Algonquin Provincial Park was a protected forest in 1893. Before the wilderness became famous for artists, it thrived as a logging centre. With the Village of Mowat bustling along Canoe Lake’s shore.
Industry faded and the railway carried a new visitor, artists!
Bringing a painter named Tom Thomson in 1912. With paintings that defined Algonquin’s mystery. And he became one of the mysteries with his death in 1917.
Today, he’s remembered by sightings of a lone canoeist in the morning mist of Canoe Lake. This is the story of his death, his ghost and an attempt to clear up the rumours.
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TRAINS | TOM THOMSON | DEATH | GHOST
Legendary Hermitage Ruins
Walk the Haunted Woods for an evening with stories of ghosts, mystery & history.