Joining up with Amy of Love Made My Home and her Five on Friday!
One: A new addition to Algonquin Park, this magnificent totem pole carved by Algonquin Elder, Dan Bowers. It stands at the East Gate park office. We only noticed it this summer, but I don't see a date on the accompanying signs.
Two: Camp Arowhon is a summer camp for boys and girls on Teepee Lake in Algonquin Park. We paddled past it on one of our canoe day trips. We could hear the kids chanting in the woods ... sounded very cool. At a mere $8,000 for six weeks, you too can send your child to this oasis of summer fun. It's been in operation since the early 1930's. I was never sent to summer camps, but I sure would have loved to have been sent to this one!
Three: An old wooden boat sitting in the shade waiting to get back into the lake. There's something so nostalgic about weathered wooden boats. Our canoe is carbon fibre to make it lightweight for portages. It weighs 35 pounds. However, the woodworker in my husband had to have a little bit of wood on it, so we got cherry trim.
Four: As we drive into Dorset on Hwy 35 we pass this interesting shed that someone has nailed their collection of metal tools all over the outside walls. I've always wanted to stop and take a photo, but usually forget. This summer as we whizzed by, I took a few quick shots. I wonder what this shed looks like on the inside.
Five: A couple of boat houses on Canoe Lake, along with an old log cabin (now a cottage) in the background.
Thanks for stopping by!
Wendy
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Hello, wonderful images from your visit to the park. I love the totem pole, shed and the tall pine tree at the end. Happy Friday, enjoy your weekend!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful photos! And I just read a book by Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling and it told some of the history of totem poles in a tribe in Canada. So interesting! Enjoy your weekend! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteGreat five, love wooden boats too. For $8000 you can travel first class to Europe, never mind camping out.
ReplyDeleteNice shots of the totem pole and old boat! Have a great weekend, Wendy!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful scenic location. I love the totem pole. xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous five on Friday! The totem pole is really special x
ReplyDeleteWhat a super five. I love the totem pole and the wooden boat. The display on the shed is fascinating, like you I wonder what it is like inside:)
ReplyDeleteI love your collection of 5 especially the totem I think too that 8,000 dollars for a summer vacation is a bit much I am thinking those that can afford it take their kids there and then they go off ot Europe or someplace lol
ReplyDelete$8,000! I had no idea. Lovely Five. x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. We whiz by so many places that would be interesting to investigate from a standing position. :)
ReplyDeleteThe totem pole is very nice. Hope your weekend is going well.
Wow. I'm a little bit stuck on the idea of $8000 for 6 weeks of summer camp. Just...wow.
ReplyDeleteI love the totem, and what a moving story that is behind it!
ReplyDeleteThe totem pole is of dignity. Each sculpture must have a deep and historic meaning.
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What a beautiful and intriguing Five, Wendy! Great photos and the big pine at the bottom of the post is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment yesterday. Miniature faking can be made with blurring the foreground and background of the image, as you wrote, but even after observing the photos carefully, I could swear that something magical has happened to the objects in the depth of field as well. :)
Have a lovely new week!
A lovely five Wendy, I saw a totem pole when I visited New Zealand many years ago, the carving was amazing I must look out the photo. Thats a very expensive Summer camp and lovely if you can afford to send your kids there. Have a great week. :) x
ReplyDeleteO my 8000 for six week gulp, a large chunk in my opinion.. Your photos are lovely thanks for sharing them.. Happy Sunday with love Janice
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! I can think of a lot more things I'd do with $8000.00 than stay in a cabin with a bunch of kids! But I suppose for some that isn't much....
ReplyDeleteThe totem pole is magnificent, you're right. I love wooden boats! So nostalgic. I wish it could find it's way into the water.
Cindy Bee
We have a totem pole carved about 20 years ago for our arboretum and were told they should never be painted with colour. I wonder if this is true because the elder who carved the pole for Algonquin used colours.
ReplyDeleteWho on earth has that kind of money to send kids to camp?
Lovely photos. I specially liked the nostalgic warmth of the wooden boat. Thanks so much for sharing, Wendy!
ReplyDelete-Soma
I didn't know that about the totem pole. It's been awhile since I was last in the Park. I have probably seen that house on the way to Dorset- my parents lived in the area for several years.
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