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paul_mclaren
Member
Post Number: 12
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Monday, September 13, 2004 - 10:32 am: | 
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"the sinking of the boats"
Remeber if you sink the boat remove the gas tank and engine first! I agree with Ed, that leaving was probabely the best coarse of action.
There are some good people on the Lake though and not all Motorists are jerks! This is the third year that my in-laws have helped out some canoers on LE. I guess a bunch of trippers had forgot a food pack on the Lake Hobart portage, coming from Maple Mountain. They realize they had forgotten it hours later at the next portage.
Bob and Sue where fishing down the south end of Sucker Gut when 2 paddlers came up to them asking for a tow. I guess my in-laws just looked at each other and chuckled, since this was the third year in a row that someone has asked for a tow.
In a rush the 2 women had jumped into their canoe without food, hats or water. Bob towed the ladies as far as he could past Betty's Hole. While Sue Packed them some juice, apples and fruit so they had some food.
An hour later the trippers passed them again, with there food pack.
Not all the motorist on the lake are Dragonpeople! |
brian
Moderator
Post Number: 278
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 - 9:51 am: |
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Swift, did you ever hear heard back from the OPP? |
lake2034
Member
Post Number: 2
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 - 1:57 pm: |
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My family owns a camp on Chambers Lake that is my heart and soul. I've been going there for 45 years. A few years ago, we flew in on Lakeland's Beaver (Daren was the pilot) and found 5 men "vacationing" at our camp. They had all their gear stowed in the cabins and had trashed the place. They lied about their motor boat "breaking down" because when I started throwing their gear out the cabin doors onto the rocks, they were able to get that outboard started immediately. After that incident, I offered a large reward to any Lakeland pilot who spotted someone trespassing and contacted the OPP. I was willing to pay Lakeland to fly an officer to the island and charge the intruders with trespassing. I also contacted the OPP, but never really got a satisfactory response. I pay municipal taxes for fire and police protection as well as trash removal, etc. However, I cannot access any of those services because of the remote location. We have no way of protecting ourselves from those who steal our property or trash the island with cigarette butts and beer bottles. It breaks my heart that people have no respect for the environment. If anyone has a suggestion, I'd love to hear it. |
mdprus
Member
Post Number: 14
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 - 3:12 pm: |
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It is pretty much that way in the less remote areas as well. All the OPP will do is take a report. Personally, I think cottage property taxes in areas with no road access are just cash grabs by the local townships and that they have no real intention of actually providing any police/fire support. |
brian
Moderator
Post Number: 302
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 9:55 am: |
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The OPP police the entire province, municipality or not. A lose-lose situation.
You can always go hi-tech and set up cameras to tag them. You won't stop them, but you may get charges laid. |
oshkabewis
Member
Post Number: 5
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Monday, December 6, 2004 - 11:18 am: |
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Lake 2034
When I was a Kid growing up on Bear Island we used to play at High Island. One Day we got curious as to how DR. Spawn's cottage looked (it has since been sold to someone else). So we trudged across the ice and started up onto the cottage. There was a sign there that said that the property was on a security watch. That stopped us dead in our tracks. 1st we did not want to get into trouble (believe it or not we were really good kids and very respectful to the tourists) and second we dreaded the person who was believed to be the caretaker of the the property.
The care taker we were told was a camp owner who supplemented his income during the winter to care take the local cottages. He made sure that the roof was shovelled, that no vandalism took place. It was a great deterrent for us kids too.
My point is that perhaps you could check around the local contracters in town and on the lake, to see if they offer this service. |
Temagami general 
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