Explorers Guide to Algonquin Park - Softcover

Runtz, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773755713 ISBN 13: 9780773755710

Publisher: Stoddart Pub, 1995

Synopsis

The edition features new photographs, updated information and revised maps. As indispensable as insect repellent and good hiking boots.

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Review

Fifteen years after the release of the first edition, [Algonquin Park] offers readers a general guide to what they'll find.--Bruce Deachman"The Ottawa Citizen" (07/12/2008)

This book is as indispensable as insect repellent and good hiking boots.--Rob Mooy"Frontenac This Week/Kingston This Week" (01/08/2010)

This very useful book first appeared in 1993, the 100th anniversary of Ontario's original provincial park... This revised and expanded edition is loaded with great pictures, maps and park info. This is not a canoe book or a route guide but rather an overall appreciation of this great park... Runtz takes the readers across the breadth of it, detailing hiking trails, points of interest, historical remnants, some excellent maps of each access point and all kinds of ideas on how to see the often abundant wildlife.

A comprehensive introduction to all of the features of the park: the routes to take, where to camp, there to hike and what to see there.... An added bonus is the very fine photographs taken by the author. [The book is] highly readable and contains a wealth of information for the beginner or seasoned adventurer.

If you want to explore Algonquin's 3,500-square-mille wilderness paradise of forests, lakes, rivers and rugged Canadian Shield, this is the book to take along.--Maureen Littlejohn"The Toronto Star" (08/16/2008)

You name it, this book has it. A must if you plan to camp in Algonquin!--Donna Sauriol"Home and School News" (04/01/2008)

Lavishly illustrated, the third edition of naturalist and photographer Michael Runtz's guide to Algonquin Park, 15 years after the release of the first edition, offers readers a general guide to what they'll find.--Bruce Deachman"The Ottawa Citizen" (07/12/2008)

Looking forward to a weekend away, camping with the family? The Explorer's Guide to Algonquin Park is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to explore one of Ontario's greatest natural treasures. This guide is the only Algonquin Park guide written by a naturalist who is fully familiar with the area... This book is as indispensable as insect repellent and good hiking boots.--Rob Mooy"Frontenac This Week/Kingston This Week" (01/08/2010)

About the Author

Michael Runtz has worked as a naturalist in Canada's national and provincial parks. He is the author of the bestselling books Moose Country, Algonquin Seasons, and the acclaimed behavior trilogy Wild Wings, Wild Things, and Wild Flowers. Wild Wings won the Ottawa Citizen Book Prize for Non-fiction. His award-winning photographs are an integral part of his Carleton University Natural History lecture series, for which he has received Excellence in Teaching awards .

Edition details

• Publisher: Stoddart Pub
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773755713
• ISBN 13: 9780773755710
• Binding: Paperback