Large New Deck The Maniotu and Lost Dog cottage was connected in 2021. Now a large wooden deck has been added in the fall of 2022 that connects the two cottages from the outside and offers a nice outdoor dining … Read More
Cottage Outpost
From Canoes to Snowshoes: A Canoe Trip Guide’s First Season Guiding in an Algonquin Winter
I’ve always been captivated by winter. Maybe it’s the twenty below nights when the forest is dead silent except for the sound of tree branches cracking in the wind, or maybe it’s the snow-covered lakes you can snowshoe, ski or … Read More
Algonquin Fall Colour and Winter adventures
The East wind is howling today with whitecaps on Kawawaymog Lake and waves crashing on the dock . The surrounding hills are filled with colour , especially the red maples which are peaking. The last week of September is always … Read More
Since 1991 – Voyageur Quest Celebrating 25 years
Since 1991 – VQ celebrating 25 years! 2016 is a special year as Voyageur Quest is celebrating 25 years leading Algonquin Park “wilderness adventures for the inquisitive spirit.” The journey to date has been more than we could ever have … Read More
Winter is here!
While some of us witness this change in temperature and develop a growing sense of forboding of the long cold nights to come, the shovelling of snow, the trudging through slush, I say phooey. We live in Canada, we are … Read More
A November Adventure.
“November’s transition makes for great adventure” Being a seinor guide at Voyageur Quest I find that the question, you know “that question”, at parties where you are meeting people for the first time, is difficult this time of year. “So … Read More
Win a Free Trip by submitting your canoe trip photo
ICE OUT ! WIN A FREE TRIP BY SHARING A GREAT CANOE TRIP PHOTO! Voyageur Quest is celebrating the ice going out at Algonquin yesterday by giving away a free spring trip for 2! Enter to win by submitting your … Read More
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Simple Pleasures of Algonquin Park Camping
Does desire or need for a wilderness adventure with camping fade as one gets older? As director of an Algonquin Park Canoe Trip and cabin operation, I speak to a lot of people about camping. Many tell me their camping … Read More