Everyone’s been talking about it; the summer is almost over. We’re sad to see it go, but happy to say we had an amazing summer–so far! We’ll be the first to say–summer is still not over yet.
But July and August have been a good run. In addition to tours, we also took part in Foire Gourmande on August 14-16, a celebration of local food, music and family around Abitibi-Temiscamingue and Ontario’s Northeast Region. There, delicious food and impressive local and national musicians, entertainers and buskers under their giant tent with 1,400 seats could see a panoramic view of Lake Temiskaming.
As for our tours, they continue to be excitement-filled as ever. We’ve paddle, canoe and kayak throughout this beautiful region and continue to be surprised by the amount of birds and wildlife we can see. The summer has been hot but gorgeous! Though we’re almost through peak season, now is the time to get your last taste of summer, we hope to see you soon!
Below are ten reasons to get your last taste of summer with Algonquin Canoe Company:
10. It’s not sweltering, so you may not need SPF 45
9. When the heat dissipates, less bugs bite
8. Don’t worry if you missed Ontario’s August Civic Public Holiday. Labour Day, an internationally for laborers and politicians is just around the corner!
7. Go Birding! In Ottawa River alone, more than 300 species of birds have been inventored along the river. Other species, including several rare and risk species are also present, including 33 species of reptiles and amphibians, 53 species of mammals, and 85 species of fish.
6. Eat local. Algonquin’s have made locally grown and enjoyed food for centuries, like bannock. We even recently found a wild nut bannock recipe! We love making food during trips that satisfies your hunger, while teaching you about deeply-rooted Algonquin culture.
5. Enjoy the Maple! All around Temiscaming, trees and animals thrive. The Dumoine River, for example, provides water for the Bourel Forest which include black spruce, white and red pine, pockets of white cedar, and white and yellow birch and the delicious Maple towards the south.
4. Learn more about Canada. Experience is the best way to learn. Did you know? Lake Timiskaming (French: Lac Témiscamingue) is a large freshwater lake on the provincial border between Ontario and Quebec, Canada.
3. Go camping, get smart. Camping brings you closer to the outdoors, and closer to germs that research shows actually makes you both smarter and less anxious.
2. Visit Ontario, Canada’s 2nd largest province covering more than one million square kilometres (415,000 square miles), an area larger than France and Spain combined. If nature makes you as excited as it makes us, you’ll have just a little more energy to visit the other lovely sites.
1. You be relaxing and not working when you come!
