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The Group of Seven in Killarney
The Group of Seven were responsible for the creation of Killarney Park. These famous artists painted Killarney's classic Canadian landscape and lobbied to protect the area as a wilderness reserve. In the late 1920's, several members of Canada's most famous group of painters discovered Killarney's beauty in their search for the unspoiled Canadian wilderness.
Frank Carmichael, Arthur Lismer, A.Y. Jackson, and A.J. Casson, all members of the Group of Seven, sketched and painted the hills of Killarney.
Today these works of art represent much of Canada's revered artistry. In 1964, with the help of the Group of Seven, 4,000 square miles along the shoreline of Georgian Bay were preserved as a wilderness reserve. Killarney Provincial Park boasts the most beautiful lakes in Ontario. Its shimmering topaz waters, startling white quartzite ridges and rugged wilderness are waiting.
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