Temagami Integrated Planning

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Temagami Integrated Planning Comments by the
Wilderness Canoe Association
Toronto November 24, 2005
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What's important to the Canoeist

• Temagami is more than "just another canoe area"
• Canoeists' Values
• intact Nature
• intact Routes
• no Intrusions

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Temagami is Unique

• over 25 large coherent canoe routes
• connected - intact canoe routes lead off into the
  rest of Canada
• large stands of old growth pine
• easy to reach from Ontario's mega centres
• a place where native culture can be touched

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Temagami is Unique(Cont.)

• over 25 large coherent canoe routes
• Hap Wilson's routes
• plus old Nastawgans
• Temagami has the potential to be recognized as
  the world's best canoe area
• connected - intact canoe routes lead off into the
  rest of Canada
• large stands of old growth pine
• easy to reach from Ontario's mega centres
• a place where native culture can be touched

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Temagami is Unique(Cont.)

• over 25 large coherent canoe routes
• connected - intact canoe routes lead off into the
  rest of Canada
• Kipawa R and Ottawa R to Quebec
• Larder R to towards James Bay
• Wanapitei and W Montreal R to the West
• Sturgeon R and Ottawa R to the South
• an effort must be made to keep these connections
  in- and outside of the TIP area
• large stands of old growth pine
• easy to reach from Ontario's mega centres
• a place where native culture can be touched

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Temagami is Unique(Cont.)

• over 25 large coherent canoe routes
• connected - intact canoe routes lead off into the
  rest of Canada
• large stands of old growth pine
• such stands are getting rare
• they will be worth more standing alive than cut
  (tourism, science, maybe even survival of such
  ecosystems)
• preserve these stands for the future
• easy to reach from Ontario's mega centres
• a place where native culture can be touched

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Temagami is Unique(Cont.)

• over 25 large coherent canoe routes
• connected - intact canoe routes lead off into the
  rest of Canada
• large stands of old growth pine
• easy to reach from Ontario's mega centres
• already now a spill-over area for Algonquin and
  other southern parks
• future road improvements will "shorten" the
  distance further
• look 50 or 100 years ahead - one large urban area
  that needs room for recreation
• a place where native culture can be touched

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Temagami is Unique(Cont.)

• over 25 large coherent canoe routes
• connected - intact canoe routes lead off into the
  rest of Canada
• large stands of old growth pine
• easy to reach from Ontario's mega centres
• a place where native culture can be touched
• a large number of pictographs and spiritual sites
• the old trails documented and mapped
• a First Nation community that has managed to
  interact with the canoeing community
• support FN requests to make greater allowance for
  spiritual values

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Temagami is Unique

• View Temagami in its Larger Context and Preserve
  its Values
• keep and extend protected areas
• direct high-impact usage away from
• protected and sensitive areas
• canoe routes
• FN values
• encourage soft-shoed use of the land

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Our Values Intact Nature

• intact forests and lakes
• old growth
• no erosion, garbage, pollution
• no ATVs in protected areas
• motorized access only on roads
• no new lodges in remote lakes
• effective enforcement by MNR
• extent protected areas (old growth, native sites)

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Our Values Intact Canoe Routes

• routes and portages stay in their original
  locations
• the trails unobstructed
• camp sites are minimal and show little
  disturbance from human activities
• portages, shore lines and water courses are in
  their natural state
• (cont. next page)

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Intact Canoe Routes (Cont.)

• All routes recorded and included in all land use
  planning, suitable AOC's defined
• No roads within 200m of a route, and 500m of camp
  sites and portages
• No logging within viewshed, and at least 200m of
  route, 500m of camp sites and portages
• Canoe Campsites off limits to motorized users

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Our Values Control intrusions

• maintain wilderness character of remote areas
• control activities that generate noise and
  pollution
• control access in some areas
• (Cont. next page)

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Control intrusions(Cont.)

• set ATV restrictions as above
• allow motorized access only on roads
• limit size of motors on lakes
• control frequency of fly-in
• set time constraints for resource activity
• set user fees according to impact on the land
• extend protected areas (old growth, native sites)

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TIP Comments, Nov 24, 2005

• Erhard Kraus
• Conservation Committee
• Wilderness Canoe Association
• tel [phone]
• email erhard_at_interlog.com