| To properly experience the beauty of Algonquin Park | | | | If canoeing is not your thing but you still want to enjoy |
| you must take an interior canoe trip. There are many | | | | the beauty of the park, there are three hiking trails with |
| drive-in campgrounds in Algonquin but they are too | | | | loops ranging from six to eighty-eight kilometers long. If |
| popular during the summer months. An interior | | | | you are new to interior camping, keep in mind that |
| campsite is only accessible by canoe or by hiking in | | | | there are no outhouses or portable toilets in the interior |
| the late spring, summer and fall. During the winter, the | | | | of the park. What the campsites do have are wooden |
| interior campgrounds are accessible by cross-country | | | | boxes known as a thunder-box, so at least there is a |
| skiing or by snowshoe. | | | | place to sit. All campsites also have a fire pit. |
| Some of the best canoeing in Canada is found in | | | | There are several old ranger cabins in the park as well. |
| Algonquin Park. There are literally hundreds of | | | | These are quite popular during the summer months. If |
| navigable rivers and lakes in the park. These | | | | not staying at a cabin, then your shelter will consist of |
| waterways form a two thousand kilometer long | | | | the tent you bring in yourself. If traveling a number of |
| system of interconnected canoe routes. As you get | | | | portages, keep in mind that you have to carry all your |
| further away from the canoe access points, the park | | | | gear, thus it is best to pack light. There are Internet |
| becomes much less inhabited. Depending on the route | | | | sites that provide a list of the basic supplies that |
| you take you may encounter only a very few number | | | | campers should bring if interior camping. |
| of other canoeists. | | | | It is a wise choice to bring proper bad-weather gear; |
| The routes in the park are not overly difficult. Some | | | | nothing spoils a trip more than being wet and cold. An |
| portages are quite long though, so it is best to tackle | | | | excellent item to bring is a dry bag, available at most |
| an easier route for your first trip if you are not very | | | | outdoor suppliers. Stuff the bag with extra clothes and |
| experienced. Park staff maintains the portages. There | | | | if you have a large enough bag, stuff your sleeping |
| are two types of portages in the park. Portages that | | | | bag into it as well. A wet sleeping bag makes for a |
| are marked in red on the map are well maintained by | | | | miserable night. Many experienced interior campers |
| staff. While those that are less traveled and | | | | have several dry bags to keep all their belongings dry. |
| considerably more difficult are marked in black on the | | | | Just remember to make sure it is sealed tight so no |
| map. The portages marked in black are not as | | | | moisture can get in. |
| maintained. | | | | |