to offer.
With no complaints all questers showed up fearless in the rain to participate in kayak wet exits. Even though [...]

Off-the-Grid Algonquin Park Podcast for July 16

Todd, from the Edge of Algonquin Park and Wendy from the office chat about wildlife that we see at this time of the year, living on the Edge of Ontario’s Algonquin Park.

Waterfalls, Watercolours & Wanderings Canoe Trip

Summer has arrived here in Algonquin Park and we are ‘plunging’ into the paddling season. The heavy rains have kept the water levels high and we have just returned from our first Wanderings Waterfalls and Watercolours canoe trip into the park. We experienced a little bit of everything [...]

July 8 E-News from Algonquin Park

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A Special Guest visits the Edge Retreat - Mandaza on Off-the-Grid Podcast

Mandaza (Augustine) Kandemwa, who is a nganga, a Bantu shaman, in the Shona and Nbebele tradition of healing and peacemaking is coming to Northern Edge Algonquin for a retreat, August 22-24, 2008.  Leslie Fell & Martha Lucier talk about what it means to bring this visitor from Zimbabwe to Northern Edge Algonquin.