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]]> 0 0The back trail was wonderful just a few hiker tracks (with thier dogs)
What would JP Murray say about the local dog walkers where the signs clearly say min $100 fine for dogs in there?
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]]> 0 0When I posted the online petition it took seconds and I didn’t take the time to think (as I should have) that it would be oh-so-much better if posted in both languages.
Hence I am now working on a French version and will add it as soon as I am able.
Mea culpa
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]]> 0 1The old trail names are a part of the National Capital history that has been removed for the efficiency of using numbers. Shameful… this would be equivalant to changing the name of our beloved “Old Chelsea” to become NCC’s “Gateway to the Gatineau Park”. Those of us who live in Chelsea recognize that co-existing with the NCC is like living next door to a neighbour who’s a bully and prefers to live extravagantly.
The fact is that remembering the “name of a trail” is easier than remembering a number, for example: is it 33 or 34? For those of us who have to deal with the 1.6 million visitors to the Gatineau Park and deal with the aftermath and responsibilities of all the vehicle traffic, pollution, noise and speedsters; changing the trail number identification system back to the old trail names would be a refreshing change in cooperation from our neighbour the NCC!
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]]> 0 0Walking with my son a week ago in the Home Cliffs area, we found, on our return, that a section of trail had been flagged during the day with many bright streamers. He was adamant that they were a blight on the landscape and while I agreed with this impression, because I didn’t know why the flags had been placed there, I didn’t feel that it was our perogative to remove them. On a solo hike Sunday, our discussion about the flags got me thinking: the unofficial trails are not unmanaged, rather they are informally managed. To a large extent the informal management works very well; the yellow-blazed trails between the Fire Tower and the Eardley-Masham Road were cleared of deadfall after the ice storm more quickly than the official trails. However it is performed by a range of people who obviously have quite different visions for what the unofficial trails should be like, how they should be marked, how they should be cleared of deadfall.
On one extreme, we have those who apparently like to be able to see two or three blazes ahead, and on the other, those who would like the unofficial trails to be invisible (hence no markings and no worn treadway). If the informal management of the unofficial trails is to be successful, both finding some compromise between the disparate users and avoiding running afoul (too much) of the NCC, it will need to be co-operative, and based on some established etiquette.
Establishing that etiquette, one that strikes a balance between the visions of various users and pays attention to what will least raise the ire of the NCC, might be something we can discuss here.
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