Tom Thompson Cairn - Canoe Lake - Algonquin Park

If you have never visited Tom Thompson Cairn on Canoe Lake, make it a point to stop there on the way to whatever lake you are headed to. All it takes is a little scrambling up a few rocky steps (about 10m elevation). The totem and cairn in honour of the great Canadian artist Tom Thompson who drowned mysteriously in Canoe Lake provide us a moment to reflect on the grand Algonquin landscape that was the subject of so many of his paintings. It's also a great photo op.