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Champlain Lookout as painters see it

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  • Passepartout
    Thanks xczonetv (noticed at XCOttawa)
  • Park Entry Work Makes Economic Action Plan List
    The Site that highlights the list of projects paid for under Canada's Economic Action Plan lists $2.4 million in federal funding for the project. This work was the subject of a brief consultation
  • Some Parking Lots Closing for Season
    The NCC website indicates that both P5 (penguin) and P15 (the snowshoe parking lot on the Cross Loop Road) are closed for the season.
  • Geocachers Take Responsibility
    Prompted by my linking to a post about geocaching activity that included Gatineau Park last weekend I heard from local geocachers who strongly take responsibility for keeping their sport clean. They p
  • Chelsea Nordiq Cookie Beiner
    I always knew that my kids ski days were powered by chocolate (my mother tells of a friend who practically skied backward tempting his young'uns along the tracks with outstretched goodies. The Ch
  • Geocaching in Gatineau Park
    The blog geonarcissa reports that the "Ottawa geomob" did some geocaching this past weekend, finding 10 caches, three of which were inside Gatineau Park. The post has pictures and it looks l
  • Demsis Thankyou Report
    Audrey sent me this link to 14 photos that Jo-Ann posted covering the snacks-and-hot-chocolate handout at Keogan this past Saturday. One wag had suggested that with the warm weather beer and lemonade
  • First Bike Circumnavigation of the Year?
    Tall Tree Cycles posted a bicycle ride report about a weekend ride around the Park.
  • Julie Harrison Dines at Keogan
    A late afternoon ski and dinner described at the blog Coffee with Julie. (Includes incriminating photograph.)
  • Talk Turns to Cycling
    As the snow trickles away conversations are starting about bicycling in Gatineau Park. Today at TriRudy a post about road biking rules. This has prompted me to set up a road biking group here at Guide

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