No other region can claim undisputed centrality to the truly Canadian Art movement, The Group of Seven, than Algoma and Northern Ontario. Its lakes, rivers, hills and trees have formed the core of the inspiration for the Group from its inception, with the famous Boxcar trips into Algoma by rail on the Algoma Central Railway. It was after the 1919 Algoma trip that the artists decided to organize an exhibition and to call themselves the Group of Seven. The Group recognized early the power of the
Precambrian Shield to the consciousness of all Canadians, and their inspirational representations of Algoma and Northern Ontario live as a tribute to the force and beauty of the region's
geography. Click on the icons below to see larger images of a selection of The Group of Seven's depictions of Algoma and Northern Ontario.
