安省枫叶变色报告(10月4日更新)!
受气温影响,今年赏枫黄金期,将出现在10月4日至感恩节长周末(9-10日)!
FALL COLOUR UPDATE (as of Monday, Oct. 4, 2005)
Peak colour is this week, with almost all maples showing colour, many of which are vibrant and spectacular. Poplar and birch (which typically change colour later) are currently starting to show yellow. A visit to the park this week will definitely be rewarding as the mosaic of changing colours lights up the forests of Algonquin. The less spectacular, but still beautiful colours of aspens, oaks, and tamaracks are worth a visit and persist well into October.
Keep checking back with us for regular updates.
Summer may be the most usual time for a visit to Algonquin but autumn is probably the best time. The fall colours alone make a trip worthwhile, especially if you catch the maples at their peak in the last week of September or, occasionally, in the first few days of October. The spectacle of hundreds of square miles of red and golden orange forest, blue lakes, and evergreen shores is one that no one should miss. Then, a couple of weeks later, the aspens, the Tamaracks, and the Red Oaks hit their best and put on another interesting show before giving way to a more subdued November.
There is much more to autumn in Algonquin, however, than the colours. Cool nights and sunny days with no biting insects, make it an ideal time to camp and hike. The woods are still, the horizon stands out sharply across lakes of glass, and for much of the time you'll have large parts of the Park to yourself. Fall evenings are the best time to try howling for wolves. During the day, you'll have a good chance of seeing a big bull moose, its antlers now full-grown and polished, ready for the rut, or mating season, in late September and early October.
Canisbay Lake, Mew Lake, Lake of Two Rivers, and Rock Lake campgrounds remain open until the (Canadian) Thanksgiving weekend (second Monday in October), as do the three lodges in the Parkway Corridor.
Teachers, clubs, and other groups may wish to take advantage of our Group Education Program offered through The Friends of Algonquin Park. Program topics range from plants to wolves, and from early logging history to modern Park management. Programs are available for all age groups from elementary school to the adult level.
On the Park's East Side (near the town of Pembroke), the Achray Campground is open up to, and including, the Monday of Thanksgiving weekend. Although the campground is closed after Thanksgiving, vehicle access to Achray remains available up to Monday, October 10th. After October 10th, the road to Achray is gated one kilometre from the campground but visitors may still access the trails and the Interior on foot from the gate. Permits are required for all Park use and are available at a self-serve fee station at the Sand Lake Gate. Please note that for the 2005/06, there will be no winter maintenance of the road for this access point.