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When Charles Mortureaux bought the shack that founded Camp Fortune in 1920, Ottawa was a snowier place.

It’s not just the old fogies who say we used to get more snow, Environment Canada statistics prove it. Continue reading →

Nicole has posted two ski exploration reports and I’ve been too distracted to link to them so here they are: Out of P11 and out of P8.

Today the NCC held one of it’s public board meetings. Although I was unable to attend I did manage to get a copy of the CEO’s written report and offer up the following extracts.

Highlights:

• rue Gamelin is going to be closed

• the “outdoor activity plan” or “recreation management plan” appears to have an acronym: GPORP (Gatineau Park Outdoor Recreational Plan)

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I’ve just looked over the lengthy PowerPoint and filled in the online survey that the NCC is offering in connection with its Gatineau Park Outdoor Activities Plan (formerly known as the Recreational Management Plan).

The PowerPoint suffers a little bit from Continue reading →

The NCC have been receiving a number of complaints by cross country skiers of damage to ski trails by snowshoers.

Gatineau Park has been adding snowshoe trails to accommodate the increasing popularity of the sport but is challenged in limiting conflict between users. Continue reading →

U of O professor Gilles Paquet, who in 2006 chaired a review panel on the mandate of the NCC – which at the time gave the go-ahead for NCC revitalization – is now challenging the NCC to pursue a grander vision. I wonder how that might play out in Gatineau Park.

From CBC

Police in western Quebec are warning those who use Gatineau Park to protect their belongings from a group of thieves.

MRC des Collines says thieves have broken into about 30 vehicles in the park since October… (more)

The NCC has now announced its three long awaited public consultations. One online and two held at the Best Western Hotel in Gatineau.

Here’s their invitation:

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Nicole has posted info on her ski out of P7 though evidently there was some confusion due to satellite parking lot designations.

From their news release:

The next public Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012, at NCC Headquarters at 40, Elgin Continue reading →