AUTHOR PROFILE

Name: Rick Mousseau
Age: 36
Residence: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Hobbies/Interests: Everything to do with the outdoors, including canoeing, outdoor photography, camping, wildlife study, snowshoeing. Woodworking, carpentry, and fishing.

Background: I am a graduate of Algonquin College, in Ottawa, Ontario, in their Science Photographic Technician program. Although not currently earning a living from this field ( I am presently working for Case Credit as a finance representative), I continue to enjoy the pursuit of capturing the beauty of the outdoors on film. Several years back I had the luck of travelling across Canada for almost a year doing stock nature photography. In the past I have also supplied Algonquin Provincial Park, in Ontario, with slides from the park for use in their evening slide show presentations. You should be able to find a postcard of a Moose I took in the Park's museum. Purchasing any of their products helps support "The Friends of Algonquin Park".

The past 5 years I have built my own house from the ground up, including clearing of some of the forest. It is situated in the picturesque Gatineau Hills north of Ottawa. The house is a 2 storey A-Frame cedar sided. I built all the interior cabinets from cherry in my workshop located on the property.

I have had the pleasure of constructing 3 cedarstrip canoes, using epoxy rather than fiberglass resin. Eventually I will produce these commercially (whenever, I can run out of chores and other projects). My workshop is a separate building about 550sq.ft. in size, insulated and fairly well equipped. This years projects include: finishing a 20' diameter Gazebo, finishing a 16'x16' lumber shed and building a 10,000 sq.ft. dog yard enclosure with a kennel building.