The Call of the Wild – Algonquin Park

It's not hard to see why a lone jack pine like this one inspired Tom Thomson.

It’s not hard to see why a lone jack pine like this one inspired Tom Thomson.

In the pitch dark of an Algonquin Park night, a small light cuts the gloom. A park naturalist is collecting newly hatched turtles to protect them from predators. Further up the path, we had seen the destroyed leathery shells discarded after a hungry raccoon or fox had dug them up. He hopes to save these.

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