NIPISSING to NAISCOOT in FIFTEEN DAYS This is only the second year that Pine Crest has employed this route, a route partially touched by those explorers who opened up Canada through exploration. (Lindsay Staples was the first to guide this route and offered some tips.) In part we have become part of T.S. Elliott’s prophecy […]
THE CanSeq 150 INITIATIVE Essentially research scientists – geneticists – are undertaking to study 150 wildlife species in Canada. Geneticists, as it turns out, are a competitive group. When an American Academic group crowd funded an effort to genetically sequence their University beaver mascot the Canadians became inspired to take up the challenge in celebration […]
A REAL EMBLEM NOW October 1975 Just about everyone who has gone to school in Canada, indeed even those who obtained their schooling elsewhere, were aware that the beaver was considered to be Canada’s national animal. True, we had the Maple Leaf, “Our Emblem Dear” as Alexander Muir called it in the fine […]
WHY NO DEER? September 1975 The argument about deer and wolves has perhaps been the most widely discussed subject. The last few years, since deer appear to be getting less numerous each succeeding year, the arguments are getting to be more frequent. Deer have been around a long time. When I was quite […]
DUCKS UNLIMITED September 1975 Any person who is interested in hunting, or even in birds and wildlife has heard of the organization known as ‘Ducks Unlimited.’ This group was formed some years ago with the objective and aim of helping migratory birds, or perhaps I should say ducks, geese and those birds that provide hunting […]
SEPTEMBER 1975 In a bit over a couple of months the annual trek to the hunting camps will be on, but the usual enthusiasm may be missing. True, the idea of being back in camp with cares and worries some distance away will still be nice but the deer hunting has changed so […]
DOGS August 1975 Those of us who can remember back to the early part of this century will admit there have been a lot of changes. Too many to write about. But did you ever think about how different dogs are in the present day and age? So many we see now are petted and […]
JUST AS IT HAPPENED – July 1975 Few years back, I made some weather predictions which were all wrong, so I have been careful since. One thing I can say is that we have had some very fine weather this season, and I will go out on a limb and forecast 1975 will be just […]
FROGS and THINGS – July 1975 There are a number of signs that people look for, after the warm days come in April (?), and we are looking ahead to summer. The first crows that are heard are always mentioned, the first robins, and I believe next would be the first frogs. Takes quite a […]
From June 1975 THE ANNUAL WEEK in the WOODS Since I have been writing these columns, which has been going on now for several years, I usually write about a trip into the Park (Algonquin) with one of our old parties. I have mentioned that the six men in this party are all retired, one […]
