Toponyms: Trip To/In Algonquin ParkBy Brittany Renaud
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I stand on the Ravens’ Cliffe remarking on my Lost Limber. I overlook Valley Trails and Hills that Echo. Down there, I know an Old Highway; it branches off three times: a Road placed though a Hidden Valley, a Road made of Blue Spruce, a Park Road where you ride Ragged Falls. They end, respectively, in a Bluff of Hemlocks, through a Creek composed of Smoke, and at a Marina in a Lake of Skeletons.
Now, on a Road, a Big Chief pointed me the right way: down the Lane in which a Moose Cut across my path wearing a Cowbell, but he warned me of a Park where Rapids quicken like an Ox tongue and where a Lake of Troutspawn has stilled. I still have a long way to go, over a Hillside housing a Ranch on Alpine terrain, past a Lake of Sparrows whistling “Tally Ho!” to Winter next to the Road, a Road which goes through a Dale of Pines, under a Lake of Bays. I Found the Lake in a Cache past a Crop of Stone made Mossy by the Airy Gale off a Lake. On the Drive down the Lane, I caught a View of a Fairy and a Golden Pheasant and so sang a Rhapsody. The River beside called Bonne chere as I walked, the Ridges in the distance celebrated their Centennial, as that Lake I'd Found waved out Harp sounds, this Lake that only appears in Spring. The Internet Reviews Algonquin ParkBy Brittany Renaud
on what lake
was your “hobit home”? Why would you call your partner a “lazy ass”? Even as a joke it is not a nice thing to say. dude ... Lots of love from 3asonite3!!!! Wonderful ... Thanks from Dharamsala, India. Nice video. Anyone thinking of visiting Algonquin Park from America should know that no guns are allowed in the park. No firewood collection in campgrounds. No dogs in many places. And the park rangers and bears are not friendly. I was there several years ago and I never forgot such beautiful sights. It’s an amazing place.Please go on protecting it. What are you trying to say? That Algonquin is shit. was at that site in October....that damn blue tarp was there then haha Actually, camped in the US and there are more restrictions in many US National parks than in Cdn parks ... US has very strong/stringent rules at their parks.. you should stay indoors I was at Guskewau near the end of the summer, what a difference a bit of snow makes to transform the scenery. Thanks for sharing your trip. Cheers We were there last year too. We’re going further North this summer. Achray is an amazing place. Great vid guys, i love Algonquin, been going there over 40 yrs. Now, portaging and backing! Your so lucky. When we went all i saw were moose. Another nice trip. I was going to head to ragged just days before you. Seeing the lake in your video has made sure I’ll try for ragged again LOVE is Beautiful!!.... nice trail too. Hiking it next week. Hah, I literally did this same thing but in february when it drips to -25 C ... The park kicked me out after one night as well. Aboat-about lo. Canadians … Not a fail. An experience! Author statement: I searched "Algonquin Park" on YouTube to find videos about Algonquin Park, and then searched those videos’ comment sections to try to capture a snapshot of how people view Algonquin Park when they have anonymity and are lacking filters (also grammar).
2014-2015 Metal Detector Treasures(Lake of Two Rivers)By Brittany Renaud
Faith in Humanity RestoredBy Brittany Renaud
We got ya! Come on, come on, come, on come on. Anyone else?
You doing alright today? I don’t know if you would want some of this? Soup, even got some utensils, peanut butter and bread, and of course, some water, brother. No problem, take care of yourself alright? Be safe. Come on, man. Good, there you go. There you go. Hey man, what’re you doing? Why? What’s wrong, what’s you’re name? Uh uh, come here. You want to talk to me? You want to talk to me? Sir, sir, please don’t. Sir come here, sir, sir. Come here. Help me, help me, help me! Come on man, come on young man. Stay with me, stay with me, stay with me. Everything’s ok boy, everything’s ok baby boy. I’m with you, man, alright. Nobody’s going to hurt you, nobody’s going to hurt you. You ok? What’s your name? We’re coming, we’re coming. We’re breaking the window. Please don’t spray me, please don’t spray me. I’m not going to hurt you, come over here. Please don’t spray me, I’m just going to take that off your head. That’s ok little buddy. Take it off your head. Come on baby. You can do this. You can do it, good boy, good boy, good boy. Hey sweetheart! You ok? Come here, come here. You’re ok, she’s ok, she’s ok. You’re ok baby. Yeah. You sit warmer, you sit here. You ok sweetie? Come on, down here bud. What’s going on today? What are we doing? We’re drinking? What’s the problem? Stay right here. What’s going on? Stay seated. What’s going on? Yeah I know. Where is—is she upstairs or downstairs? Where’s the—is she in that window? Is she in that window? Watch out. Ma’am? Where you at? Can you walk? Walk to me? I can’t see you. Walk to me, come to the light, come to the light. Aw, it’s too hot. I gotcha, I gotcha, I gotcha, I gotcha. I heard ya’ll needed help over here so I came. Author statement: "Faith in humanity restored!" is a common phrase on the internet, often accompanied by compilations of photos and videos of people performing selfless, heroic acts. I searched "Faith in humanity restored" on YouTube and then transcribed what people in the videos were saying to show how language performs in emergency situations.
Brittany Renaud was born in Chatham, Ontario, and currently lives in London, where in 2016 at Western University she earned an Honours of Arts with a Specialization in Creative Writing and English Language and Literature, and a Minor in Comparative Literature and Culture. She has been published in Harmonia Press, Synaeresis, and Occasus. She has been awarded 3rd place and an Honourable Mention for experimental writing in Occasus, and “Judge’s Choice” for the Alfred Poynt Poetry Award in 2016.
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