Algonquin Park is a Canadian 🇨🇦 natural treasure.. East Gate staff are very friendly & efficient. Didn’t have to wait very long on the Friday to get our day permit for hiking. Sunday was a different story.. brutally long lines of cars & tour buses with hundreds of pushy tourists pretty much only there to take selfies... I will elaborate no further but if you have experienced Algonquin Park on Thanksgiving weekend, you will know what I mean. Congratulations to the staff at the East Gate for doing their utmost to process the lines of tourists efficiently & patiently... Seriously...something MUST be done here...increase Park entrance fees dramatically to reduce the detrimental effect all these tourists have on this exquisite natural environment... 😡. (I gave this a one star simply because of the horrible experience I had with all these pushy selfie obsessed tourists who have no respect for our natural world 🌎🤬🤮)