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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 →

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)