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Overview of Temagami features and the canoe area.  Quick Take

Upper Sturgeon area map project

Series of 3 interactive maps covering the upper Sturgeon River, Ishpatina, Solace lakes and Upper Yorston area.

Upper Yorston

Coming: Solace & Ishpatina

 

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Winter is winter, again

Freeze-up

Snowmobile salvage

MNR rejects Sturgeon River logging bridge

Georgian-Pacific buying Grant Forest

Rare event turns LakeTemagami ice dangerous

New TFN chiefs take office

My Christmas Rant on Gutting MNR

 

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MNR rejects Sturgeon River logging bridge

Sturgeon's one of last wild rivers in central Ontario

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.

New TFN chiefs take office

18 months of political instability ends

Book review: Ontario's Old-Growth Forests

A must-have for the Temagami bookshelf

Backdoor to Kettle Falls

Canoe route a shortcut to heart of Sturgeon River.

Chiniguchi map project complete

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

Map: Chiniguchi's northern tracks

Map: Backdoor to Kettle Falls

Keewaydin history on sale

The award-winning story of the world's oldest canoe camp is available in Temagami this summer.

Land claim negotiations

List of all stories, background, and a map.

Canoeists' Town Square: Temagami Outfitting

This unique outfitter on the waterfront of Temagami village is the canoeists' drop-in centre.

30 MILLION HITS AND GROWING

Ten months after its birth, Ottertooth reached its first million hits on Aug. 29, 2001! And then it took less than half that time to reach the second million!  Today, we have topped 30. Thanks to all of you for your support.

"Don't ever take whatever you love to do for granted. Fate won't."

— Michael Peake, Che-Mun magazine

Lake Temagami park

Getting to know the area

Alternate access via Obabika Lake 

Lady Evelyn's Waterfalls: South Channel 

Top Five Scenic Lakes 

Loving Lake Temagami to death

Land-claim negotiations

Snow-depth map

Forest Fire News- 2001

Going to Canada?

Playing with fire

Grand Campment Bay Trail

500-year-old cedar found on Lake Temagami

Temagami's biggest fire - 1977

Reviews: Books, videos, maps

Ishpatina Adventure

Last major fire - 1992

Lady Evelyn Liftover

World's Largest Old-Growth Red and White Pine Stand

Guides Report 2002

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