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JUNE 7, 2010

Fire ban lifted

MNR drops fire hazard to moderate.

JUNE 4, 2010

Fire ban partially lifted

MNR maintains open-fire ban in most of Temagami.

MAY 20, 2010

Fires banned across northeast

MNR restricts open fires.

APRIL 1, 2010

FREEZE-UP WATCH

Apr 15: Ice-out!

Apr 14: Lingering ice on three lakes

Apr 13: North Arm photos

Apr 12: Big ice sheets linger

Apr 11: Photos

Last, yet unusual, ice

Apr 6: Open water to Bear Island

Apr 4: Progress clearly visible

Apr 1: Nipissing and Northeast Arm ripening

Mar 30: smaller lakes to south opening

Mar.24: Open water to south moves closer

Mar 18: Two trucks through, ice road closed

Mar 19: Truck recovered

Mar 15: Is break-up close?

Highs break records

This winter continues to be an oddity.

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Obabika Lake photos

February winter, day and night, by Harold Keevil

JANUARY 5, 2010

New TFN chiefs take office

18 months of political instability ends

DECEMBER 11, 2009

FREEZE-UP WATCH

Jan 21: Ice travel treacherous

Jan 20: Satellite view of freeze-up

Jan 18: Freeze-up? Yes. Travel safe? No.

Jan 12: Aircraft views of last open water

Jan 12, satellite: Almost

Jan 6:  Aircraft views

Jan 10, sat image: Wind eases and freeze-up advances on Lake Temagami

Jan 9, sat image: Flaky ice a danger

Jan 7, sat image: Double lake view

Rare event turns LakeTemagami ice dangerous

Jan 4, sat image: Does this look familiar?

Jan 2, sat image: 2010 starts without freeze-up

Dec 27, sat image: Lake Temagami still open

Dec 23, sat image: Down to the deep three

Dec 21, sat image: Only deepest waters open

Dec 17, lake view: Ice to the landing

Dec 17, sat image: Progress today

Dec 15, sat image: Most water to north frozen

Dec 11, sat image: Freeze-up on small- and mid-sized lakes

Satellite images of progess.

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Book review: Ontario's Old-Growth Forests

A must-have for the Temagami bookshelf

DECEMBER 7, 2009

BREAKING NEWS

Ayotte affirmed chief as elders dismiss election appeals

Bear Island under shadow over unresolved election

18 months on a political roller coaster ends

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Review: Hap's new book

Step into Hap's confessional for laughs and lament.

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Backdoor to Kettle Falls

Canoe route a shortcut to heart of Sturgeon River.

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Forest giant coming to Temagami?

Grant Forest may be target of Georgia-Pacific

OCTOBER 18, 2009

Fall colours

Post-peak colours from satellite

JUNE 26, 2009

Municipal support for Tenets tested

A close vote by Council reveals weakened commitment

JUNE 15, 2009

Aggressive bear at Fourbass Lake

Bear charges man and dog on trail

JUNE 14, 2009

CANOEIST WARNING ENDED

Makobe River cleared, Ontario Parks

Dangerous deadfall remove

JUNE 7, 2009

CANOEIST WARNING

Makobe River obstructed, Ontario Parks

Watch out for dangerous deadfall

JUNE 1, 2009

Fall Gathering will mark Red Squirrel blockade

Gathering of the Seasons set for Sept. 18 on Obabika Lake

MAY 21, 2009

Land claim negotiations languish

Where did they go?

MAY 14, 2009

Chiniguchi map project complete

Chiniguchi's canoe routes fully mapped with addition of northern tracks

Map: Chiniguchi's northern tracks

Map: Chiniguchi's southern tracks

Map: Chiniguchi's middle tracks

Lost route re-opens: Marjorie Lake

MAY 6, 2009

Loggers want another Sturgeon Park crossing

A third crossing is proposed near Twin Falls.

APRIL 10, 2009

ICE-OUT WATCH

Break-up: May 6!

Photo gallery: 30 minutes of break-up

May 4, sat image: Break-up nears

May 3: Northern Temagami region ice-heavy

May 2, lake view: Ogama Island notes: little change

May 1, lake photos: Ice widespread

Apr. 29: Docks taken out by ice

Apr. 28, lake photos: Ogama Island notes

Apr. 27, sat image: 23 degrees!

Apr 24, sat image: Heat

Apr. 23, sat image: Black ice

Apr. 19: Satellite image: temperature rise has impact

Apr. 16: Break-up rolls north

Apr. 10: First signs

 

MARCH 23, 2009

Will park fees rise? You betcha

And the burden is not spread equally. Who gets a free pass?

 

MARCH 15, 2009

TFN chief and council stripped of authority

Tribal assembly takes action.

First Nation chief and council impeached

MARCH 6, 2009

Retro in photos of greens' blockade

Photos of the environmentalists' blockade of the Red Squirrel logging road in 1989

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Red Squirrel Blockade look-back

Photos of the TAA's 1989 logging road and aboriginal- rights protest

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Three Elections, Two Chiefs, One Quagmire

Since Bear Island's June 12 election, a battle has been fought over its legitimacy.

Court date set

Indian Affairs' contradicts policy

First Nation chief and council impeached

TFN chief and council stripped of authority

First Nation votes to oust Chief Potts

Potts council beleaguered

Court hearing on Potts' impeachment

Mediation falls flat

Respect their dignity

Last chance at mediation

First nation mediation commiseration

Court orders new election at First Nation

Court sets rules for new election of chiefs

TFN election day July 30

Ayotte elected chief of TFN

Potts out, Ayotte in

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Winter's Face

Photos from Lake Temagami

DECEMBER 14, 2008

A hoary Ishpatina

Three wintry photos of Ontario's highest point: the mountain and the tower.

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Otters on the ice

Photos of two wild anglers

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Freeze-up!

Lake Temagami freezes.

Dec 20, satellite: post-freeze-up

Dec 16, satellite: rain and warmth stall freeze-up

Dec 10 evening: Ice travel dicey

Dec 10, satellite: Just the deepest left

Dec 10: Hub of Lake Temagami freezes

Dec 8, satellite: Big lakes accelerate

Dec 8: Otters on the ice

Dec 7, satellite: Freeze-up continues

Dec 6: Lake Temagami freezing

Dec 2, satellite: Freeze-up spreads

Nov 24: Small lakes freeze

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Turmoil on Bear Island

Three elections and two chiefs.

Protest on YouTube

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Lost route re-opens: Marjorie Lake

The resurrection of nastawgan continues with the re-opening of a lost route off Wolf Lake in Chiniguchi.

OCTOBER 27, 2008

An island of snow

Snowy caprice on Temagami.

OCTOBER 3, 2008

Canoeists go over Obabika Falls

They missed the portage and kept paddling.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Fall colours

A photo from space

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

Changing of the Seasons ceremonies

Photos from the event September 12 to 14

JULY 10, 2008

Sturgeon River surges

Water is up everywhere, but little can top the Sturgeon.

JUNE 13, 2008

Gary's back

Gary Potts, the once formidable chief of the Temagami First Nation, is re-elected after a 16-year absence.

MAY 25, 2008

Most endangered wilderness 2008

2008's top endangered wilderness

MAY 8, 2008

Backcountry maintenance expands

More rangers over more area.

APRIL 15, 2008

ICE-OUT WATCH

Ice-out!

April 26: Ice-out imminent

April 24: small lakes open

April 22: Ice travel ends – for the sane

April 21: Sillies come out

April 16, satellite: Big heat, big melt

April 14, satellite: first signs of ice-out

MARCH 12, 2008

Land sales frozen on lake trout lakes

Development stopped by moratorium on Crown land sales.

Minister says no to town on land sales

JANUARY 21, 2008

Truck salvaged from under the ice

A photo essay of a pickup salvaged from the bottom of Lake Temagami.

JANUARY 21, 2008

Canoe route maintenance in 2007

Good Samaritans with sweat and Parks with money were busy keeping the backcountry accessible and clean.

JANUARY 11, 2008

January thaw thins ice

Above freezing temperatures have melted snow and thinned ice.

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Forum access issue

Use this new link to the forum and upgrade your bookmark. The link has changed with a move to a new server platform.

DECEMBER 1, 2007

FREEZE-UP WATCH

Freeze-up! December 15

Dec 18: post-freeze-up satellite view

Dec 14: Freeze-up slowed

Dec 10: Holdouts

Dec 8: Freeze-up continues

Dec 5: Most lakes iced over

Nov 30: Freeze-up begins

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Fall spectacle

Fall is upon Temagami and the colours are peaking, visible in this satellite image.

Photo of Sharp Rock

SEPTEMBER 16, 2007

Wolf Lake old growth logging?

World's largest remaining old-growth red pine forest in jeopardy.

Land sought to swap for Wolf Lake old growth

JULY 23, 2007

Old growth gathering at Wolf Lake

Aug 24-26 gathering on threat to world's largest old-growth red pine forest.

JUNE 10, 2007

Logged forest will be seen from Maple Mountain

Logged forest will mar the pristine view from the summit of legendary Maple Mountain.

Logging to leave thin band of Lady Evelyn Lake shoreline

JUNE  4, 2007

Kellys' crossover: from bad land to promised land

The once-daunting portage now has an alternative.

JUNE  3, 2007

Endangered Canoe Routes 2007

Routes threatened with destruction this year.

MAY  24, 2007

Hiking trail map is out

Growing network of trails featured

MAY  17, 2007

Fire ban lifted

The eight-day Crown-land fire ban across northeastern Ontario lifted.

APRIL  21, 2007

50,000th camper coming this summer

This summer 50,000 campers will have attended Temagami youth camps.

MARCH  28, 2007

BREAK-UP WATCH

Break-up!

Historical break-up dates

Break-up! April 27 Ice goes out overnight

Lake level: Hub of Lake Temagami opens

Apr 25: satellite: Deep lakes hold onto ice

Apr 24: satellite: big lakes opening in spots

Lake level: Apr. 23 wind pushes ice

Apr 22: satellite: breakup on small lakes

Lake level: ice moves

Apr 19: satellite

Lake level: lead starting

Apr 18: satellite A first peek around clouds

Spring melt underway

Warm weather restricts ice travel

MARCH 23, 2007

Fall season's ceremony set for Sept 15

The seventh annual traditional ceremony to celebrate the changing of the seasons.

MARCH  20, 2007

Conservation groups mull over merger

Three groups see big advantages to unification.

MARCH  1, 2007

Four convicted of Maple Mountain graffiti

Four women convicted of last summer's spray painting.

FEBRUARY 26, 2007

Spring rendezvous in wilderness park

At Hap Wilson's wilderness retreat at Cabin Falls on Victoria Day weekend.

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Canoeist's tip nabs gate crasher

Wilderness park illegal-access conviction.

JANUARY 19, 2007

Wolf Lake's old-growth red pine

One of the world's largest remaining old-growth red pine forests surrounds Wolf Lake.

DECEMBER  21, 2006

Parks and rec plan released

The preliminary parks and recreation plan (TIP) for Temagami has been released and is available for downloading at the TIP website.

DECEMBER  5, 2006

Freeze-up watch

Jan 16: satellite Lake Temagami freeze-up — again

Jan 13: satellite Low temps build the ice

Freeze-up: round II  Photos of the ice

Jan 10: satellite Low temps, ice return – again

Everlasting freeze-up  A photo gallery of ice havoc

Dec 29: lake level Low temps and calm bring ice over

Dec 29: satellite Low temps accelerate ice-up

Dec 28 Freeze-up renewed

Dec 25 Christmas Day paddle

Dec 21 Unprecedented break-up progresses

Dec 19 Warm temperatures reverse freeze-up

Dec 5 Large lakes freezing

Dec 4 Satellite image reveals freeze-up in progress

NOVEMBER  20, 2006

Sturgeon River Park to shrink

Mining claims get in way of park expansion.

Potential parkland

OCTOBER  30, 2006

Historic Crystal Portage

A bridge across land and millenia

OCTOBER  2, 2006

Fall colours

Autumn seen from space:  Oct 2  Sept 26

AUGUST 17, 2006

Maple Mountain defaced

Authorities investigating Maple Mountain graffiti

First Nation upset by defiling of mountain

Maple Mountain graffiti partially concealed

Maple Mountain defacement remains unresolved

Four convicted of Maple Mountain graffiti

JULY 6, 2006

Chiniguchi River gets parked

A new patch of green is added to the map near Lake Wanapitei.

JULY 6, 2006

New Canoe Route: Misabi Lake

Between Bob and Diamond lakes.

By Paul Tamburro

MAY 31, 2006

Changing of the Seasons fall gathering September 16

The sixth annual Nishnabai ceremony to celebrate the changing of the seasons will be held September 15 to 17 on Obabika Lake.

MAY 25, 2006

Chiniguchi series

Part I: Overview

Part II: Avoiding some congested areas

Part III: Access

New park

Historic Crystal Portage

Wolf Lake's old-growth red pine

Kellys' crossover: from bad land to promised land

MAY 19, 2006

New parks act threatens Temagami parks

Once a promise, now a peril, the bill needs to be rescued.

APRIL 23, 2006

Ice is out - April 22

Second earliest break-up since 1985.

Ice-level photos: April 23  April 21-22  April 19-20  April 18

Satellite photos: April 20  April 18  April 17  April 16  April 13  April 10  April 9  Mar 26

APRIL 10, 2006

Endangered Canoe Routes 2006

Routes threatened with destruction this year.

By Bob Olajos

APRIL 7, 2006

Nastawgan Network takes on canoe route protection

New group forms to protect neglected and endangered nastawgan

MARCH 6, 2006

Too much snow

Gerry Gooderham's photos show the heavy snow this winter that is making for tough travel.

FEBRUARY 21, 2006

Review of Hap's latest book

Wilson's first non-travel book, The Cabin, follows his lifelong search for a dream cabin in the wilds.

FEBRUARY 1, 2006

Aerial photo gallery - Jan 31, '06

Another spectacular set of shots by Andy Stevens.

JANUARY 30, 2006

Ontario's Rooftop

Temagami's best known peak is not its highest.

Part I: Ontario's Rooftop

Part II: In-depth Ishpatina

Part III: In-depth Maple Mountain

JANUARY 23, 2006

Park fees increase

Overnight-camping fees in the backcountry parks will rise this summer.

JANUARY 8, 2006

Last open water - Jan 8

This infrared photo shows Lake Wanapitei newly ice-covered (the inset shows open water two days ago).

DECEMBER 5, 2005

Freeze-up! - Dec 13

The lakes are frozen. Stunning photos by Gerry Gooderham and by satellite show the freeze-up progression.

Gooderham: First trip on the ice - Dec 14

Satellite: Freeze-up in infrared - Dec 13

Gooderham: Ogama Island - Dec 12

Satellite: Revealing infrared of Dec 12

             True-colour - Dec 10

Gooderham: Ogama Island - Dec 10

                   Boat traffic dwindling - Dec 9

                   Dec 8

                   Bays icing up on Lake Temagami Dec 7

Satellite: Photo - Dec 5

A short history of freeze-up

DECEMBER 1, 2005 

Friends of Chiniguchi launched

New group will fight for park and protection of southwest Temagami.

NOVEMBER 13, 2005

Snow shows changing forest  from space - November 11

The first snow reveals the big picture.

NOVEMBER 11, 2005

Building a bark canoe

Englishman Rick Whitehead writes about living with elder Alex Mathias and building a birchbark canoe.

NOVEMBER 11, 2005

Spectacular Ishpatina - Nov 10

An eagle's view of Ontario's highest elevation as winter approaches, taken by airborne voyageur Andy Stevens.

OCTOBER 22, 2005

Fall colours from space - October 21

The colour change can be seen in this satellite photo, as well as a forest fire.  Oct. 9

SEPTEMBER 29, 2005

Fire threat eases after extreme season

September experienced a late-season fire surge and the end of the drought.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

Solace-Hamlow crossover

Abandoned and almost forgotten, some intrepid canoeists have re-opened the route. 

SEPTEMBER 1, 2005

A look back: fire on the mountain

July 11, fire struck Maple Mountain.

AUGUST 11, 2005

Atlas addition: Kokoko/Spawning bays

A new section has been added to Lake Temagami Atlas.

JULY 19, 2005

Water bomber in action

The Super Scooper sucks it up on Temagami.

SPECIAL REPORT

Saving Temagami from the chainsaw 

After 12 years of quiet in the heartland of Temagami, logging has targeted the Muskego Wildlands, Spirit Forest and Misabi Range and parts of Lake Temagami. Keep up to date on events. 

AUGUST 5, 2005

Fire ban removed

The fire ban has been lifted for all of northeastern Ontario, except Wawa.

JUNE 10, 2005

Backcountry Parks Guide

A traveller's guide to permits, rules and where they apply.

MAY 6, 2005

Break-up over 20 years

List of break-up dates over two decades.

APRIL 17 - MAY 4, 2005

Break-up!

The lakes are ice-free after one of the longest break-ups in years.

Satellite view - Apr 17

Ice level - Apr 17  Ice level - Apr 18

Ice level - Apr 19  Ice level - Apr 20

Ice level - Apr 21  Satellite view - Apr 21

Ice level - Apr 22  Ice level - Apr 23

Ice level - Apr 24  Ice level - Apr 25

Ice level - Apr 26  Ice level - Apr 27

Ice level - Apr 28  Ice level - Apr 29

Ice level - Apr 30  Ice level - May 1

Satellite view - May 1

Ice level break-up - May 2-3

Satellite view - May 4 after break-up

APRIL 15, 2005

Current conditions in Temagami

Consolidation of online resources for the current situation, including weather, water and the fire-hazard status.

APRIL 9, 2005

Hi-res satellite photo library goes online

Google now has a library of North American satellite images online that cover Temagami.

Satellite library home

APRIL 1, 2005

Ice cracks

Photos of pressure cracks on Obabika Lake in late March.

MARCH 22, 2005

Series: Steamboats of Lake Temagami,  1903-45

   Part I  Part II  Part III

FEBRUARY 18, 2005

Aubrey Cosens: a war hero and a boat

A generation travelled on the Lake Temagami passenger boat named for the winner of the Victoria Cross.  BY ANGUS SCULLY

JANUARY 11, 2005

Maple Mountain Myth

The mountain is one of our most visited sites, but is it the highest point in Ontario?

JANUARY 11, 2005

Book review: Winter on Diamond

A new book recounts the adventures and misadventures of a winter spent on Diamond Lake by Hap Wilson and the author, Soren Bondrup-Nielsen.

Freeze-up watch: fall 2004

December 24 Freeze-up complete

December 20 Travel starts across the ice

December 17 Last boat run

December 17 Freeze-up progresses

December 15 Around the Hub, Lake Temagami

December 14 Freeze-up accelerates: satellite view

December 6 Freeze-up visible: satellite view

December 1 Winter approaches: satellite view

SEPTEMBER 24, 2004

Maple Mountain logging slated for winter

Long the inviolable symbol of wild and pristine Temagami, slopes of the Maple Mountain range will be logged this winter.

Maple Mountain road and logging gets go-ahead

MNR reneges on road ban

Mountain logging surprise to many

Public comment extended               

Temagami's gateway 1881-1904

The trail of the first surveyors and earliest tourists arriving on the heels of the CPR's arrival at Mattawa, the time between pre-historic and historic Temagami.

Who was Lady Evelyn?

And how did she get her name on the biggest park and one of the biggest lakes.

Park fees arrived in summer of '04

Camping fees were in place for backcountry parks. Fees can be paid at Finlayson Park, Temagami Outfitting or Smoothwater Outfitters.

A five-part series:  Part I  II  III  IV  V  New signs

Temagami Atlas expanded

New hot links have been added, Whitefish Bay and Sharp Rock merged and Kokoko Lake map added.

Temagami from space 

2004: Dec 24  Dec 17  Dec 14  Dec 6  Dec 1  Ice free: May 10  Ice breaks: Apr 20 Freezeup: Jan 11  Freezing-up: Jan 4

2003: Freezing-up: Dec 15  Nov 29  First snow: Nov 8  Fall colours 2003  Clearcuts  May 7  May 3  March 9  January 24  January 10  New Years Day      

2002: Christmas Day  Dec. 16  Dec 16 

New guidebook reviewed

The highly-anticipated Temagami backcountry guide is out, and better than ever.

Canoe Routes

Selected routes from the old edition of the bible of Temagami canoeing.

Clear-cuts visible from space

Satellite photo shows extent of clear-cutting, and where they are going next.

 
   

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