Algonquin Park Cottage Property Lease Expiry

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(02-26-2014 11:12 AM)tweedwolfscream Wrote:  Algonquin is unique in Ontario logging-wise, I don't think there is logging in any other Ontario provincial park and certainly not in any of the feds' national parks. I think I can accept the logging more readily than the cottages. Reason being, the logging is part of a compromise that was agreed upon in creating the park, in order to satisfy local economic interests while at least being able to have the park, and park management plans have reduced loggable areas over time and kept logging away from ecologically and recreationally important features. Whereas the cottages, as Old Timer points out, were originally put on a lease with an expiry date, there was no agreement that the arrangement would continue in perpetuity. So accepting the logging is sort of "our" part of the bargain as park stakeholders (those of us who camp, canoe, or fish there), while we have no obligation towards the cottagers. These are just vague thoughts anyway, I'm sure I'd feel differently if my family had a cottage there...

The way I look at it is cottagers are harmless and have little to no impact on the park beyond their leased property.

The logging industry is crooked as all hell and has proved itself time and time again to have total disregard for anything other than the bottom line. Google 'Grassy Narrows logging'. Take a flight over a heavily logged area (mainland BC comes to mind). Then judge for yourself as to who should be booted from the park - cottagers or loggers.