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  Algonquin Hotel | Official Site | Time Square Hotels
An oasis of calm amid the hustle and bustle of New York City, the Algonquin Hotel is steeped in historic tradition and surrounded by modern significance.
Since 1902 the Algonquin Hotel has played host to literary giants and international luminaries, building a reputation as the leading choice amongst New York City hotels through personalized service and unique amenities.
Generations have enjoyed an adventure through the Algonquin's legendary lobby, beginning their journey with tea in the fabled Round Table Room, world-class entertainment in the famed Oak Room or a cocktail in the Blue Bar.
www.algonquinhotel.com   (168 words)

  
  Algonquin
The essence of Algonquin is in its vast interior of maple hills, rocky ridges, and thousands of lakes.
The only way to explore the interior of this park is by canoe or on foot.
There is also a second Algonquin – along the 56-kilometre stretch of Highway 60.
www.ontarioparks.com /english/algo.html   (90 words)

  
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Algonquin or Algonkin is used in reference to the tribe, but Algonquian either refers to the Algonquin language or to the group of tribes that speak related dialects.
Because the Northern climates made agriculture difficult, the Algonquin were a semi-nomadic people, moving their encampments from one place to the next in search of food, which came from hunting, trapping, fishing and the gathering of various plant roots, seeds, wild rice and berries.
The Algonquin social structure was patriarchal; men were the leaders and the heads of the family and territorial hunting rights were passed from father to son.
www.normlev.net /ancestry/algonquin/algonquin.htm   (399 words)

  
  Algonquin language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Algonquin (or Algonkin) is an Algonquian language closely related to Ojibwe, although many consider it to be instead a particularly divergent dialect of Ojibwe.
Algonquin is the language for which the entire Algonquian language subgroup is named.
Algonquin is an Algonquian language, of the Algic family of languages, and is descended from Proto-Algonquian.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Algonquin_language   (513 words)

  
 Algonquin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Algonquins or Algonkin are an aboriginal North American people speaking Algonquin, an Algonquian language.
Some centuries later the Algonquin tribe moved in and inhabited the islands and shores along the Ottawa, and by the 1600's the first Europeans found them well-established as a hunter-gatherer society in control of the river.
Algonquins of Barrière Lake, Lac Rapide QC (population 616)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Algonquin   (1465 words)

  
 Algonquin, IL
Algonquin lies in a steep valley where the Fox River cut through the Valparaiso Moraine left by the Wisconsin glacier.
Algonquin was a key point on the heavily traveled trail (now Illinois Highway 62) between Chicago and the Indian settlements at Lake Geneva.
Algonquin grew slowly as a trading point for the area's numerous dairy farmers along the Fox River Valley Railroad (Chicago and North Western Railway), which entered the community in 1854.
www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/37.html   (453 words)

  
 Algonquin - LoveToKnow 1911
ALGONQUIN, or Algonkin (a word formerly regarded as a French contraction of Algomequin, " those on the other side" of the river, viz.
The Algonquins allied themselves with the French against the Iroquois.
Of the Algonquins proper there remain about 1500 settled in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Algonquin   (180 words)

  
 Facts for Kids: Algonquin Indians (Algonquins)
Algonquin fishermen used pronged spears to stab fish from their canoes or through holes in the ice, instead of fishing with hooks.
Algonquin artists are known for their beadwork and basketry.
The Algonquins are related to the Ojibway and Ottawa tribes, who have usually been their allies.
www.geocities.com /bigorrin/algonquin_kids.htm   (1711 words)

  
 GORP - Algonquin Provincial Park - Introduction
Algonquin, oldest and most famous of Ontario's parks, dominates the south-central provincial map, a vast landscape of maple hills, rocky ridges, spruce bogs, and blue lakes.
Algonquin Park is home to 20 different kinds of reptiles and amphibians (none are poisonous), 40 types of mammals, and over 130 bird species.
For the family on vacation, Algonquin offers a wide range of camping experiences, evening wolf howls, float trips on the Ottawa and Madawaska Rivers, and the joy of a possible sighting of wolves, deer, bear, moose, or beaver.
www.gorp.com /gorp/location/canada/ontario/algonqui.htm   (389 words)

  
 McHenry County Home - Algonquin
Algonquin, "The Gem of the Fox River Valley," is a village that became a beautiful valley formed by the Fox River.
Algonquin is bordered by Crystal Lake to the north and Lake in the Hills to the west.
Most popular attractions are the Algonquin Princess Riverboat, hiking and the regional bike trail, the Camp Algonquin which is for all ages utilizing the 116 acres of woods, and several recreational clubs.
leaphome.com /algonquin.htm   (1042 words)

  
 SummitPost - Algonquin Peak -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
Algonquin it the second highest peak in the Adirondacks and also the only other 5000er.
Traditional lore has it that this peak was the southern extent of the Algonquin nation with Boundary Peak marking its border with the Iroquois nation.
Total hogwash of course since the Algonquin are much further north and the whole Adirondack area was and still is part of the traditional lands of the people of Akasene "the Abenaki".
www.summitpost.org /mountain/rock/150395/algonquin-peak.html   (777 words)

  
 Native American Nations: Algonquin History and Culture
As a complement to our Algonquin language information, we would like to share our collection of indexed links about the Algonquin people and various aspects of their society.
Algonquin history is interesting and important, but the Algonquins are still here today, too, and we try to feature modern authors as well as traditional folklore, contemporary artwork as well as museum pieces, and the issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday.
Algonquin and Wyandot pottery from the Ottawa Valley.
www.native-languages.org /algonquin_culture.htm   (497 words)

  
 Algonquin Hotel | Restaurant | Fine Dining | Midtown New York | Cabaret
In the Algonquin's supper club you can return to the glamour of the 20s and 30s and experience today's brilliant young performers of the Great American Songbook...
The restored Algonquin Lobby, with writing desks and antique furniture in deep jewel tones, still retains the charm and ambiance long associated with this landmark hotel.
As a result, the Algonquin retains its position as a welcome oasis of civility amid the hectic pace of New York.
www.algonquinhotel.com /nav_restaurants.html   (579 words)

  
 Algonquin, WPG-75   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The cutter Algonquin was named for one of the most populous and widespread North American Native groups, with tribes originally numbering in the hundreds and speaking several related dialects.
Algonquin was then engaged in ice breaking in the Skov Fjord throughout March, 1944.
At the end of the month an inspection showed that all four propeller blades were bent and she was docked until 16 April awaiting the arrival of a new propeller.
www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/Algonquin_WPG_75.html   (1361 words)

  
 The Canadian Canoe Museum - Our Canoeing Heritage - Canoeing Cultures: The Algonquin
The Algonquin peoples are one of eight principal groups of the Woodlands First Nations.
The Algonquins, with their allies and the French, defeated the Iroquois, changing trade routes from north-south, to east-west along the St. Lawrence River to the Atlantic Ocean.
From the Algonquins' canoes, the French developed their Canot du Maitre (Montreal Canoe) for larger waters.
www.canoemuseum.net /heritage/algonquin.asp   (247 words)

  
 Algonquin Provincial Park
Whether you have been coming to Algonquin for years or are just now considering your first trip, we want you to have a visit worthy of what is truly a magnificent landscape.
Of course, the chances are good that you will, because Algonquin has obviously occupied a very special place in the hearts and minds of a great many people for a very long time.
Indeed, as a refuge from our urban way of life, Algonquin's 7,630 square kilometres of forests, lakes, and rivers have assumed an almost incalculable importance as a living link with a vanishing past.
www.algonquinpark.on.ca   (239 words)

  
 Welcome - Algonquin Studios
Algonquin Hosts Party for Roswell Park Cancer Alliance
Algonquin Hosts Art Party for Roswell Park Cancer Alliance
Algonquin Studios will work collaboratively with CIPA to design and develop a new web site using QuantumCMS, Algonquin’s content management system.
www.algonquinstudios.com   (453 words)

  
 Algonquin College
Algonquin College - 1385 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Please report any errors or omissions to webservices@algonquincollege.com
© 2007 Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
www.algonquincollege.com   (26 words)

  
 Borders - Store: Algonquin, IL
October 8, 2007 10:00 AM Every Monday at 10am Borders in Algonquin hosts a children's storytime where we read the latest and greatest kids stories.
October 13, 2007 8:00 PM This singer/songwriter is a member of the Midwestern critically acclaimed band The Gecko Club.
October 15, 2007 10:00 AM Every Monday at 10am Borders in Algonquin hosts a children's storytime where we read the latest and greatest kids stories.
www.bordersstores.com /stores/store_pg.jsp?storeID=631   (141 words)

  
 Algonquin
This is the time of year when the Moose find their way down to the one highway that runs through the southern end of the park.
So, during the last week of May, Chris Sanderson (Director of the Video Journal) and I went on a 2 day camping trip to Algonquin, and were able to do some enjoyable photography of these large gangly creatures.
Algonquin Park is located about a 3 hour drive north-east of Toronto.
www.luminous-landscape.com /locations/algonquin.shtml   (1558 words)

  
 Trip Report: Algonquin Mountain - 9/22/2001
Teena, still recovering from a July delivery of Baby Elizabeth, plans to make her big hiking comeback debut in October 2001.
Unfortunately, the cloud cover never dissipated, meaning that Andy and Gordon had to apply their imaginations in new and creative ways to see the surrounding scenes.
Because of the lack of views, the very high winds, and because Mike knows he'll be back on Algonquin again someday, the ascent of Iroquois Peak was abandoned.
www.geocities.com /adkmike/trip_reports/ADK_20010922_Algonquin/ADK_20010922_Algonquin.htm   (1487 words)

  
 Algonquin, Illinois IL, village profile (McHenry County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Algonquin is a village in McHenry County, in the Chicago metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Algonquin was $29,820, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Algonquin, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $711.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=5853   (600 words)

  
 Algonquin, Illinois IL, township profile (McHenry County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Algonquin is a township in McHenry County, in the Chicago metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Algonquin was $28,469, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Algonquin, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $781.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=262745   (521 words)

  
 Algonquin - New York, NY - Algonquin Rates and Reviews - SideStep   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Algonquin Hotel rests on historic West 44th Street in the center of New York City, nine miles from La Guardia Airport and 17 miles from JFK and Newark International Airports.
Since opening in 1902, the Algonquin Hotel has had major renovations, although the appeal and ambience of its history has been beautifully preserved.
In the 1930s, the owner of the Algonquin, Frank Case, took in a disheveled cat in search of a full belly and started a hotel tradition.
www.sidestep.com /hotel/hoteldetails2/US/NY/NEW_YORK/ALGONQUIN?tk=EG3HQXW4RXXX0007653   (524 words)

  
 Algonquin   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Algonquin, a gunboat, was launched by the New York Navy Yard on 21 December 1863; but poor machinery caused her to fail her trials.
El Toro—a tug built in 1891 at Newport News, Va., by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.—was purchased by the Navy on 26 March 1898; renamed Algonquin and commissioned on 2 April 1898, Ens.
Algonquin (center) and Winooski (left) at the start of the race conducted to determine the relative merits of their machinery, in New York harbor, 13 February 1866, as seen in a contemporary engraving.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a6/algonquin-i.htm   (143 words)

  
 Algonquin   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A true New York landmark, the Algonquin continues a tradition of elegance that has made the hotel the toast of New York's smart set since 1902.
Central to Manhattan's business and cultural activities, The Algonquin offers polished sophistication steeped in historic charm and congeniality.
To read about the history and traditions of the Algonquin, please click here.
www.smallandeleganthotels.com /nyc/Algonquin.htm   (186 words)

  
 Algonquin Nation Tribal Council   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Algonquin people have been living in the region that is now known as western Quebec and North/ Eastern Ontario in Canada for over 6,000 years.
There are 10 recognized Algonquin communities in the greater Algonquin Nation.
This web-site is hosted by the Algonquin Nation Secretariat which represents the interests of three Algonquin communities — Timiskaming First Nation, Wolf Lake First Nation and the Algonquins of Barriere Lake.
www.algonquinnation.ca /home.html   (184 words)

  
 Algonquin Park - The Park Interior
Explore Algonquin at its best; a vast landscape of maple hills, rocky ridges, spruce bogs, and thousands of lakes, ponds, and streams.
In order to remove any uncertainty about being able to camp at the time and place you are counting on, we recommend that a reservation be made in advance of your trip.
Rental of Ranger Cabins is restricted to the period from late April (conditions permitting) to noon on Saturday of the Thanksgiving Weekend in October.
www.algonquinpark.on.ca /campcan/interior.html   (551 words)

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