Irwin Seidman Photography - Algonquin Provincial Park

Algonquin Provincial Park is a very special place for me. It is a “power place” where over the years I have been able soothe, refresh and challenge myself physically, mentally and spiritually. It is a place of great beauty, tranquility and peace.

This section represents an ongoing project to capture some of the places both in and around Algonquin that have inspired me over the years.

Autumn Morning on Smoke Lake

Stopping along the Highway 60 corridor at Smoke Lake to admire the fall colours.

Battered Canoes

Well seasoned canoes stacked together at the outfitters.

Foot Bridge at Spruce Bog

The steel and wood bridge on the Spruce Bog Trail

Autumn Paddlers on Canoe Lake

Watching the paddlers heading back to shore on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park.

Canoe Lake Colours

Spectacular autumn colours frame the Canoe Lake permit office (Algonquin Park)

Paddlers

Watching the paddlers on Canoe Lake.

(digital photo-sketch)

Giant Old Growth White Pines

Standing in awe of the giant old growth white pines along the Big Pines trail in Algonquin Park.

Big Pines

One of the few remaining giant old growth white pines along the Big Pines trail in Algonquin Provincial Park. (Some of these spectacular trees are more than 225 years old.)

Autumn Colours Along Big Pines Trail

Stopping to admire the autumn colours along the Big Pines Trail (near Sunday Creek) in Algonquin Park

Foggy Autumn Sunrise Over Oxtongue Lake

Sunrise poking through the thick autumn fog over Oxtongue Lake (Algonquin Highlands, Ontario, Canada)

Fog Over Oxtongue

Early morning fog over Oxtongue Lake in autumn (Algonquin Highlands, Ontario, Canada)

Autumn Morning

The autumn sun slowly burns off the fog over Oxtongue Lake (near Algonquin Park)

Early Morning Smoke Lake

An early autumn morning and an amazing sky over Smoke Lake in Algonquin Park

Autumn on Canoe Lake

The stunning fall colours frame the rustic permit office on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park. Whether on the water or just sitting along the shoreline (or beside the docks at the Portage Store), this is a majestic place.

Little Island

A Great Blue Heron flies past Little Island on Oxtongue Lake, near Algonquin Park. (Little Island is most know for the 1965 painting by Group of Seven artist, A.J. Cason)

Whiskey Rapids Trail

Resting by the Oxtongue River along the Whiskey Rapids Trail in Algonquin Provincial Park

Great Blue Heron

Patient and still, a Great Blue Heron waits for a catch on Canisbay Lake in Algonquin Park

Vintage Algonquin Outfitters Truck

Digital photosketch of vintage GMC pick up truck outside Algonquin Outfitters (Oxtongue Lake, Ontario)

Oxtongue Dawn

An unforgettable dawn looking eastward over Oxtongue Lake near Algonquin Park

Road to Canisbay

Soft light filters in through the trees on the road to Canisbay Lake in Algonquin Park

Highway 60 Revisited

Autumn colours frame a Highway 60 bridge as it crosses the narrows of Oxtongue Lake. Lined with private cottages and cottage resorts, Oxtongue Lake which is just west of Algonquin Park, is spectacular.

Oxtongue Mist

Morning mist rising over Oxtongue Lake near Algonquin Park

Red Dawn

Often a reward for early rising is a spectacular sky looking eastward over Oxtongue Lake (near Algonquin Park)

Calm Before The Storm

Another stunning sky over Oxtongue Lake in the Algonquin Highlands

Great Blue Heron

A Great Blue Heron fishing on Canisbay Lake in Algonquin Park

Algonquin Moose No. 1

Spring brings caution and excitement at the sighting of a young moose along the Highway 60 corridor in Algonquin Park

Algonquin Moose No. 2

Spring brings caution and excitement at the sighting of a young moose along the Highway 60 corridor in Algonquin Park

Algonquin Moose No. 3

Spring brings caution and excitement at the sighting of a young moose along the Highway 60 corridor in Algonquin Park

Stacked Canoes

Aluminum canoes stacked side by side at Algonquin Outfitters on Canoe Lake

Early Morning on Oxtongue Lake

Another incredible sky as we prepare for an early morning paddle on Oxtongue Lake near Algonquin Park

Smoke Lake

Autumn morning on Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park

Algonquin Spring Thaw

The spring thaw means ice and mist on the many lakes and rivers along the Highway 60 corridor in Algonquin Park

On Canoe Lake

Looking out out on Canoe Lake in the autumn. Algonquin Provincial Park (Ontario, Canada)

Oxtongue Narrows at Dawn

Spectacular light at dawn on Oxtongue Lake near Algonquin Provincial Park

Peck Lake

Resting to admire the stunning landscape while hiking the trail at Peck Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park

Red Squirrel

A cute red squirrel stops to have a meal on a tree stump along the trail

Peck Lake Trail

Fallen maple leaves and dappled light through the trees along the trail at Peck Lake

Canoe Taxi

A canoe taxi returning to base at Lake Opeongo in Algonquin Park after taking a small group of campers into the back country with their canoes and gear

Spring Thaw on Oxtongue Lake

Ice breaks up on the beach at Blue Spruce Resort on Oxtongue Lake

Melting Ice

The spring ice is melting and the sun has just finished burning off the early morning fog in this wide angle panorama of Smoke Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park

Algonquin Outfitters

A beautiful day on Canoe Lake (Algonquin Park)

On Canoe Lake

A scene almost frozen time... small boats along the shore of Canoe Lake (Algonquin Provincial Park)

Morning Hike

Beautiful soft light filters through the trees on this early morning hike along the Whiskey Rapids trail in Algonquin Park

Canoe Lake Colours (photo-sketch)

Spectacular autumn colours frame the Canoe Lake permit office (Algonquin Park)