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Episode 48:Lake Opeongo PT3 (Leaseholding 1925-Present) In this last of 3 Lake Opeongo episodes, my focus is now on leaseholding activities on  Lake Opeongo beginning about 1925 including a detailed history of Opeongo Lodge,  the life and times of John Bates (Opeongo's only private leaseholder), Lake Opeongo tragedies and few of my own Lake Opeongo musings.  Much of the content comes from a now out-of-print 1998 book by S. Bernard Shaw, called Lake Opeongo:  Untold Stories of Algonquin Park's Largest Lake. Other references include: Algonquin Park: A Place Like No Other by Roderick MacKay - 2018 Spirits of the Little Bonnechère by Roderick MacKay 2016 2nd edition Algonquin Story by Audrey Saunders 1946 Protected Places: A History of Ontario's Provincial Park System by Gerald Killan 1993 Nick's Story Pique Magazine by Robin Nish 2011 This musical interlude is called Thunder Spirit and comes from Dan Gibson's 2013 Solitudes CD of the same name. It is brought to you with the approval of Digital Funding LLC. Solitudes music can be found where ever you get your music streaming.  

Episode 47: PT2 The Great Opeongo Lake  - Colonization 1850-1925 In this episode, I'm going to focus on recounting the history of the early Lake Opeongo colonization efforts that began in the early 1850s with the building of the   Ottawa Opeongo Colonization Road. Then I'll share some stories about the Dennison Family's farming efforts and early attempts at leaseholding on the lake until about 1925. Much of the content comes from a now out-of-print 1998 book by S. Bernard Shaw, called Lake Opeongo:  Untold Stories of Algonquin Park's Largest Lake. Other references include: Algonquin Park: A Place Like No Other by Roderick MacKay - 2018 Spirits of the Little Bonnechère by Roderick MacKay 2016 2nd edition Algonquin Story by Audrey Saunders 1946 Protected Places: A History of Ontario's Provincial Park System by Gerald Killan 1993 This musical interlude is called Courage and comes from Dan Gibson's 2013 Solitudes CD called Thunder Spirits. It is brought to you with the approval of Digital Funding LLC. Solitudes music can be found where ever you get your music streaming.

Episode 46: The Great Opeongo Lake - Times Before 1893 In this and the next two episodes, I will focus on sharing as much history as I can about Algonquin's largest body of water, Lake Opeongo. Much of the content comes from a now out-of-print 1998 book by S. Bernard Shaw, called Lake Opeongo:  Untold Stories of Algonquin Park's Largest Lake. I'm also for the first time, going to try to share as much as I know about the indigenous Lake Opeongo experience.  For this, I depend upon two sources by Chief Kirby Whiteduck of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan including a 2001 Algonquin Park TED TALK and Chapter Two in Mike Walton's 2009 Algonquin Park: The Human Impact. Other references include: Algonquin Park: A Place Like No Other by Roderick MacKay - 2018 Spirits of the Little Bonnechère by Roderick MacKay 2016 2nd edition Algonquin Story by Audrey Saunders 1946 A History of Canada in 10 Maps by Adam Shoalts 2018 Protected Places: A History of Ontario's Provincial Park System by Gerald Killan 1993 Names of Algonquin - Technical  Bulletin No,  10  Friends  of  Algonquin Park 1991 It Made the Farmhouse Warm for Winter by Rory MacKay, The Raven, Vol. 63 No.5 Dec 2021 Trading Places, by Rory MacKay, The Raven Vol. 63, No. 4 The Algonquins of Pikwkanagan First Nation https://www.algonquinsofpikwakanagan.com This musical interlude is called Ancient Voices and comes from Dan Gibson's 2013 Solitudes CD called Shimmer    

Episode 10:  Back Country Canoe Tripping Part II As noted in Episode 9 backcountry canoe tripping has been an integral part of the Algonquin Park, Ontario Canada experience since well before the Park's beginnings in 1893.  This follow-on episode focuses on what the landscape was like that our three canoe trip parties paddled through including majestic waterways, beaver dam filled rivers, and muddy swamps; how they overcame the pains of portaging, cooked over an open fire, and dealt with the bugs as well as the joys of a balsam bed.  Diaries and pictures and books by these canoe tripping parties that are the core references for this episode include one of the area's first surveyors James Dickson, who brought a group of friends on a month-long fishing and canoe tripping holiday around 1885. They came in from Dwight up the Oxtongue and then continued on to Canoe Lake and as far north as Burnt Root. George Hayes undertook several trips in 1896 and 1897 and photographed them extensively. In 1903, three park ranger guides took Boston Architect Ernest Machado, his brother Jose and brother-in-law Alfred Whitman on a 12-day trip from Canoe Lake to Victoria Lake. They headed north from Canoe Lake to Big Trout and from there to Opeongo and then south down the Opeongo River through Booth Lake to Victoria Lake. The third reference is a fishing trip that John Robins and his friend Tom took on the east side of the Park as portrayed in Robins' book The Incomplete Angler. I've also created a collage of pictures from the Machado 1903 trip and George Hayes 1895-97 trips, which can be found both on my YouTube Algonquin Defining Moments channel https://youtu.be/QOS8uCXCoPo and as a slide show on my website www.Algonquin parkheritage.com. https://www.algonquinparkheritage.com/podcast-pics-and-vids.html Enjoy!!!

Episode 9: Turn of the Century Backcountry Canoe Tripping Experiences - Part 1 So backcountry canoe tripping is one of those past times that you either love or you absolutely hate or, as the mother of a childhood friend said, you do it so that you can talk about it afterwards. Have you ever wondered though, what it must have been like venturing into the ‘wilderness' or the bush as it was called back in the day? The truth is that backcountry canoe tripping has been an integral part of the Algonquin Park, Ontario Canada experience since its beginnings in 1893. The stories I'll share in this episode are based on three canoe tripping experiences, two from the late 1800's early 1900s and another from the early 1940s. The first is surveyor James Dickson's month-long fishing and canoe tripping holiday that took place around 1885 in the Canoe Lake to Burnt Root area, The second is a park ranger-guided trip that Boston Architect Ernest Machado took with his brother Jose, brother-in-law Alfred Whitman and 3 park guides in 1903. The crew traveled from Canoe Lake to Big Trout and from there east via Merchant to Opeongo and then south down the Opeongo River through Booth Lake to Victoria. The third was a fishing trip that John Robins and his friend Tom took on the east side of the Park. They started at Radiant Lake and after a trek down and back up White Partridge Creek, headed west to Lavielle and from there to Opeongo via the Dickson-Bonfield portage.  Of course, there are tidbits from other trips including my own as a child. In this episode, I'll focus mostly on the basics, such as equipment and food, and in the next one, I'll talk about what the landscape was like and the actual physical experience. I've also created a collage of pictures from the Machado 1903 trip, which can be found both on my YouTube Algonquin Defining Moments channel and as a slide show on my website www.Algonquin park heritage.com. Enjoy!!!

Episode 259 ~ January 28, 2021 Podcast Info / Topics There a few springtime events we like to attend but this year they are being held virtually. Quiet Adventure Symposium, Canoecopia, and the Toronto Outdoor Adventure Show just to name a few A new spin on the hanging tent. The Opeongo Aerial A-1 is it […]

Episode 259 ~ January 28, 2021 Podcast Info / Topics There a few springtime events we like to attend but this year they are being held virtually. Quiet Adventure Symposium, Canoecopia, and the Toronto Outdoor Adventure Show just to name a few A new spin on the hanging tent. The Opeongo Aerial A-1 is it […]

This month, a chat with Jacob and Andrew from Opeongo and their all new Aerial A1. Enjoy! Shownotes:– Opeongo Camp (website)– Opeongo Camp (facebook)– Aerial A1 (kickstarter)– Salus Marine (website)– Salus Marine (facebook)– Art of the Kickstart #309 (podcast)– Polar Pen (website)– Polar Pen (kickstart)– MSR Hubba Hubba Tent (website)

In this episode of Art of the Kickstart, we interviewed Andrew Gardner, founder of Opeongo, creators of the tent and hammock crossover, AERIAL A1. With the ability to maintain a flat, stable sleeping surface in the air, this camping product suspends between two trees like a hammock while providing all the features of a traditional tent. Listen in and learn about Andrew’s past product development journeys as well as his crowdfunding experiences. Topics Discussed and Key Crowdfunding Takeaways Andrew Gardner’s background in product design The story behind POLAR Pen, the first product he successfully crowdfunded The challenges that came with prototyping AERIAL A1 The surprising place Andrew found AERIAL A1’s target audience Advice he would give up-and-coming project creators Links Opeongo AERIAL A1 on Kickstarter POLAR Pen POLAR Pen on Kickstarter The 4-Hour Workweek By Timothy Ferriss Sponsors Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by The Gadget Flow, a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save, and buy awesome products. The Gadget Flow is the ultimate buyer's guide for cool luxury gadgets and creative gifts. Click here to learn more and list your product - use coupon code ATOKK16 for 20% off! Transcript

Performed at the Hasting Highlands Public Library in Maynooth, Ontario on November 8th, 2019

Performed live at the Hastings Highlands Public Library in Maynooth, Ontario on Friday, December 13th

Performed in front of a live audience at the Old Barry's Bay Railway Station on June 30th, 2019

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Performed in front of a live audience on December 14th, 2018 in Whitney, Ontario, Canada

A live performance on 27 August 2018 at the Public Library in the Township of South Algonquin, Whitney, Ontario, Canada

A live performance at the Public Library in the Township of South Algonquin on 27th August 2018 in Whitney, Ontario, Canada

A live spoken-word performance of some classic public domain works of such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Lewis Carroll, Stephen Leacock and others, along with some local 19th Century lyrics, stories and travelogues of interest to people familiar with the shanty history and culture of the Upper Ottawa Valley and Algonquin Park area of Eastern Ontario, Canada.