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Article: Wilderness rules Canada's Algonquin.(Travel)
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- The Boston Herald
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- August 5, 2001
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ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK, Ontario - Maybe the lumber barons of yore weren't such a bad bunch after all.
True, they deforested southern Ontario like beavers on amphetamines as they made their way up the Ottawa Valley, sending untold numbers of white and red pines down swollen rivers each spring to meet the demands of the then-expanding British economy.
But as the 19th century ticked into its homestretch, even the titans of the timber trade were alarmed at the likelihood of the green highlands on the Canadian Shield's southern edge being cleared for settlement and agriculture. Thus an area encompassing 18 townships midway ...