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Treks in the Wild Wilderness Canoe Trips
Experience a Wilderness Canoe Trip with Treks in the Wild
Treks in the Wild is a southern Ontario canoe company offering guided multi-day wilderness canoe trips into Ontario's Algonquin Park, Killarney and Temagami.
Looking for a guided wilderness canoe trip? If you enjoyed paddling the Grand River with Grand River Rafting and want a taste of something more... then Treks in the Wild is our answer!
Tom Thomson Experience
"TO THE MEMORY OF TOM THOMSON ARTIST, WOODSMAN AND GUIDE WHO WAS DROWNED IN CANOE LAKE JULY 8TH, 1917
HE LIVED HUMBLY BUT PASSIONATELY WITH THE WILD
IT MADE HIM BROTHER TO ALL UNTAMED THINGS OF NATURE
IT DREW HIM APART AND REVEALED ITSELF WONDERFULLY TO HIM
IT SENT HIM OUT FROM THE WOODS ONLY TO SHOW THESE REVELATIONS THROUGH HIS ART AND IT TOOK HIM TO ITSELF AT LAST." inscription from the Cairn erected in Thomson's honour at Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park.
Thomas John Thomson (August 5, 1877 - July 8, 1917), was an influential Canadian Artist of the early 20th century. He directly influenced a group of Canadian painters that would later become the "Group of Seven", and though he died mysteriously before the group was formed, he is often included as a member.
Our journey begins...
Paddling through Canoe Lake where Tom spent his time painting and working as a fishing guide. You will get a true sense of what attracted him to the Park year after year. The beauty of the rugged Canadian landscape in Algonquin inspired Tom to paint many of his Masterpieces.
We will make a stop to visit the Tom Thomson Cairn, erected at Canoe Lake by several of his friends and fellow artists. It was placed overlooking the lake he loved and which ultimately took the great painter's life.
If you believe the local folklore, Tom's final resting place is not in his Hometown of Leith, Ontario but still buried in a hilltop cemetery overlooking his beloved Canoe Lake.
The mystery of Thomson's untimely and unexplained death on Canoe Lake endures to this day, and is the topic of several books and movies, not to mention the numerous sightings of a ghostly paddler slipping silently through the Algonquin mist in a "Dove Grey" canoe.
If wishing a one day course on how to do multi-day wilderness trips visit our Canoe Tripping School. This course teaches paddling skills, camping skills, what to pack, bush smarts... it is taught by a guide who has paddled for over 40 years in Algonquin... and bring your camera to shoot his 5-6 hour teaching session.
Treks in the Wild offers fully guided & equipped canoe trips from Southern Ontario to Northern destinations.