Author Archives: Charles Hodgson

Update – Not too interesting to Gatineau Parkers. Here’s what the agenda says “Realignment of Leitrim Road at Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Leitrim by National Defence.”

The NCC have invited us to a Board of Directors meeting via webconference on Feb 22. It’s only scheduled to last 15 minutes so one wonders what it’s about. Continue reading →

(1) I see a piece on Outdoor Ottawa reporting that Transport Quebec intends to remove the camp set up to protest the extension of Highway 5.

(2) Nicole posted a review of her ski out of P10.

(3) Friends of Gatineau Park posted a report on their annual strategy meeting.

It’s reported by the blog Action Pontiac that efforts by the NCC to augment the naturally protected status of Gatineau Park by encouraging surrounding municipalities to add their own protection to certain lands is meeting with resistance.

According to the report the Municipal Council for Pontiac unanimously rejected the idea saying “these corridors will discourage development of the municipality”, and is against anything that “will be a brake on development.”

The Momma of Max has posted again; this time on the pleasantness of skiing out of the parking lot at the Mackenzie King Estate. The tortoise reference is to her self described slow pace which allowed her to rack up the kms enough to feel ready to tackle the upcoming loppet.

Here’s a little video from the Weather Network with the NCC’s own Louis-René Sénéchal

There is no public consultation session scheduled for the Gatineau Park Heritage Conservation Plan. For this plan all consultation is strictly online. Please do give the NCC your input either there or by email. Continue reading →

On Saturday I attended the Green Transportation Plan consultation workshop. Although I had anticipated a lower turnout than for the Recreation Management Plan consultation I was wrong; there were about 50 people in the room. There was a major difference though. Continue reading →

On Saturday I attended with something more than 50 other people the NCC consultation surrounding their plan to manage recreation in Gatineau Park. Park Managers stressed that what they were trying to do was to evaluate priorities Continue reading →

Nicole posted another Momma & Max ski report, this time out of P16. Her ski was an inter-generational one which included her own Momma and wee Max packing along on her back.

This put me in mind of the days when I myself carted my little Continue reading →

I had to repost this from TriRudy (author Devashish Paul)

Last weekend, my friend Stephen Cann and I had a terrific XC ski out to the Gatineau Park firetower. Continue reading →