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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: CPAWS Urges C-20 Amendments 3 months, 1 week ago · View In a letter to the editor at Lowdown Online Muriel How of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society urges parliamentarians to make amendments to the bill now being considered that will change the legal status of Gatineau Park.
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Richard Sabourin became a registered member 3 months, 1 week ago · View
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Ron Lorenson commented on the blog post Birder Happy to Hear Whip-Poor-Will 3 months, 1 week ago · View We have a camp in Pontiac County on the Picanoc River (vicinity of Otter Lake). When we first went there about 35 years ago the Whip-poor-wills were quite numerous. 10-15 years ago they disappeared and nothing was heard from them. About five years ago they returned in numbers. Their population now is about half of [...]
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Francisco Barton became a registered member 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View
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Robert Rinfret posted an update: 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View Is anyone every gonna fix the short stretch of meech lake road between the parkway and old chelsea. I imagine a lot of cyclists wanted to spend their money in old chelsea use this stretch.
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Robert Rinfret posted an update: 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View Biked to Meech lake for a swim today. You definetely don’t need a wet suit. The top 2.5 feet are quite warm.
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Bill McGee joined the group Remembering Old Ski Trails 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View
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Charles Hodgson commented on the blog post Report Recommends Keeping Development Away 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View More on this in the Citizen
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: IMBA NCC MOU 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View The National Capital Commission and the International Mountain Bicycling Association signed a Memorandum of Understanding last fall . This follows the pattern that the NCC has been trying to establish with Gatineau Park user groups but until now it was not completely clear what the MOU encompassed. Last week the IMBA posted an item about the NCC’s mountain [...]
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Birder Happy to Hear Whip-Poor-Will 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View Brian claims he hasn’t heard whip-poor-wills in Gatineau Park in more than 20 years but hears them now and hopes this means they are returning.
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As reported before, the Canadian Ski Museum and the Camp Fortune Ski Club are celebrating 100 years since the founding of the Ottawa Ski Club with an event October 23. To complement that celebration I - Special Activities at the Mackenzie King Estate this Labour Day Weekend
From the NCC The NCC offers many special activities for the Labour Day week-end. Join us for a concert, corn roast, a contest and much more! For info click here. - Last Weekend to Enjoy Some Gatineau Park Summer Activities
From the NCC: Last Weekend to Enjoy Many of the NCC’S Summer Activities NCC Beaches – Open Until Monday, September 6, 2010 40th Season of Alcatel-Lucent Sundays Bikedays – end Sunday, September - Gatineau Park Summer Student Impressed
Here's a post from a summer employee of the NCC who was impressed with the organization they worked for this past season. - NCC Saturday Short Loops Begin this Weekend
The National Capital Commission wishes to inform the public that sections of the Gatineau Parkway will be closed to motorized traffic every Saturday from September 4 to October 23, 2010. Outdoor enthu - Two Nice Posts
The blog Willow House Chronicles has posted two Gatineau Park related pieces; one entitled Champlain Lookout Trail and the other The Mackenzie King Estate. Each include a nice mix of text and pictures - Wolf Trail Profiled in Ottawa Citizen
Dave Brown, Publisher of Ottawa Outdoors Magazine has written an article in Today's Citizen describing the Wolf Trail near Meech Lake and encouraging Ottawans to get out into Gatineau Park instea - Species at Risk
The Ottawa Citizen included this little nugget that it extracted from the NCC Environmental Report Gatineau Park has 10 new additions to its species-at-risk list, bringing the total of species at risk - Rock Climbing Update
Last night the Ottawa Gatineau Climbers' Coalition held a meeting to allow their membership to react to the latest NCC plan for climbing in Gatineau Park. The NCC is offering a restricted number - Gatineau Park interpretive programs at Lac Philippe
I'm a little late off the mark with this but there are almost nightly interpretive sessions at Lac Philippe going on during August. You can see the calendar of what's on here for events both