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Jean-Paul Murray commented on the blog post Park Entry Work Makes Economic Action Plan List 15 hours, 32 minutes ago
That money would be better spent purchasing the private properties currently for sale in the park, in accordance with the NCC’s obligation and commitment to doing so. Failure to acquire these properties will only dramatically escalate the cost of completing this so-called park.
All this new entrance provides is nice packaging on a seriously flawed park. [...]
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Charles Hodgson commented on the blog post Some Parking Lots Closing for Season 17 hours, 24 minutes ago
I see in this document (circa Nov 2009 and presaging the Ecosystems Conservation Plan) “It is proposed that the parking lot and access pathway to the hang-gliding departure site be eliminated.”
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Passepartout 17 hours, 31 minutes ago
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Art in the Park 17 hours, 41 minutes ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8NN7mG5Btw
I sat down with three painters who’d been part of a latter day group of seven that had taken on a project of painting at the Champlain Lookout every Friday through 2009, capturing the change of the seasons.
They had made notes on the conditions they experienced and the effect it had on them and I’ve [...]
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cbh-flickr-posting wrote a new blog post: Gatineau Park GC1050F 19 hours, 53 minutes ago
Gatineau Park GC1050F, originally uploaded by ChrisDelaney.ca.
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Darrel Newman commented on the blog post Some Parking Lots Closing for Season 21 hours, 7 minutes ago
OOPs there – I’ll bet that it is the Mountain Road Parking lot at the 90 degree turn which gives access to the escarpment routes to Western Hut and the Champlain Lookout
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Darrel Newman commented on the blog post Some Parking Lots Closing for Season 21 hours, 9 minutes ago
Does anyone know which parking area, a 1-kilometre access pathway and a departure zone for the Hang Gliding they are referring to.
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Park Entry Work Makes Economic Action Plan List 1 day, 15 hours ago
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 last fall.
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rss-feed wrote a new blog post: 2010-03-09 by Jo-Ann Holden from P17 [Wakefield] 1 day, 18 hours ago
A report from yesterday’s ski: The plan was to lug the bigger camera along and be out all day. These trails were all marked as "fair", so I was curious to see how poor they really were. At 10:30 trail 52 was still a bit icy (not groomed re. . .
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cbh-flickr-posting wrote a new blog post: Gatineau Park, Quebec 1 day, 23 hours ago
Gatineau Park, Quebec, originally uploaded by Asif A. Ali.
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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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