I was living in Alberta for a bit and was able to hike some pretty awesome trails there. Unfortunately I had issues at that time so I stayed away from a lot of really amazing hikes since they were longer. I'm back in Ottawa now and I've done some hiking but not Algonquin yet. My dad is super into hiking and backcountry camping so I follow his advice most of the time which is to do some easier places first. We have some places closer like Gatineau and Frotenac ( plus everything else in that area really ). I've done a decent amount of hiking but not really the camping part. This last summer would have been my only opportunity really but I was trying to work as much as possible. This summer I think I've booked as much time off as reasonably possible and next summer I'll be in school so I'll have to go winter camping if I want too get any in. Have you ever gone winter camping ? I'll definitely look in to it some more and keep that in mind. Always good to get some first hand information on parks.