Instagram Test - The Great Canadian Wilderness

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Art doesn't just hang on walls in the Great Canadian Wilderness - it lives in the landscape. The same forests and lakes that inspired the Group of Seven continue to draw painters, potters, photographers, and makers to studios and galleries. For visitors, discovering a local artist's work is one of those unexpected moments that turns a trip into a memory. On World Art Day, we celebrate the creative community that gives our region its soul.
#WorldArtDay

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There are fewer gifts a landscape can offer a visitor than a truly dark sky. In an age when nearly 80% of North Americans can no longer see the Milky Way from where they live, the Great Canadian Wilderness remains one of the rare places where the night sky still does what it's supposed to do — take your breath away. From the dark sky preserves around Torrance Barrens to the ink-black nights above Algonquin Park the Almaguin Highlands and Loring Restoule, the absence of light pollution is not just a natural wonder, it's an increasingly precious one. International Dark Sky Week, timed each year to April's new moon, is a reminder that protecting our night skies is every bit as important as protecting our days. Look up and be amazed.
Photography by @robin_tapley

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Otterly amazing photography from @wildfarmgirl_inspired!
#greatcanadianwilderness #explorersedge #AlmaguinHighlands #wildlifephotography #sustainabletourism

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An epic encounter in @algonquin_pp from the talented @blonde_biologist. Extremely early morning excursions pay off sometimes!
#greatcanadianwilderness #algonquinpark

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Few creatures have shaped our landscape quite like the beaver. As nature's most industrious engineers, they transform streams into wetlands that become vital habitat for fish, birds, amphibians, and countless other species. Their dams slow water flow, reduce erosion, recharge groundwater, and even help filter pollutants. On International Beaver Day, we celebrate an animal that doesn't just live in nature - it builds it.
#InternationalBeaverDay

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Wishing everyone a wonderful Easter long weekend from all of us at The Great Canadian Wilderness. Whether you're hunting for eggs, hunting for a moose to photograph, or just hunting for the perfect Muskoka chair with a view - we hope it's a good one.
#greatcanadianwilderness #Easter2026

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Art doesn't just hang on walls in the Great Canadian Wilderness - it lives in the landscape. The same forests and lakes that inspired the Group of Seven continue to draw painters, potters, photographers, and makers to studios and galleries. For visitors, discovering a local artist's work is one of those unexpected moments that turns a trip into a memory. On World Art Day, we celebrate the creative community that gives our region its soul.
#WorldArtDay

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There are fewer gifts a landscape can offer a visitor than a truly dark sky. In an age when nearly 80% of North Americans can no longer see the Milky Way from where they live, the Great Canadian Wilderness remains one of the rare places where the night sky still does what it's supposed to do — take your breath away. From the dark sky preserves around Torrance Barrens to the ink-black nights above Algonquin Park the Almaguin Highlands and Loring Restoule, the absence of light pollution is not just a natural wonder, it's an increasingly precious one. International Dark Sky Week, timed each year to April's new moon, is a reminder that protecting our night skies is every bit as important as protecting our days. Look up and be amazed.
Photography by @robin_tapley

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Otterly amazing photography from @wildfarmgirl_inspired!
#greatcanadianwilderness #explorersedge #AlmaguinHighlands #wildlifephotography #sustainabletourism

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An epic encounter in @algonquin_pp from the talented @blonde_biologist. Extremely early morning excursions pay off sometimes!
#greatcanadianwilderness #algonquinpark

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Few creatures have shaped our landscape quite like the beaver. As nature's most industrious engineers, they transform streams into wetlands that become vital habitat for fish, birds, amphibians, and countless other species. Their dams slow water flow, reduce erosion, recharge groundwater, and even help filter pollutants. On International Beaver Day, we celebrate an animal that doesn't just live in nature - it builds it.
#InternationalBeaverDay

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Wishing everyone a wonderful Easter long weekend from all of us at The Great Canadian Wilderness. Whether you're hunting for eggs, hunting for a moose to photograph, or just hunting for the perfect Muskoka chair with a view - we hope it's a good one.
#greatcanadianwilderness #Easter2026

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Great photo from @james_paige_wilderness, in a series he calls "impatiently waiting". Still lots of ice on the lakes but adventure is around the corner!
#greatcanadianwilderness #explorersedge

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This Saturday @hubbertsmaple in Sundridge will be opening their doors and celebrating the sweetest harvest during the Almaguin Maple Festival. Think pancake breakfast or BBQ lunch, local vendors, sugarbush tours, kettle boils, maple taffy, kids' games, face painting and a golden Easter egg hunt for great maple prizes. April 4 from 9am to 3pm. 199 Maple Valley Road, Sundridge.
#almaguinhighlands #greatcanadianwilderness #explorersedge #sundridge #maplefestival

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Shake off the winter blues and register now for the @greystoneproject Gravel Grinder. It runs May 2 from the Perry Township Office in Emsdale with four routes available.
@huntsvillemountainbike
@missinglinkadventuretours
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#greatcanadianwilderness #gravelgrinder #AlmaguinHighlands