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I think some of the animosity has to do with the differences between the American culture and the Canadian.

Americans on the whole IMHO are/can be very aggressive compared to other cultures. Canadians are polite/passive for the most part (except on the ice).

Two events pop-out that illustrate that. Both involved Q-Dave who is a real laid back guy, probably at the detriment to being a good businessman, at least by OUR standards.

The year I entered at Stanton Bay, I arrive noon Friday as usual, gassed up, bought some groceries and beer, got my permits at park office and headed for Dave's place on Flanders Lake.

Dave greeted me, we got business out of the way, and loaded my gear and rental canoe on his truck, and since I was staying in the bunkhouse there, we cracked open the beer, he fired up the grill, and we caught up on what was going on in Atikokan and the Park.

I was half-in the bag, when the phone rang and a party that was going into White Otter, Sunday, had decided to drive straight thru and wanted to go in early morning Sat.

They were a big ticket group compared too me, and I could see by the look on Dave's face that he was conflicted on what too do? I wanted early AM start, so there was NO way he could do both. He tried too explain that he had another Sat AM drop off, but they insisted and threatened to use Canoe Canada, IF Dave wouldn't accommodate their last minute plans.

I was sitting right there, so I told him he could take me in tonight, and I would camp at Stanton Bay. When he got off phone, he was upset. He didn't want to take me that late, knowing I was being nice for his sake.
I told him, I understood, it was no big deal and off we went. I got there about dark, and set up Dry-Fly, and hung my Hammock. Dave told me that if any one asked, show them my canoe rental receipt and it would be okay. Later on a Canadian couple drove in, and set up camp for their early AM start. They had some beer, so I traded some info for a few cold Canadians.

When Dave picked me up at Beaverhouse at the end of the trip, he said  the party that insisted on the early AM Saturday start, had arrived closer to noon, and had rented some canoes in Atikokan, and only needed him for drop-off and pick-up. When he told them how I had went out of MY way so he could accommodate them, they didn't bat an eye.

The other incident Dave told me about, was the 4 American Doctors who during the low water season awhile back, had insisted on going in thru 3 Mile Lake, even though Dave told them the water level was extra low, and they might end up walking instead of paddling? They wanted to fish Wolseley, then paddle out into Beaverhouse. Dave suggested dropping them at LLC, same loop, minus 3 mile. They refused.

Dave dropped them off, even gave them last chance as he could see by put-in how low the water was! He had a group going into White Otter, so he didn't get back to his camp until after noon.

He got a few angry messages and finally the Doctors got him in person.
They had struggled, got lost went South instead of East, and wound up at LLC. They wanted Dave to pick them up ASAP. When he gets there, there mad at HIM and want a FULL refund! Seems one of the Doctors had a mild heart attack, as diagnosed by his Cardiologist buddy, and they were basically blaming Dave for the whole situation

He told me that he wasn't giving any refunds, and they threatened to bad mouth him too their friends. Dave told them that IF their friends where a dumb as they were, he didn't want their business

Not ALL tourists act like this, just like not ALL Canadians resent Americans, but I've seen and heard enough Americans acting rude and aggressive in foreign countries too know that sometimes were our own worse enemies