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JUNE 7, 2010 MNR drops fire hazard to moderate. JUNE 4, 2010 MNR maintains open-fire ban in most of Temagami. MAY 20, 2010 MNR restricts open fires. APRIL 1, 2010 FREEZE-UP WATCH Apr 14: Lingering ice on three lakes 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 This winter continues to be an oddity. FEBRUARY 11, 2010 February winter, day and night, by Harold Keevil JANUARY 5, 2010
18 months of political instability ends
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 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.
A must-have for the Temagami bookshelf
18 months on a political roller coaster ends NOVEMBER 12, 2009 Step into Hap's confessional for laughs and lament.
Canoe route a shortcut to heart of Sturgeon River. OCTOBER 22, 2009
OCTOBER 18, 2009 Post-peak colours from satellite JUNE 26, 2009 Municipal support for Tenets tested
Bear charges man and dog on trail JUNE 14, 2009
Makobe River cleared, Ontario Parks Dangerous deadfall remove
Makobe River obstructed, Ontario Parks Watch out for dangerous deadfall JUNE 1, 2009 Fall Gathering will mark Red Squirrel blockade
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 middle tracks Lost route re-opens: Marjorie Lake MAY 6, 2009 Loggers want another Sturgeon Park crossing
APRIL ICE-OUT WATCH
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May 4, sat image: Break-up nears
May 3: Northern Temagami region ice-heavy
May 2, lake view: Ogama Island notes: little change
Apr. 19: Satellite image: temperature rise has impact
MARCH 23, 2009
And the burden is not spread equally. Who gets a free pass?
MARCH 15, 2009
Tribal assembly takes action.
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
Court
orders new election at First Nation
Photos from Lake
Temagami
DECEMBER Three wintry photos of Ontario's highest point: the
mountain and the
tower.
Photos of two wild anglers
Lake Temagami freezes.
Dec 2, satellite: Freeze-up spreads
Three elections and two chiefs.
Snowy caprice on Temagami.
They missed the portage and kept paddling.
A photo from space
Photos from the event September 12 to 14
JULY
Water is up everywhere, but little can top the Sturgeon.
Gary Potts, the once formidable chief of the Temagami First Nation, is
re-elected after a 16-year absence.
2008's top endangered wilderness
MAY 8
More rangers over more area.
MARCH 12
Development stopped by moratorium on Crown land sales.
JANUARY 21
A photo essay of a pickup salvaged from the bottom of Lake
Temagami.
Good Samaritans with sweat and Parks with money were busy
keeping the backcountry accessible and clean.
Above freezing temperatures have melted snow and thinned
ice.
DECEM
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FREEZE-UP WATCH Freeze-up! December 15 Dec 18: post-freeze-up satellite view
OCTOBER
SEPTEMBER 16, 2007
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Aug 24-26 gathering on threat to world's largest old-growth red pine forest.
JUNE Logged forest will be seen from Maple Mountain
JUNE Routes threatened with destruction this year. MAY 24, 2007 Growing network of trails featured
BREAK-UP WATCH
MARCH
Three groups see big advantages to unification. MARCH 1, 2007
Four women convicted of last summer's spray painting.
Wilderness park illegal-access conviction.
JAN
One of the world's largest remaining old-growth red pine forests surrounds Wolf Lake.
The preliminary parks and recreation plan (TIP) for Temagami has been released and is available for downloading at the TIP website.
Everlasting freeze-up A photo gallery of ice havoc
Dec 5 Large lakes freezing Dec 4 Satellite image reveals freeze-up in progress
NOVEM Mining claims get in way of park expansion.
A bridge across land and millenia
Autumn seen from space: Oct 2 Sept 26
Maple Mountain defacement remains unresolved
A new patch of green is added to the map near Lake Wanapitei.
Between Bob and Diamond lakes. By Paul Tamburro
Changing of the Seasons fall gathering September 16
MAY 25 Part I: Overview Part II: Avoiding some congested areas Part III: Access Wolf Lake's old-growth red pine
Kellys' crossover: from bad land to promised land
MAY New parks act threatens Temagami parks Once a promise, now a peril, the bill needs to be rescued.
Second earliest break-up since 1985.
APRIL 10, 2006 Routes threatened with destruction this year. By Bob Olajos
New group forms to protect neglected and endangered nastawgan
FEBRUARY 1, 2006 Aerial photo gallery - Jan 31, '06 Another spectacular set of shots by Andy Stevens. JANUARY 30, 2006 Temagami's best known peak is not its highest.
JANUARY 23, 2006 Overnight-camping fees in the backcountry parks will rise this summer. JANUARY 8, 2006 This infrared photo shows Lake Wanapitei newly ice-covered (the inset shows open water two days ago). DECEMBER 5, 2005 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 Gooderham: Ogama Island - Dec 10 Boat traffic dwindling - Dec 9 Bays icing up on Lake Temagami Dec 7 Satellite: Photo - Dec 5 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 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 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 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 The fire ban has been lifted for all of northeastern Ontario, except Wawa. JUNE 10, 2005 A traveller's guide to permits, rules and where they apply. MAY 6, 2005 List of break-up dates over two decades. APRIL 17 - MAY 4, 2005 The lakes are ice-free after one of the longest break-ups in years. 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 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. APRIL 1, 2005 Photos of pressure cracks on Obabika Lake in late March. MARCH 22, 2005 Series: Steamboats of Lake Temagami, 1903-45 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 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 Mountain logging surprise to many 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. 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 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
The highly-anticipated Temagami backcountry guide is out, and better than ever. Selected routes from the old edition of the bible of Temagami canoeing. Satellite photo shows extent of clear-cutting, and where they are going next. |
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