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Charles Hodgson commented on the blog post Unofficial Trails Issue 1 day, 12 hours ago · View
Confirmation from NCC that (so far) the meeting has not been rescheduled.
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Charles Hodgson commented on the blog post Unofficial Trails Issue 4 days, 15 hours ago · View
I pinged them yesterday asking about a revised date but haven’t heard back yet.
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: 1979 Article on Trail Names 5 days, 3 hours ago · View
Ken Bouchard was good enough to give me this article from March 3, 1979 from the Ottawa Journal. -
Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Gatineau Park Legislation and the Light of Day 5 days, 14 hours ago · View
A recent Ottawa Citizen piece gave voice to a familiar critic’s assertion that Bill C-20 would not afford protection to Gatineau Park. I heard a radio clip of Paul Martin saying that one can’t always consider success against what might be perfect, but instead against what might have been. In the case of Gatineau Park legislation [...]
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Unofficial Trails Issue 5 days, 14 hours ago · View
The NCC are moving to reduce hiking traffic in areas of Gatineau Park deemed most ecologically sensitive. It is the discussions of this issue that were planned to take place last Wednesday but had to be delayed due to illness. They placed banners like the one below along unofficial trails which they hope hikers will stop [...] -
Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: NCC – Demsis Online System Now Working 5 days, 15 hours ago · View
reservations.gatineaupark.ca now appears to be functioning correctly. For skiers wanting to buy season passes this is well ahead of the main dump of snow so fixed in plenty of time, but for those who wanted to book cabins or yurts at popular times the delay was particularly frustrating. Those who were able to book at the Gatineau [...]
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Highway 5 Criticized 6 days, 5 hours ago · View
The Ottawa Citizen has a story about a coalition of environmental groups who want Highway 5 to be reconsidered in view of the ecosystem damage it will cause Gatineau Park.
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: CBC Coverage of Online Booking at NCC 6 days, 10 hours ago · View
The CBC story says the system is still down (this being Tuesday) but I just had a look at it may be working better now.
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Citizen Coverage of NCC Online System 6 days, 13 hours ago · View
NCC spokesman called the old way of taking reservations “pre-Cambrian.”
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Charles Hodgson posted a new activity comment: 1 week ago · View
The new park entrances project requires all kinds of new signage and since this is being done using the federal infrastructure funding it has to be done by a certain date. the work that needs concrete footings in the ground had to get started before the frost got into the ground.
In reply to - Jo-Ann Holden posted an update: New Construction Project: Does anyone know what all the construction is about in front of the new and also the old Visitor’s Center? Is it just a pile of decorative rocks or will there be something more? · View -
Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Yurt & Cabin – Ski Pass Online System Status 1 week ago · View
Paul offered a Demsis link that appears to work for online purchase. The URL that was circulated earlier still doesn’t show a working transactional site.
I’ve got reports of lineups for purchases in person at the Gatineau Park visitor centre.
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Great View 1 week ago · View
In his blog Marc Charron enthuses over the view to be had from King Mountain.
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Online Purchase System Status 1 week ago · View
As pointed out by Scott in the comment to this linked post the planned online system for reserving cabins & yurts and purchasing xc ski passes had been planned to be available today. At this time the online portal has yet to become functional. At least this web address now actually goes somewhere. Last week the URL wasn’t even [...]
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Jim Watson Interviewed 1 week, 1 day ago · View
Mayor Elect Jim Watson was interviewed for the Citizen by Dave Brown who also does Ottawa Outdoors Magazine. Watson was asked about his outdoor recreational pursuits and Gatineau Park came up quite often.
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Paul Dewar in Ottawa Citizen 1 week, 2 days ago · View
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Dewar Press Release on C-20 1 week, 4 days ago · View
Bill C-20 has completed its committee process and Paul Dewar issued the press release linked here.
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Your Opinion? 1 week, 4 days ago · View
The coming legislation governing Gatineau Park will enshrine the ecosystem protection that the NCC has been trying to enact (to the chagrin of some users such as rock climbers). But it will also, for the first time enshrine recreational uses. Take the poll. Is a balance between ecosystem protection and recreational use a step in the [...]
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Gatineau Park Legislation Update 1 week, 4 days ago · View
The Ottawa Citizen today contains a contribution from Jean-Paul Murray critical of the coming legislation intended to govern Gatineau Park and critical of the New Democratic Party who he claims “betrayed their principles” and “reversed its former position.” My discussions with an NDP representative led me to believe that the advancement of this Bill was more [...]
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Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Volunteer Needed 1 week, 4 days ago · View
On Saturday at the Chelsea Elementary School one of the biggest cross country ski exchanges is being held by Chelsea Nordiq. This is an excellent chance for the Canadian Ski Museum to sell a few more copies of the 1967 Gatineau Park ski trail map and raise some of the charitable funds it so earnestly needs. [...]
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Charles Hodgson commented on the blog post NCC Meeting Cancelled 1 week, 5 days ago · View
Too many NCC staffers sick at home.
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