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"A picture-perfect souvenir collection of images from Ontario's oldest and largest provincial park. ""Going into the bush with a guy like Runtz is like going into the National Gallery with a top curator"" -Kelly Egan, The Ottawa Citizen Award-winning naturalist and nature photographer Michael Runtz has spent decades exploring Algonquin Provincial Park and chronicling its flora and fauna in all seasons. Some of his best work has now been compiled for this stunning pictorial. Known as ""the wolf capital of eastern North America,"" Algonquin is home to 53 species of mammal, including substantial numbers of moose, white-tailed deer, beaver and black bear, as well as abundant and diverse species of reptiles and amphibians, fish, birds, insects and plants. As for its landscape, Algonquin is a near-North paradise with some 7,700 square kilometres of forests, lakes and rivers atop the rugged Canadian Shield. This idyllic refuge from urban life features 1,500 lakes and is easily accessible from dozens of major Canadian and U.S. population centers. With 96 full-page color photographs by an award-winning photographer, Algonquin Souvenir captures every facet of this glorious park."

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Looking at these stunning, mouth-wateringly seductive images makes one itch to go paddling again as soon as possible. -- Toni Harting Nastawgan (12/01/2007)

What better way to become acquainted with one of Ontario's gems than to see in print the stunning photographs that Runtz has produced.--Joan Sutter Shelf Life (12/01/2007)

What better way to become acquainted with one of Ontario's gems than ... the stunning photographs that Runtz has produced.--Joan Sutter Shelf Life (12/01/2007)

From sunsets to wildlife, plants to rock formations, this book, like the park, is a treasure. In this book of photographs, Michael Runtz has captured many stunning images of the park and its inhabitants. Stunning.... The photographs seem effortless, yet convey a deep understanding of the Park and all it has to offer. The book will be most enjoyed by those who have visited the park. Every so often a picture book comes along that simply speaks for itself... It will, appropriately, leave readers speechless... From sunsets to wildlife, plants to rock formations, this book, like the park, is a treasure. A straightforward collection of Michael Runtz's photographs of Algonquin Park.... The book will be most enjoyed by those who have visited the park, but anyone with an eye for photos will find a page worth pausing over. Every facet of the park and its wildlife is captured. The book is stunning. The images are well chosen and beautifully presented.... The photographs seem effortless, yet convey a deep understanding of the Park and all it has to offer. In this book of photographs, Michael Runtz has captured many stunning images of the park and its inhabitants. Looking at these stunning, mouth-wateringly seductive images makes one itch to go paddling again as soon as possible.--Toni Harting Nastawgan (12/01/2007) What better way to become acquainted with one of Ontario's gems than to see in print the stunning photographs that Runtz has produced.--Joan Sutter Shelf Life (12/01/2007)

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Michael Runtz is a highly respected Canadian naturalist, nature photographer and natural history author with seven previous books to his credit, including Moose Country, Algonquin Seasons and the acclaimed trilogy, Wild Wings, Wild Things and Wild Flowers. He was host of the Wild by Nature television series and is a popular guest on regional and national television and radio programs. He lives in Seeley's Bay, Ontario.

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