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