For Immediate Release
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Scott Adams, Paddling Ontario Alliance
Phone: (705) 745-9343, Email: admin@paddlingontario.com
Paddling Ontario Alliance Pampers Paddlers with Lodge-based Adventures
Canoe and kayaking enthusiasts searching for a civilized way to explore the great outdoors without giving up creature comforts can locate adventure packages with lodgings ranging from cozy log cabins to lakeside solar lodges, through the Paddling Ontario Alliance website www.paddlingontario.com .
Killarney Mountain Lodge and the Algonquin Log Cabin are jointly offering a 5-day package this summer, combining sea kayaking, hiking, wildlife viewing and canoeing, in two of Ontario's most famous Provincial Parks.
The Lodge-to-Lodge Adventure begins with two nights at the family-run Killarney Mountain Lodge, located on the shore of Georgian Bay, just outside Killarney Provincial Park, about an hour's drive south of Sudbury. Built in the 1940's as a retreat for executives, the lodge's colourful history includes guests like Jimmy Hoffa, and a location so remote that the absence of roads in the early 1900s meant the local hockey team had to skate 38 km to Manitoulin Island for competition. Today Killarney is a favorite stop for sailors slipping through the "North Channel". With crystal clear water and scenery so stunning that four of Canada's famous Group of Seven artists painted here, the park is a paddler's paradise. The Lodge's rustic cabins, home-cooking-style meals, pool, great waterfront view, guided hikes, sailing and sea kayaking trips, make for a comfortable wilderness experience. A wilderness that doesn't stop at the Park boundaries - staff once had to fish an overly curious bear cub out of the pool.
Then it's on to the Algonquin Log Cabin Lodge for canoeing and hiking, from the cozy, rustic year-round resort on Surprise Lake at the northwest corner of Algonquin Park. Algonquin Park is famous for its pristine lakes and wildlife viewing opportunities. Listen for the spine-tingling howl of one of the most southerly wolf populations in North America, and watch for beaver, mink, otter, osprey and moose, grazing through swamps like they were giant salad bowls (more than 5,000 live in the park). At the end of the day paddlers retreat to the warmth of an authentic six-bedroom log cabin. No telephones, electricity or tv, but a cozy stone fireplace, indoor toilets, a separate wood-burning sauna, and home-cooking-style feasts. This package is available Monday to Friday, May 16 - October 14, 2005.
The cost of $785 pp, includes four nights lodge accommodation (double occupancy), all meals, all equipment and the services of a wilderness guide. Return transportation from Toronto and ground transfers throughout available for $180.
Paddling Ontario is an alliance of 24 of Ontario's premier outdoor tourism operators, who offer a wide variety of accommodation, outfitting services and unique canoe and kayaking packages. Locations for 2005 lodge-based adventure opportunities range from the Northern Edge solar-lodge on the northwest boarder of Algonquin, to Naturally Superior Adventures' cozy three-bedroom Rock Island Lodge (from $69, double occupancy) on the shore of Lake Superior near Wawa. Smoothwater Ecolodge in northeastern Ontario (known for its organic cuisine and seven-metre wall of windows overlooking Temagami's famous old-growth pine forests), gives guests a taste of the Temagami wilderness. Kawartha Kayaking (less than two hours east of Toronto) offers a four-night, all-inclusive Inn-to-Inn canoeing tour for $782, per person.
For solitude seekers, Goldseekers Outfitters on Ontario's northwestern frontier can provide accommodation in its "paddle in" Cabin in the Woods, located deep in the heart of the 1.2 million-acre Woodland Caribou Provincial Park (from $120 US, 3 night minimum). For details on these and other Lodge-based opportunities, explore the Paddling Ontario Alliance website at www.paddlingontario.com, phone 705/745-9343 or email: admin@paddlingontario.com
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