According to @mowatlodge Canoe Lake is only 8 hours by train from Toronto. According to Lismer it is a stuffy 9 hours.

When back in the city, I can never get Algonquin Park out of my head.

I considered my sketches as records of their own, not preparatory works for canvases.

If he be an honest Angler, may the east-wind never blow when he is fishing I. Walton

As I was returning in late 1916, the Duke of Connaught was being chased out of the country.

I am plain and easy-going as an old shoe.

1916 Nocturne Fall #tt1916

In 1905 I worked for a photoengraver in Toronto for eleven dollars a week.

While in school in Chatham, I spent most of my money on movies and dances

MacDonald liked to write poetry, then tear it up.

I like the Scandinavian works I see in magazines. Dabs of complementary colours heighten the brilliance I see.

1914 Hillside in Snow #tt1914

Jackson said he had to wean me away from Varley so I could see new possibilities

Park Rule: Netting or snaring of birds is prohibited.

I've learned a lot from my painting friends. I've also learned not to bother debating theories of art or answering critic's comments

I have my own way of dealing with self-inflated people.

1916 Pointer Boats #upclose 1 #tt1916

Shannon Fraser has a vacuum where his Conscience might be.

Algonquin Park is a wilderness being reclaimed from man. It'll take generations to set right

I dislike Government patronage.

I went to war so my son could be a farmer and his son a poet. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Somehow, many think the hallmark of Canadian progress is sending our timber, treasure and men overseas to be blown to smithereens .

A good artist makes you forget you are looking at brush strokes on canvas.

During the winter in Toronto, I tramped the length of Rosedale Ravine with my snowshoes.

We're all having enough of this sad and ghastly war

If I painted city scenes, I would run out of grey.

The sketch I am using was made on the Madawaska, near the Mazinaw.

An artist has to paint as he sees the scene if it is going to be natural and to last

I don't want to become depressed and mad like Van Gogh, but it's hard to fight.

In the city, one loses connection with the sun and sky

A typical Toronto residence c. 1917, if you weren't in the money.

Jackson said he had to wean me away from Varley so I could see new possibilities

I've learned a lot from my painting friends. I've also learned not to bother debating theories of art or answering critic's comments

I wish I could mix a drink like Charlie Chaplin ?1

Park Rule: Song birds and nest and eggs of all birds are protected at all times.

Lying in bed awake. Anxious about returning to Toronto tomorrow. I'll try to avoid everyone as much as I can.

One must look through a sea of self-doubt when painting a canvas.

When I was intensely painting I noticed no one - not even bears.