Comments on: Geo-Rush? https://guidegatineau.ca/blog/886/geo-rush/ for people who love Gatineau Park Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jean-Paul Murray https://guidegatineau.ca/blog/886/geo-rush/comment-page-1/#comment-816 Jean-Paul Murray Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:54:28 +0000 https://guidegatineau.ca/news/?p=828#comment-816 No, the NCC does not march to the "beat of the documents that govern it." If that were true, there would be no proliferating residences in the park. And reports would be filed with the appropriate authorities when criminal fires destroy the park’s cultural landmarks! And the Conservation Plan would not have been two years late (the 2005 park master plan committed to producing it "In the three years following adoption of the Master Plan," p. 52). All master plans say private property is detrimental to the park, yet the NCC has failed appallingly to implement its commitments to remove it. In fact, it has allowed 119 new houses to be built inside the park. For evidence of the NCC's hypocrisy on this, i.e., its clear commitment to removing private properties from the park, see: Gatineau Park Master Plan, National Capital Commission, Ottawa, 1980, p. 35; Gatineau Park: a Master Plan for the ’90s and Beyond, National Capital Commission, Ottawa, 1990, p. 29; Gatineau Park Master Plan, National Capital Commission. May 2005. p. 52, http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/data/2/rec_docs/1768_Master_Plan_e.pdf). The NCC marches to a selective beat that allows landowners to desecrate the park's environment; it hypocritically tells bikers to keep out of the park in early spring--and allows NCC staff and maintenance contractors to drive their heavy vehicles on waterlogged park trails, causing more damage than a thousand bikers on a rainy day. It has the temerity to tell geocachers they harm the environment, while looking the other way and allowing houses to be built in the fish habitat at Meech Lake. Some of them with use of dynamite. “Keep off the islands to protect the loons, people! But let’s allow the squatters to blast away at the Meech Lake shoreline and build their houses on the lakebed!” A sickening display of cowardice and toadyism... Master plans are only wish lists the NCC routinely disregards to placate its friends/masters, the park squatters. For maps that show the extent to which private property strangles public access, see the zooms of an NCC map at: http://www.gatineauparc.ca/maps_en.html. No, the NCC does not march to the “beat of the documents that govern it.” If that were true, there would be no proliferating residences in the park. And reports would be filed with the appropriate authorities when criminal fires destroy the park’s cultural landmarks!

And the Conservation Plan would not have been two years late (the 2005 park master plan committed to producing it “In the three years following adoption of the Master Plan,” p. 52).

All master plans say private property is detrimental to the park, yet the NCC has failed appallingly to implement its commitments to remove it. In fact, it has allowed 119 new houses to be built inside the park.

For evidence of the NCC’s hypocrisy on this, i.e., its clear commitment to removing private properties from the park, see: Gatineau Park Master Plan, National Capital Commission, Ottawa, 1980, p. 35; Gatineau Park: a Master Plan for the ’90s and Beyond, National Capital Commission, Ottawa, 1990, p. 29; Gatineau Park Master Plan, National Capital Commission. May 2005. p. 52, http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/data/2/rec_docs/1768_Master_Plan_e.pdf).

The NCC marches to a selective beat that allows landowners to desecrate the park’s environment; it hypocritically tells bikers to keep out of the park in early spring–and allows NCC staff and maintenance contractors to drive their heavy vehicles on waterlogged park trails, causing more damage than a thousand bikers on a rainy day. It has the temerity to tell geocachers they harm the environment, while looking the other way and allowing houses to be built in the fish habitat at Meech Lake. Some of them with use of dynamite.

“Keep off the islands to protect the loons, people! But let’s allow the squatters to blast away at the Meech Lake shoreline and build their houses on the lakebed!” A sickening display of cowardice and toadyism…

Master plans are only wish lists the NCC routinely disregards to placate its friends/masters, the park squatters.

For maps that show the extent to which private property strangles public access, see the zooms of an NCC map at: http://www.gatineauparc.ca/maps_en.html.

]]> By: geonarcissa https://guidegatineau.ca/blog/886/geo-rush/comment-page-1/#comment-815 geonarcissa Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:55:54 +0000 https://guidegatineau.ca/news/?p=828#comment-815 This geocache has been in place since 2001, and to date has only had about 75 visitors in that time. There are no established trails to this spot, so each visitor has to determine his/her own route. We've found that geocaches like this, in remote area without trails, have much less impact than easily accessible geocaches close to trails. Even with the increased traffic that is occurring right now, this is a geocache that requires some level of fitness, determination, and interest to get to. I agree that park users need to try to get in on the discussions that ultimately lead to these policies. This geocache has been in place since 2001, and to date has only had about 75 visitors in that time. There are no established trails to this spot, so each visitor has to determine his/her own route. We’ve found that geocaches like this, in remote area without trails, have much less impact than easily accessible geocaches close to trails.

Even with the increased traffic that is occurring right now, this is a geocache that requires some level of fitness, determination, and interest to get to.

I agree that park users need to try to get in on the discussions that ultimately lead to these policies.

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