The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-02
Cdnddd'S Winter Playground
BY JOHN ARBUTHNOTTE

In the good old vacation time, no one
gives any thought to Mr.. Business Man.
Even before spring has had a chance
to make preparations for her summer
garb, Mr.. Employer begins to arrange
for the recreation periods of every worthy
member of his business family. But there
Is never thought of self, for he must
be ION the job while his assistants frolc
However, along about the beginning or
December, when his overweight nerves
have jerked and twisted themselves into
hard knots in their insistent demands for
attention, he comes to a realization that
the time for his play also has arrived
and fortunate, indeed, is he who selects
| the Algonquin National park as his play
ground, for at this time Of year it's ex-
hilarating dry atmosphere, its silent Wild
ness with it's fairyland of frost, its abund-
ant game, it's varied opportunities for
healthful sport, and it's countless fascinat-
| ing stories of wild life which are writ
| ten everywhere for him who would but
| seek-all these offer to him the rejuve-
| Mating tonic which his rundown constitu-
! ton demands.
|
acres of forest and water stretches. at
an altitude of 1000 feet above sea level,
| the Algonquin National park is one OF
| the largest widest, and most enhancing
| forest veserves within convenient reach
of the tourist from the eastern part OF
the United States and Canada. This
vast expanse of virgin wildness, situated
| lust about 200 miles north of Toronto,
has aptly been called Lakeland" there
being over 1900 lakes and rivers within
| its boundaries.
With the exception of clearings made
| for stations by the Ottawa division of
| the Grand Trunk railway which pene-
| trates it's confines for many miles, some
| commodious hotels and inns, the park
| superntendents and rangers houses, a
| few small outfitting stores. and the rough
| log shelters here and there in the forest
recesses. the entire park gives no evi-
| dence of it's occupancy by man. Here Is
| real wildness within easy access to civili-
! zation and the busy world OF aftairs
i Indeed Just tramp of an hour or tWo
| after leaving the train will satisfy even
| the most exacting sportsman that ne
| has reached region of unspohed spor,
and wildness unattended by the usual
| dangers and hardships of a wild country
| The air is redolent with balsam, pine
and spruce, every Whit of which brings
renewed vigor, relaxation, and enthusi-
| asm now so necessary to the tired MI
| Business Man.
| The waterways throughout the park are
! a continuity of lake and stream, many
| navigable by canoes from one to the
| other while others are connected with
| short and easy portages. with good trails
blazed through the forest. There are
| many sections of the. park still waiting
for a visit by white men and many lakes
where the angler is yet to cast the firs'
artificial fly; in fact, the best guides OF
Ontario understand that in the Algonquin
| National park they will find their mos
| lucrative field of employment and are
| familiarizing themselves with heretofore
unknown routes and waterways
| The scenic grandeur of this territory Is
as varied as the sports which entice the
| visitor. and the glorious summer set
| tings transformed to a new beauty by
! King Frost's magic wand make 1T a
| favorte playground the entire year round
| 1t would perhaps be difficult to find an
| other place where there is wider range
of wild game within so short distance
| from comfortable hotels. The sportsman
| fond of vigorous exercise and of match
| ing his wits against the keenest of ami
| mails as well as shooting them with bis
| camera will find the park a source OF
endless interest. Owing to the rigid en-
forcement of the game laws the park
harbors more wild life today than at the