Moose at Burnt Island Lake, Algonquin Park

[@jaywinters2483]

Thanks for not ruining it with music

[@MamasBasecamp]

Wow, that moose wasn't one bit shy. Awesome experience!

[@NomiSyed1]

Woah... an experience of a lifetime. Maybe like 20 feet away from you. Amazing video.

[@agonquin]

What an amazing video ... just a majestic animal ... We were camping out in Banff Alberta and an Elk walk through our camp site while cooking breakfast ... ChEeRs

[@LostInTheWildCanada]

We are at this same campsite a few days back!!!!

[@jaysway2346]

Well that was an awesome sighting!

[@brentkelly5445]

I had a moose come into my site once too. And it was this Lake. Site 34 or 35. It was a site I would never have picked except it was about to pour so I took the closest site to take cover for the night. I took a photo on an Kodak single use camera and didn't develop it for a couple of years until the roll was finished. I had been looking forward to that photo(keeper for life). The flash bounced off my grey tent back at me and the photo didn't capture it. just my tent and blackness everywhere else. sooo disappointed.

[@JayBoi2020]

Woow thats soo cool 😎

[@NatureBound]

Something is wrong with that moose. Very unusual behavior. Either its sick or was being chased by something.

[@GlennsArt2021]

In this case I don’t believe the moose is ill. It looks and acts like a healthy animal, except for it being way too close to people. It’s more likely that the moose is just habituated to people and knows they aren’t much of a threat, and/or it's been fed by previous campers; a move that is akin to signing a death warrant for that animal, sadly. This is becoming the case with more and more animals that are under pressure from habitat loss and an ever-increasing exposure to people. It’s not a good thing and can present some very dangerous situations (which this could have been). The people shooting the video behaved exactly as they should have (calm, quiet, and keeping their distance, and it looks like they kept their site very clean, so kudos to them. It’s imperative, with so many people who are new to backcountry travel (not these people - they look quite experienced) entering places like this, that they read as much as they can on how to equip themselves and how to keep a clean campsite before going out to prevent more serious encounters where they, or the people that follow them, could be seriously hurt. I’ve seen way too many videos where people act like tourists and not backcountry trippers with extremely negative impacts on them, the people that follow them (and I’ve been in that category), and the environment. Good video folks.

[@chrishagerman3011]

I think Glenn is right. Habituation. It's a pretty high use area in Algonquin and the moose are very used to people. I've had similar encounters on portages in the area and the moose behaved the same - just generally unconcerned about the human, so long as the human didn't do anything stupid or alarming.

[@brendanmaher8267]

She is a beautiful cow! But yeah I’ve seen moose at the Quabbin in Massachusetts and they freeze and don’t take their eyes off of you for like 30 minutes. They watch every single move you make so they can be ready if anything happens.

[@arvindneela408]

Wow the site is amazing... How to book this site? Thnak you..

[@mschirahagerman]

When you plan your route you just have to let the park know what lake you plan to camp on each night. You can't book specific camp sites -- we just got really lucky with this one. When you cross over the portage into Burnt Island Lake, this site is the first one on the left after you paddle through the narrows and get out on to the Lake. We took it because our kids were so tired of paddling by that point in our trip and we just needed a place to get out of our boats and swim for a bit of an emotional re-set :) We were glad we did!!

[@AnnaMaie]

Did the moose swim the lake?

[@mschirahagerman]

She didn't swim while we were watching her. She went to the water's edge and then just sauntered off back into the forest.