A Howling Good Time in Ontario

By Linda Tancs

Located in southeastern Ontario, Canada, Algonquin Provincial Park is noted for its maple hills, rocky ridges and thousands of lakes. It’s a great place for biking, birding, camping, canoeing, fishing and howling. Yes, you read that right. On each Thursday in August, the park offers a public wolf howling event (depending on the weather and the availability of wolves), an engaging program on wolf ecology followed by demonstrations of wolf howls by a staff of naturalists. Be sure to check the event board on Thursdays for any cancellations. Visitors meet at the Outdoor Theatre on Highway 60 and then proceed to a location where real wolves may answer the call.