About the Artists
Andrea Armstrong is an accountant and entrepreneur based in Toronto who has spent her life at Oxtongue Lake as a four-season cottager. Alongside her husband, Dave, and their two sons, Ryan and Blake, she is happiest on the dock or out on the boat with friends and family, always with a camera nearby. A lifelong photography enthusiast, Andrea combines the precision of her background with a love for creative expression and preserving memories.
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Colin Bruce is a wildlife photographer and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society who lives in Algonquin Highlands. He works with organizations such as Canadian Geographic, BBC Earth, and Ducks Unlimited, contributing images to stories, calendars, social media, and magazines. He is also the manager of Algonquin Outfitters on Oxtongue Lake.
Website: www.canoecarrierphotography.com
Instagram: @canoe_carrier • Email: canoecarrierphotography@gmail.com
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Jennifer Dailloux was born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario. She spent twenty years working in developing and post-conflict countries as a human rights advocate and program manager. She and her husband, Jacques, took early retirement from the aid sector in 2013 to move to Oxtongue and assume ownership of the Wolf Den Nature Retreat, where their son, Tom, was born in 2015. Jen has spent two terms on Algonquin Highlands Council, most recently sitting as deputy mayor.
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Sydney Hayden is fortunate to call Oxtongue her lifelong, year-round home. She didn’t truly
appreciate her surroundings until she left for university and found herself missing the quiet more than she expected. She can usually be found outside, connected to nature by hiking, boating, and swimming in the warmer months, and skating, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling once the lake freezes over.
Instagram: @LoveFromAlgonquin
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Bob and Jean Hilscher have spent years photographing wildlife, nature, and the environments they encounter. Jean was raised at Oxtongue Lake and grew up appreciating the wealth of nature around her home. Bob was raised in the mountains of British Columbia, where he enjoyed exploring and hiking. Years later, Bob became a producer and photojournalist for CBC’s The National. Today, Bob and Jean live in southern Ontario but continue to spend as much time as possible at their Oxtongue Lake property.
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Michael Humeniuk is currently completing his Ph.D. in Indigenous history at the University of Waterloo. In his spare time, he loves heading to the cottage to do photography, both in Algonquin Park and around Oxtongue Lake. He also enjoys a good scary book or movie, and hanging out with his pets and family. He is an avid Blue Jays fan, as is the rest of his family (except his sister, Rachel, who loves the Dodgers).
Instagram: @mh.fullexposure
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Naguib Kerba has a deep passion for exploration and discovery. As a financial planner, he helps clients support what matters most to them. As a traveller, he explores hidden beauties, preserving them with his camera to reveal what often goes unseen. He devotes his time, energy, and heart to finding the core meanings and connections that speak to a miraculous wholeness. The phrase “It’s all about the journey” informs all that he is and does.
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Marlene Kyle has made Oxtongue Lake her home for twenty-five years. During that time, she has been involved in many community projects, including working with the Oxtongue Lake Association, Oxtongue Lake for Arts and Culture, and the Township of Algonquin Highlands. The recent publishing of two of her photographs by local marketing groups has intensified her desire to improve her photography skills, and she hopes to spend more time fine-tuning her work behind the lens.
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Annie Logan was born and raised on Oxtongue Lake, surrounded by the natural beauty of Algonquin Park, which continues to shape her photography. As a park guide, she draws inspiration from the landscapes she travels through daily—often capturing them from the seat of a canoe. Her work reflects the quiet magic of the water and woods, offering an honest, intimate look at the wild spaces that have always felt like home.
Instagram: @annielogan90
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Hailey Priest is a hobbyist wildlife photographer from Norwich, Ontario. She started taking photographs using a Canon Powershot in 2014, and upgraded to her first DSLR in 2017. Her early photographs were often of birds, taken in her aunt and uncle’s backyard. Since then, she has captured more of the wildlife within Ontario, between Long Point, Point Pelee, and Algonquin Park. In 2023, she had the opportunity to photograph wildlife in South Africa.
Instagram: @Priesty10
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Mike Rogers was born in Toronto. Throughout his childhood, he spent time at cottages in the Baysville area of Muskoka. He moved to the Lake of Bays area in the nineties and has since settled to work, live, and play near Oxtongue. He loves photographing nature, especially wildlife, and spends much time hiking and searching for beauty to capture with his lens. He also enjoys work and spending time with friends and family.
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Jerry Schmanda was born in southern Ontario, and he and his wife, Cathy, raised their family at Oxtongue Lake. Now retired after forty-plus years of managing various stores and rental shops in Algonquin Park, he still spends a great deal of time in the wilderness. His photos and canoeing adventures have graced the pages of Canadian Geographic, Cottage Life, and more. His work is available at various shops in and around Algonquin Park.
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Elizabeth Siegfried has a master of fine arts in photography. Her work has been exhibited in the United States, Canada, China, Europe, and Japan, and published in PhotoEd, Black & White Magazine, SHOTS, and more. Her book LifeLines was published in 2000 and her CBC video Circus aired in 2017. Siegfried’s work is in the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan; the National Gallery of Canada; and the Image Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Website: www.elizabethsiegfried.com
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Rob Stimpson is a professional photographer who works with Ontario Tourism and Parks Canada, among others. He explores and photographs remote wilderness areas including Antarctica, the Arctic, and the Northwest Territories. He is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and co-author of An Artist’s and Photographer’s Guide to Wild Ontario. He maintains a gallery in Lake of Bays and recently exhibited Polar Shift, a collection of his polar landscape images, at TIFF Lightbox in Toronto. Email: rob@robstimpson.com • Phone: (705) 787-8339
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Evan Thomas was born and raised in London, Ontario, and currently resides in Barrie, Ontario. He has been vacationing at Oxtongue Lake every summer since he was six weeks old, continuing a family tradition for the third generation. Oxtongue Lake and its surrounding landscape have deeply influenced his appreciation for nature and continue to inspire his artistic work.
Instagram: @evangthomasphotography • Email: evangthomasphotography@gmail.com
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