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Willson Ruined

Posted on June 17, 2010 by | 6 Comments

This video being re-edited to accommodate copyright concerns.

It seems that one of the most photographed places in Gatineau Park is the Carbide Willson Ruins. They say that some people like to sunbathe nude there but Continue reading →

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The Eardley Escarpment is Falling Down – Slowly

Posted on June 7, 2010 by | 3 Comments

If you stand at the Champlain Lookout you can see two things. One is a road stretching straight away westward toward the Ottawa River. Where that road meets the bottom of the cliffs below you is called Young’s Corner. Another thing you can see looking northwest along the face of the escarpment, is evidence of a rock-fall. It turns out this is just beyond Western Lodge. In the cold morning of April 1957 that rock-fall pretty much shook the residents around Young’s Corner right out of their beds. Continue reading →

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Tent Caterpillar Invasion

Posted on May 28, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Last week I informed Gatineau Park lovers that the sound of rain they might be hearing in the woods was actually caterpillar droppings. This week I’ve heard from a number of people about the caterpillars including Kathy who told me there were so many on the parkway she could hear them squishing under her tires. So people are wondering, will this kill the trees? Is the NCC going to do anything? Continue reading →

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Seeking Avian Knowledge in Gatineau Park

Posted on May 19, 2010 by | Leave a comment

NOTE: this walk is offered this coming Sunday May 23, and again the following Sunday see here for details.

I joined about a dozen people who walked with Marie-Sophie Bourque around the Sugarbush Trail this past Sunday as she expounded on one of her favourite topics: birds. Continue reading →

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Lauriault Trail – Legacy of a Killer

Posted on May 14, 2010 by | 1 Comment

The Lauriault Trail is a benign little hike. Who would suspect that it commemorates a killer? Continue reading →

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The Secret Beneath Mulvihill Lake

Posted on May 6, 2010 by | 3 Comments

Next time you’re at Mulvihill Lake here’s a story to tell your friends. Continue reading →

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Pioneers Trail

Posted on April 28, 2010 by | 1 Comment

There’s more than I cover in the video if you scroll down.

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Call for Input – Gatineau Park Conservation Brainstorm

Posted on April 15, 2010 by | 3 Comments

So some weeks ago the Ecosystem Conservation Plan came out. It got press because Continue reading →

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Breaking Radio Silence

Posted on April 8, 2010 by | 5 Comments

Anyone who’s ever even looked at Gatineau Park, even if they’ve never been there, will know that there is a great blinking antenna sticking up out of the hills. Continue reading →

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What’s the Greatest Threat to Gatineau Park?

Posted on March 31, 2010 by | 2 Comments

Because most of the reaction to the Gatineau Park Ecosystem Conservation Plan has been focused on rock climbing it might come as a surprise that rock climbers are not seen to be the greatest threat to Gatineau Park.

Stranger still, the single biggest threat to the Park stimulates pretty minimal recommended actions in the Ecosystem Conservation Plan.

Maybe it isn’t so strange after all because Continue reading →

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