| Bartlett Lodge is one of a very few resorts | | | | places that can give a person true |
| located right inside Ontario Canada's | | | | perspective on nature and life in general. |
| Algonquin Provincial Park. Algonquin Park ( | | | | For those that reside in urban centers it is |
| has a worldwide reputation as a wilderness | | | | a stark contrast to a different time in a |
| reserve covering some 7725 square kilometers | | | | place that might as well be a different |
| of forests and lakes. The Park was | | | | planet for comparison purposes. When you step |
| established in 1893 as a wildlife sanctuary | | | | off the boat you step into a different world |
| and to protect the headwaters of the five | | | | far from the one that most of us live in day |
| major rivers that originate in the Park. | | | | to day. |
| Algonquin Park is established as the most | | | | |
| important place in Canada for biological and | | | | Bartlett Lodge offers the finest in gourmet |
| environmental research. Home to hundreds of | | | | dining and traditional but luxurious |
| unique animal and plant species Algonquin | | | | accommodations. There is something special |
| Provincial Park is truly one of the North | | | | about fabulous dining in a traditional lodge |
| America's last wilderness frontiers. The | | | | that brings back thoughts of an era, decades |
| massive Park is dotted with countless lakes | | | | ago when the wealthy would make there way |
| and wetlands and is well illustrated in | | | | north during the summer months to escape the |
| famous Group of Seven paintings particularly | | | | cities and enjoy the outdoors and crystal |
| those done by Tom Thomson and the mystic | | | | clear lakes. In that tradition, Bartlett |
| behind his accidental death in the Park. | | | | Lodge has introduced platform tents that were |
| | | | a common form of accommodation at lodges |
| Only a very few commercial establishments are | | | | during the more active summer vacation season |
| permitted inside Algonquin Park and Bartlett | | | | when lodging could not be built fast enough |
| Lodge ( on Cache Lake is one of them. Dating | | | | to serve the demands of tourists that would |
| back to 1917 Bartlett has been an Algonquin | | | | make the pilgrimage to the Park. In the |
| landmark that has operated with sensitivity | | | | 1920's Bartlett Lodge built their own |
| to the history and environmental aspects of | | | | platform tents and once again 80 some years |
| the area. Access to the Lodge is by boat. The | | | | later guests can stay in modern platform |
| hospitality property is an interesting | | | | tents in a quiet corner of the Lodge's |
| equation of history, luxury, tradition and | | | | waterfront property. |
| modern conveniences. It is one of those | | | | |