Surviving the Bugs in Algonquin Park: A Backcountry Camping Experience in Tom Thomson Lake

A forested island in the middle of Tom Thomson Lake in Algonquin Park, Ontario.

Dur­ing the last week­end in May, Lily and I felt the call of the wild. We dust­ed off our camp­ing gear, packed the car, loaded the canoe, and set our sights on Algo­nquin Park. It had been near­ly three years since our last camp­ing trip, and the antic­i­pa­tion was pal­pa­ble. Our des­ti­na­tion? A seclud­ed back­coun­try … Read more