Volume 40 • Number 2 • Circulation 1,500 A Free Publication T T The Voice of the Temagami Lakes Association (TLA) summer 2010

Municipal Election HOW LOW IS THE LAKE? AND WHY? News & Issues On TLA Website Cottagers concerned about water levels

The Temagami Municipal By Ted Tichinoff to much damage for some lake resi- by a dam (operated by Ontario Power election this year will be held on Breakup in 2009 saw lake water dents. At breakup this year the lake Generation -- OPG -- under licence), October 25, a date that makes it levels substantially above normal. was at record lows. One might think would be less subject to the vicissi- necessary for the Times to change Combined with ice and wind this led that Lake Temagami, being regulated tudes of weather and would have more stable water levels than lakes without the focus of its planned election a control dam. coverage because the deadline for However, that does not appear to be candidates will be after the the case and it is becoming a heavily newspaper’s publication date. debated question in Northern Ontario So, readers won’t see any as to whether OPG dams are a posi- candidate endorsements in the tive or a negative fact when it comes to fluctuating water levels. newspaper or on the TLA website

(www.tla-temgami.org). What we will do, however, is … It is becoming a articulate where the TLA stands heavily debated question on the important issues facing in Northern Ontario the Temagami community. This as to whether OPG will give Canadian voters – and dams are a positive any Canadian who is a Temagami Before the outboard or the inboard, there was — and is — the canoe without which a or a negative fact when Temagami summer would perhaps take on an entirely different character. it comes to fluctuating continued on page 7 Photo: Drogo on travel.webshots.com water levels.

Letter to Mayor and Council A bit of background may be useful. TLA Objects to Draft Municipality Budget with Possible Lake Temagami is at the top of three river watersheds: the Montreal, Special Impact on All Lake Properties the Matabichuan and the Sturgeon. In its natural state the lake drained The following is the text of a let- Several years ago, the Municipal- By our estimates, it would appear into all three watersheds. ter from TLA President Rob Corc- ity ran into an “emergency” situation, that roughly 90 percent of residential An outlet close to the present vil- oran to Mayor Ike Laba and Coun- where upgrades to the water treatment assessment comes from waterfront lage drained into Cassells Lake and cillors concerning the TLA’s serious facility were required. In what was properties, and that potentially 50 per- from there eventually flowed into concerns with aspects of the draft widely interpreted as a one-time un- cent of the overall tax base comes from the Matabichuan and Ottawa River. 2010 Municipal Budget: dertaking, we, the lake residents, did Lake Temagami properties. As noted in A second outlet at the North Arm After reviewing the draft 2010 bud- not object to contributing to the costs of an earlier communication, the TLA still flowed into Diamond Lake then into get provided by the Municipality, and this upgrade. (As agreed upon at amal- awaits the Municipality’s response based Lady Evelyn Lake, down the Montreal having reviewed the history of our tax gamation, lake residents are excluded upon detailed MPAC data received last River to the Ottawa. Both of these breakdown, the TLA must object from billing for water and sewer servic- fall with a breakdown of assessments outlets have been blocked off. The strongly to what appears to have taken es which they do not have, and receive and taxes between the urban and vari- Diamond Lake outlet was filled in so place. reduced billing for fire services.) ous waterfront areas of the community. as to accommodate forest operations. continued on page 15 continued on page 13

Group Box 129 • Temagami • Ontario • P0H 2H0 • (705) 237-8927 • Fax (705) 237-8916 • www.tla-temagami.org page 2 Temagami Times Summer 2010 page 3 President’s letter The Temagami Times Summer is again just around the corner. Why does it seem that Temagami has been able to hold onto some key assets over this with each and every year, we have yet another set of concerns. period, but the same challenges which other communities have faced Summer 2010 Issue Mother Nature has done her part over the past years, with winds are not that far away here. Support your local community stores decimating the pine trees on many of the islands, with winds and ice and they will be able to continue to serve you, and indeed, they will This publication is published in the damaging or destroying so many docks and boathouses last spring. continue to provide jobs in Temagami. Winter, Fall and Summer by the This year, the structures should be OK, but water levels may make it The Co-op is facing a cash shortage as it moves into 2010. We Temagami Lakes Association. worthwhile to keep a spare prop (or two) on hand. all pitched in when the Co-op was created. This year, the TLA and a Publications Mail Agreement Temagami seems to have fared better than many of the Prov- number of community and lake residents have stepped in and made no. 40050220 ince’s lakes, and only the waters managed by the MNR and our donations to assist the Co-op, with the TLA having donated $6,000. PreSortation services provided by beaver population seems to be anywhere near to “normal” levels. At For those of us on the lake, the Co-op is making efforts to get Flagship Software Ltd. the present time, it looks like we should in fact be back to within a last summer’s trial delivery approach into gear in a more complete editor: Elaine Gunnell foot of peak levels by the time July arrives. manner for this summer. Have a look at the Coop articles and (Interim Editor: Vince Hovanec) On the municipal front, a reduction in business at the Co-op information in this issue of the Times. Take some time to set up an Layout: Imaginus North has imposed significant fiscal challenges. While we don’t have account with the Co-op, and consider the convenience and time much control over nature, the ability to sustain a grocery store in saved with grocery delivery to the TLA building. Advertising: Peter Healy Temagami is based solely upon the support which it receives from its As we all need to kick start our summer with the purchase of key 705 237 8927 Fax 705 237 8916 customers. Truly, those of us on the lake can’t do much to address the staple items, I suggest that purchasing these from the Co-op could [email protected] off-season shopping, but I believe we can make a huge difference if go a long way to kick starting their revenue for the summer. We can Deadline for next issue: we adjust our shopping habits this summer. order these ahead of time, giving the Co-op time (and revenue) to Spetember 1, 2010 The Co-op staff have made a very strong effort to adapt their procure them, and enabling them to get them to the lake for us, free- *The opinions expressed by the writers store to meet changing customer interests. I think we are very fortu- ing up space in the car for other items on that first (or second) trip to or advertisers in this edition are not nate to have such a motivated team at the Co-op. When I was last the cottage… necessarily those of the Temagami Times in Temagami (March), I dropped by the Co-op to buy a few items I As this will be my last President’s letter, I would like to thank or the Temagami Lakes Association. needed, and was impressed with how competitive their pricing was. our members, the many TLA volunteers, TLA staff, and the TLA The TLA Board of Directors No doubt the challenge in the offseason is permanent residents Board of Directors for your support over the past two years. I believe President: Rob Corcoran who choose to buy their groceries while traveling to New Liskeard or we’re overdue for some exceptionally good weather, and I wish all of 1st Vice President: Dave Taylor North Bay. I stress that all of us need to support the Co-op if we are you a very enjoyable summer!! 2nd Vice President: Ted Tichinoff to continue to have it. The loss of key businesses in Marten River Treasurer: David McFarlane Rob Corcoran, President Directors: Andrew Healy and Tilden Lake has been a sad occurrence over the past decades. Vince Hovanec chip Kittredge The Temagami Times welcomes signed letters or emails on any subject. boyd Matchett Malcolm Wilson The editor reserves the right to edit for length, clarity and relevance. Letters containing libelous remarks, personal attacks or The term of office for a Director is 3 years. inaccurate information will not be published nor will open letters or copies of letters sent to public officials or governments. Elections are held every year in the summer. The opinions expressed are the letter writers’ own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Temagami Lakes Association.

Skyline Reserve Tenets for Temagami ones are to be installed to prevent new The mainland surrounding Lake Tema- public access roads to Lake Temagami gami and Cross Lake is to be zoned as and Cross Lake. a landscape ecology zone to preserve the New ski-doo trails accessing Lake Tema- beauty, restore the integrity and preserve gami/Cross Lake are to be no wider than the wilderness aspect of the Temagami ten feet and for winter ski-doo use only. Forest. This ecology zone would consist Proposals for these access points to Lake of 2 reserves which would be protected Temagami and Cross Lake are to be re- from natural disturbance e.g. fire and viewed and sites inspected by the new insect infestation, but would have separate governing body prior to construction. management goals and prescriptions. 2. Ecological Buffer Reserve: This ami and Cross Lake is supported by our Mainland Development would surround the skyline reserve to pro- three groups. We define the existing public There should be no mainland develop- The two reserves would be the following: tect the natural forest and wildlife habitat road access points to consist of the village ment on Lake Temagami and Cross Lake 1. Skyline: The Lake Temagami and ecosystems of the Temagami region. It waterfront, Finlayson Park, Strathcona with the exception of those potential lots Cross Lake reserves must protect any part would have a broader range of controlled Landing and the Lake Temagami Access immediately adjacent to the Township of of Lake Temagami or Cross Lake with no activities but no new public roads would Road landings. We agree that, where pos- Temagami that are able to be serviced by visual evidence to the naked eye that any pass through it except in the village of sible, parking areas must be screened from the Township’s central sewage treatment activities such as timber cutting or mining Temagami. the main body of the Lake. Shiningwood facility. All other future development have taken place. The minimum dimen- Bay, Cross Lake, Austin Bay, Blue Bay will occur on islands, the number and sion would be 200 metres. It would be Road Access and any other illegal access points are to location to be determined by the revised preserved in its natural state and its per- The current ban on construction of new be closed using scarification methods. Ex- official plan which will be sensitive to missible uses would be very limited. public road access points to Lake Temag- isting gates are to be maintained and new current ecological standards.

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The View from the Co-op S O S ( ) Great Big Thanks are due to the cheques of their own. The Board of the Two stores in one Co-op Save our Store many residents of Lake Temagami, both Temagami Lakes Association joined in, We operate two very different Co- There’s no denying a few impor- seasonal and permanent, who have con- authorizing a $6,000 contribution from op freshmarts here, one during the tant facts about the Co-op, now do- tributed to the stocking of our Temaga- the Association’s own funds, and send- three warm months and the other for ing business as freshmart. mi Co-op freshmart for the summer. ing a letter to their entire membership. the rest of the year. We would like to re- First, for many of us, it’s a lifeline Don Johnson began the campaign, As of mid-May, donations totaled mind all our customers that a store that of products that, if not available lo- recognizing that the cost of stocking the $20,085. The Board and management is packed to the rafters with goodies is cally, would have to be purchased store would be more than our cash flow of the Co-op are deeply grateful to ev- not necessarily a profitable one. In spite many miles to the north or south. would allow, and that we would not be eryone who has supported the store in of the huge increase in the number of Second, the Co-op has had a hard able to borrow because of the extent of this way. We would like to recognize customers in the summer months, we time turning a profit for a number our debt. in particular TLA President Rob Cor- still have to stock our shelves within of reasons, best documented in the So he, Lorie Hunter and Mark John- coran, Treasurer David McFarlane and the limits of what we know we can sell. “What Went Wrong…” piece in this issue of the Times. Third, it’s son sent a letter to friends and custom- Executive Secretary Peter Healy, and We will be doing our best to ensure equally hard for many folks, on the ers on the Lake, asking for their sup- Don Johnson, Lorie Hunter and Mark that no shortages occur as they did last lake or on the mainland, to see how port, and setting an example by writing Johnson for getting the ball rolling. continued on page 10 Temagami, as a community, would make a go of it without the Co-op. And because the Cop-op is so What Went Wrong: important to our community, the TLA Board of Directors voted unanimously to contribute $6,000, The Temagami Co-op (Whole) Story In A Nutshell or roughly $10 per member, to assist in the store’s efforts, also outlined The Temagami Co-op grocery store to our store by special discounts, unique Road and never come out until it’s time in this issue, to get stock up for the products or a beautiful shopping experi- to go home again. has lost money in nine of its twelve summer. In doing this the Board years in business. Whether the loss has ence. This reality is reflected in our sales is also encouraging all lake and been moderate or spectacular has been The truth is that there is no such history, which has been consistent at town residents to contribute. If ev- due to variables in two factors: manage- floating mass in Temagami. In the win- approximately $2,000,000 annually. ery property owner on Lake Temag- ment and weather. ter, our population is small, and the Between our best sales year and our ami and in town, an estimated 1300 Unfortunately, it is almost impossi- local economy is even smaller. People worst, the range is equal to 10 percent families, contributed even $100 to ble to attract talented, qualified manag- who work out of town also shop out of of our average gross sales. Our most di- offset the co-op’s deficit, the store ers to Temagami. The most experienced town, because it is convenient, and be- sastrous business years have been those would have a chance of a long-term managers we’ve had at the store have cause the Co-op cannot compete with when the store looked most prosperous survival. The “SOS” that the Co-op is all made the same mistake. They’ve cut-price stores such as Giant Tiger, and attractive to customers. sounding should be a call to the en- based their business strategy on an as- Food Basics, No Frills and Wal-Mart. The first of those was our second tire Temagami community to buy sumption that can be made comfort- Seasonal residents are equally set in year in business, which ended with a local. Take a few minutes to read ably almost anywhere else: that there is their ways. There are those who cash deficit of $172,000, from which “The View from the Co-op” and a great floating mass of consumers out will always prefer to stock up on food on we’ve never recovered. The second was you’ll understand what’s planned to there, somewhere, who can be wooed their way up here, turn left at the Mine continued on page 23 keep the Co-op going.

Buying Groceries for the Cottage or Home – Is Price an Issue?

By Peter Healy Item Temagami Co-op New Liskeard Independent Huntsville Independent North Bay No Frills So you do your family or cottage grocery shop- Tropicana OJ $4.89, PC brand $4.59, $4.49 $4.49 $4.47 ping out of town and think you are saving significant (fresh squeezed) 1.89 L No name $2.59 dollars? I commissioned a top secret group of grocery Cheerios 525 g $5.29 $5.99 $5.99 $4.74 shoppers in three competing communities to shop for 2% Milk 3 bags $4.99 $4.17 $4.19 $4.17 an identical grocery basket of commonly purchased Heinz Ketchup 1L $4.79, PC brand $3.39, $3.99 $3.99 $3.77 items. The results are shown here in the chart. No name $2.79 Premium Plus $3.49, No name $2.29 Driving costs: Using the Canada Revenue Agen- $2.99 $2.99 $2.79 cy rates (2010) for automobile allowance (which fac- soda crackers 450 g tors in a composite of gas, oil, insurance, depreciation Lean ground beef $7.76 $8.80 $8.80 $7.50 and repair for an average car) at 52 cents km. for the Total Identical Products $31.12 $30.43 $30.45 $27.44 first 5,000 kms. and 46 cents km. thereafter, and us- Does it really cost less? ing the average of 117 kms (return) to New Liskeard any out-of-town shopping from Temagami costs an extra $50-$60 at least and obviously more from the lake. = $60.84 or $53.82 respectively! So it is safe to say My conclusion: Shop locally for many reasons. Price is not the issue.

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By Ellen Ibey an appointment, please call (705) following information available: The Temagami Medical Centre and 476-2293 or toll free at 1-800-668- • The name of the medication; Family Health Team (FHT), which 8555. For more information, check • The dosage or strength of the medi- opened a brand new facility in Sep- out their website at www.thefamily- cation; tember 2009, represents an approach helpnetwork.ca • The frequency (for example once or to primary health care that brings to- • Chiropractic services through the twice a day); and gether different health care provid- Gravity Health and Chiropractic ers to coordinate the highest possible Centre: Every Tuesday afternoon • The name of the pharmacy where quality of care for you – the patient. It between the hours of 2:30 p.m. you would like to pick up your pre- is designed to provide doctors with sup- and 6:00 p.m. For an appointment, scription. port from other complementary profes- please call (705) 647-8877. sionals. Please remember to bring your med- • Physiotherapy services through Most FHTs consist of doctors, ications with you to your appointments CBI Health: The last Thursday nurses, nurse practitioners, and other (except blood work). Being prepared of every month between 8:30 a.m. health care professionals who work to- with this information at your fingertips and 5:00 p.m. For an appointment, gether, each utilizing their experience will enable us to provide you with bet- please call (705) 647-1088, ext. and skills so that you receive the very ter and more efficient service. 2286. best care when you need it and as close to home as possible. • Dental services through Dental For After Hours Assistance: In Temagami, the Family Health Hygiene on the Move: Once a A call to Telehealth Ontario Team consists of one primary care phy- month -- for an appointment, please (1-866-797-0000) will give you sician, one nurse practitioner, two re- call (705) 648-3740. confidential advice about any health- ceptionists, and an executive director. related concern such as: symptoms And, we anticipate the addition of a The Temagami Medical Centre and that could require medical attention; registered nurse to the team in the not- Family Health Team is also a proud illness or injury; chronic illnesses: nu- so-distant future. member of the Ontario Telemedicine trition and healthy lifestyles: and teen Network(OTN) which offers health health and lifestyle issues Medical Centre Hours of Operation: related education sessions to Temaga- Telehealth Ontario is a free, con- mi residents on such topics as: ABCs • Monday through Friday – 8:30 to fidential telephone service for health to Heart Healthy Eating: hot Topics in 5:00 p.m. advice or general health information heart health nutrition: managing your from a Registered Nurse. That means • Blood collection service is provided Meds; and introduction to COPD. quick, easy access to a qualified health every Tuesday and Thursday morn- Watch for flyers around the com- professional to help you decide whether ing from 8:30 a.m. to approximately munity promoting future educational to care for yourself, make an appoint- 12:00 noon by appointment. events. ment with your doctor, go to a clinic, Additionally, plans are currently contact a community service or go to a The following allied health profes- underway to expand our OTN ser- hospital emergency room. sionals also provide services onsite: vice to include a clinical component. • Mental Health/Addictions through What this will mean for the residents Please remember…a call to Tele- the Timiskaming Health Unit of Temagami is that they may be able health Ontario does not replace 911 (www.timiskaminghu.com): Every to reduce and/or eliminate travel to — which is always the first number Wednesday between the hours of out-of-town specialist appointments as you should call in emergency situa- 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. For an ap- they will be able to “see” their special- tions. pointment or for more information, ist right here at the Medical Centre via The Temagami Medical Centre and please call (705) 647-4305 or toll videoconference technology. Watch Family Health Team are looking for- free at 1-866-747-4305 and ask to for further details as we get closer to ward to continuing to provide you with speak with the Intake Worker. making this a reality. the highest possible quality of care. • Children’s Services through (Ellen Ibey is Executive Director of the HANDS: Services are offered to What You Need to Know About Temagami Medical Centre and Family children and youth where mental Prescription Renewals Health Team.) health, autism and/or developmen- For patients calling to have a tal disabilities are a concern. For prescription renewed, please have the

Visit the Temagami Lakes’ Association website: www.tla-temagami.org page 4 Summer 2010 Temagami Times page 5 l e t t e r s l e g e n d of the l a k e t o t h e e d i t o r Stepping up to the Dr. Ja m e s N. Wy c h g e l Plate (Again) The First of Five Generations on Lake Temagami By James Wychgel Norton way to Hudson Bay. They played base- tion was to select an island on Lake Thank you very much to the TLA for My grandfather, James N. ball and square danced at Bear Island, Temagami for a long term lease once again, as many times in the past tak- Wychgel, a doctor at a steel plant in relaxed and enjoyed the scenery. that was then available from the ing the initiative and stepping up to the Cleveland, Ohio, began exploring the In those times it was a long jour- Ontario government. His 1925 journal plate at such a crucial time in not only Lake Temagami region in approxi- ney from Ohio to Temagami. Gramps includes brief notes about 13 islands the Co-op’s future but also of all the oth- mately 1918. He was part of an early first took the train from Cleveland to they investigated including: 1086, ers in town that rely on the grocery store wave of professionals from the Cleve- Toronto and then spent the night at 1075, 1069, 1066, 847, 723, 750, to bring their customers to town. land area who discovered the unique the Royal York before stocking up on 707, 663, 859, 842, 741 and 308. Your request for people to shop locally beauty of Lake Temagami in the early supplies at Michie’s for the journey Eventually, he settled on island 1066, is also appreciated and I for one can tell 1900’s. (For those wondering, the north. The next day involved a train a two and a half acre island near the you that after loading people’s boats for 48 name is pronounced “Wykel.”) trip to Temagami followed perhaps by entrance to the Northeast Arm despite seasons can confirm the small percentage Gramps’ best friend was John a night at a hotel, which he described concerns about the location, a long of goods that were bought in town. There Turner, the legendary Temagami na- in his journal as full of bedbugs. distance (approximately 25 kilometers are also the ”loyals” that do without cer- tive and grandson of Granny Turner, Finally, a steamboat took him to Bear by boat) from the town of Temagami. tain items just to remain local. who promoted canoeing and fishing in Island where he met up with his friend (This was before the Temagami Access Thank you and Board again for your the area from his base on Bear Island. and guide, John Turner. Road was built to service the Copper- fields Mine on Temagami Island). aggressive leadership in this important Gramps and John Turner fished and explored the Temagami region almost Selecting an Island He selected well. Island 1066 is an matter. every summer and once canoed all the One purpose of their explora- continued on page 10

Bill & Billie Kitts Temagami CANDIDATES FOR TLA BOARD TEMAGAMI CO-OP

Deep Cuts in The following members are candidates for election to a three Frills Expected year term on the TLA Board:

The most recent issue of the Temaga- Peter Calverley • Is. 968 mi Times included “Temagami and Places to Grow” and a second article “What the William Goodman • Is. 352 TLA Thinks of Places to Grow Plan for Chip Kittredge • Is. 1155 Northern Ontario.” Gerry Kluwak • Is. 758 Let me refer to a recent documentary on the TV Vision channel called “The The ballot, mailed to all TLA End of Suburbia.” A highly esteemed voting members late in May, can be sent by return mail group of specialists in finance, business, or dropped off at the natural resources, etc, painted the follow- TLA building prior to July 26. ing picture: The party’s over. We have crested the Present Director Vince Hovanec peak of fuel resources and are just begin- is not eligible for re-election; ning the downward curve. Because fuel also scheduled to leave the has been pivotal to all our activities, a Board are Malcolm Wilson, who is eligible for re-election domino effect will come into play and but has opted not to run for MONDAY - FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY we will be aware of the contrast within another term, and Chip Kittredge, 9 am - 6 pm 9 am - 7 pm 11 am - 4 pm 5 years. Expect fuel to cost $5 per gallon who decided to stand for BREAKING NEWS: THE INSTORE BAKERY & DELI WILL BE OPEN AGAIN THIS SUMMER. or more. Expect food and material costs election again. 4EL  s&AX  s%MAILTEMCOOP ONTERANET continued on page 11

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Lest we forget, the Tenets of Temagami simply didn’t happen overnight – they are the result of countless hours of meetings and discussions with government of- ficials, interested stakeholders, community leaders and ordinary citizens. Here’s the timeline: — 1991 — — 1997 — In a position paper prepared for the After substantial input by the Compre- TLA by ex-president Jack Glenn, the hensive Planning Council, the Temag- essential elements of what will become ami Land Use Plan (TLUP) is approved the accepted unique physical charac- by the MNR. All the major principles terizes of Lake Temagami are identi- outlined in the Tenets for Temagami, fied and become the foundation for the including protection for the Skyline Tenets of Temagami. Reserve, are included in Special Man- agement Area #39 ( Lake Temagami) . — 1994 — The Final Report for Restructuring After extensive discussions the (Daiter) Order establishes the newly Municipality, TLA and LaTemPRA amalgamated Municipality of Temaga- (permanent residents) formally adopt mi. The Report states that “The Town- the Tenets for Temagami on March ship with the TLA and LaTemPRA 8, 1994. The Tenets provide for the established common environmental protection and preservation of the objectives for the Lake area which are mainland Skyline Reserve, limited road articulated in the “Tenets for Temaga- access and no mainland development, mi” (See Appendix B).” islands only. Reeve Ivan Beauchamp, Councillor Biff Lowery, TLA Director — 1998 — Art Avard and TLA President Hilton Special Mining Regulations Young play pivotal roles in the process. (Ontario 356/98 and 349/98) estab- lish protection for the Skyline Reserve ( SMA #39). These regulations were developed with input from the Lake Temagami Review Committee (LTRC) which included the TLA (with guidance provided by TLA member Tim Eby EBY) and Ontario Prospectors. Aesthetic and environmental concerns such as blaze marks, shoreline markers are addressed. All islands in SMA#39 were withdrawn Temagami Summer: It Doesn’t Get Any Better in a reopening order. All proposed min- than This Photo: Flickr.com by Joel Bedford ing activities in SMA #39 are now subject to review and comment by the LTRC. — 1995 — With the assistance of Grant Forest The TLA with the assistance of Jim Products the boundaries for the Skyline Hasler and President Sandy Navaro Reserve are formally mapped and ulti- explore the Conservation Reserve as a mately incorporated by the MNR. Lake protective mechanism for the Skyline Temagami cottage owner Peter Bernie Reserve. plays a key role in the partnership with Grant. continued on page 7

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The Tenets of Temagami continued from page 6 Operators Card Required — 2000 — — 2010 — Maps were provided by the MNR The Tenets for Temagami are still in Fo r Al l Dr i v e r s o f Po w e r Bo a t s and the Ontario Ministry of Aborigi- effect but have been under pressure from The Competency of Operators of FAQs for nal Affairs to the land claim Advisory some quarters and receiving support in Pleasure Craft Regulations require op- Human Powered Craft Committee. These maps incorporate others. Factors such as the aboriginal erators of pleasure craft fitted with a the newly defined and now accepted land claims substitution of a conserva- Q. Do I need proof of competency motor and used for recreational pur- to operate a non-powered pleasure boundaries of the Skyline Reserve for tion easement in place of a Waterway poses to have proof of competency craft? Lake Temagami. The TLA supported a Park for the skyline reserve, MNR’s pol- on board at all times. A: No. The Competency of Opera- fair and just settlement subject to the icy restricting disposition of Crown land Proof of competency can take tors of Pleasure Craft Regulations Tenets for Temagami. on lake trout lakes and the actions of 1 of 3 forms: only apply to pleasure craft fitted some lake organizations and elected of- with a motor. — 2003 — 1. A Pleasure Craft Operator Card; ficials are all a matter of concern. 2. Proof of having successfully com- Q: Do I need proof of competency The TFN, TAA and Province of to paddle a pleasure craft fitted with Ontario land claim negotiators reach pleted a boating safety course in Canada prior to April 1, 1999; or, a motor and the motor is turned off? agreement on all key elements for the Municipal Election 3. A completed rental-boat safety A: Yes. proposed land claim settlement which Q: Do I need proof of com- continued from page 1 checklist. specifically provide for the creation of a petency to operate a sailboat? Waterway Park for the preservation for rate-payer is eligible to vote – a All operators, A: You need proof of competency if the mainland Skyline Reserve a unique perspective against which to judge proof of competency the sailboat is fitted with an auxiliary required motor, even when under sail. heritage resource. Major leadership is the merits, or demerits if you will, on board after provided by aboriginal negotiator Doug Safety Tip for Kayakers of the candidates. September 15, 2009. McKenzie and Chief Ontario negotia- There are a number of key is- and Canoeists Visitors from outside Canada who Make sure you are seen on the wa- tor Doug Carr and TLA representative sues that affect, or will in the near operate a power boat that is kept in ter. Even in bright, calm conditions and ex-president Ray Delarosbel. future, all community residents, Canada or mostly operated in Cana- a kayak can be nearly invisible. It is be they permanent or seasonal. — 2006 — da will also have to carry a Pleasure especially difficult for power-driven We hope that everyone who plans Craft Operator’s Card. If visitors vessel and large vessel operators rid- The Temagami Municipal Official to Canada bring their own powered ing high in the water to see kayaks. Plan is approved. The plan sites the Te- to vote – either in person or by a mail-in ballot – will take time to boat into the country, they can oper- Choose bright colours such as red, nets for Temagami and incorporates all ate it for up to 45 days without the yellow or orange for your flotation review what the TLA believes the of its essential elements, including pro- Card, provided they meet the opera- device and kayak. Also, remember to tection for the mainland Skyline Re- critical issues are before deciding tor’s regulations for their own state keep signalling devices within hand’s serve, into the standards applicable to all on the choice of candidates. or country. reach in case of emergency. future development in SMA#39.

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To advertise with us call: (705) 237-8927 • Fax: (705) 237-8916 • e-mail: [email protected] page 8 Temagami Times Summer 2010 page 9 2010 Income Tax Deduction for Canadian Property Owners third party, and the work is not com- fees do not qualify) (This tax advisory article pleted by the end of the eligible period, • Solar panels and solar panel trackers was inadvertently omitted only the portion that is completed be- • Painting the interior or exterior of Part Time Jobs from the winter issue of fore February 1, 2010 will qualify even a house the Times. More important, if a payment has been made. • Building an addition, garage, deck, at the Mine and however, the information is The expenses are eligible when they garden/storage shed, or fence Manitou Landings still valid, and that’s the reason are incurred in relation to a renovation • Re-shingling a roof why it’s appearing now. or alteration to an eligible dwelling (in- • Exterior shutters and awnings The TLA, in partnership cluding the land that forms part of the Cottagers may file a revised • Permanent hot tub and installation with the Municipality of eligible dwelling) and are of an endur- costs list of deductions Temagami, has part time ing nature and integral to the dwell- • Landscaping: new sod, perennial with Revenue Canada.) jobs available helping keep ing. As a general rule, if the item you shrubs and flowers, trees, large the Landings clean and purchase will not become a permanent rocks, permanent garden lighting, By Peter Healy part of your eligible dwelling, it is not permanent water fountain, assisting lake residents Did you know that the Government eligible. permanent ponds, large permanent with trash and recyclables dis- of Canada’s Home Renovation Tax Eligible expenses allowed include: garden ornaments posal. The ideal applicant Credit for 2010 also applies to cottages? • Renovating a kitchen, bathroom, • Retaining wall is a student 14-16 years The HRTC is a 15% non-refundable or basement • Associated costs such as installation, of age who is able to tax credit for eligible renovation ex- • Windows and doors building plans, permits, professional travel to the landing and penditures made to your home or va- • New flooring - carpet, linoleum, services, equipment rentals, and work 4 hours a day cation property. The credit applies to hardwood, floating laminate, etc. incidental expenses any amounts spent over $1,000, up to a • New furnace, woodstove, boiler, • Fixtures - blinds, shades, shutters, approximately 3 days a week. maximum of $10,000 (prior to February fireplace, water softener, water lights, ceiling fans, etc. These positions pay $9/hour. 1, 2010), producing a maximum credit heater, or oil tank • Docks - The materials and of $1,350. • Permanent reverse osmosis systems installation costs for a dock are For either position contact Eligible expenses for goods acquired • Septic systems and wells eligible provided the dock is Peter Healy for further during this period, even if they are in- • Electrical wiring in the home attached to land that forms part information or send stalled after January 2010, will still (e.g., changing from 100 amp to of the eligible dwelling. a letter of interest, with resume, qualify. If an eligible expense involves 200 amp service) • Sanding and refinishing of work performed by a contractor or a • Home security system (monthly hardwood floors. to [email protected]. continued on page 17 Attention Future Journalists/Lake Community Archivists The Temagami Times needs reporters/columnists from all corners of the lake to share their experiences, events and/or lake history. We will print submissions, subject to the usual editorial review. Students may want to contribute items as part of courses or to obtain community volunteer credits.

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Visit the Temagami Lakes’ Association website: www.tla-temagami.org page 8 Summer 2010 Temagami Times page 9 “Mystery, literary fiction and medical drama all rolled into one…” erie Anderson and Jasper Glass. Rober- compelling read”, that sort of thing. A And what did you to goes drinking one night with Jasper great review in The Globe and Mail, do last summer, Nick Glass and they close the bar down and mostly positive reviews across Canada. then walk miles through the streets in There’s been one or two quibbles about Ruddock? a torrential downpour. It’s three in the the violence, like “was that really nec- morning. They come upon a rape in essary?”….but everybody agrees it’s By Jack Goodman progress; they intervene and save the unique. There’s nothing else like “The So, Nick, where did you write life of the girl. However, in doing so, Parabolist” out there. “The Parabolist”? And who published they commit a serious crime: murder. So it’s like Temagami in that re- it? I wrote it on White Bear, Island 488, They escape undetected into the night. spect. Exactly. Southwest Arm, mornings of the sum- A police investigation then ensues and And does Lake Temagami feature any- mer of 2008. I’d do about a thousand narrows in upon the two young men. where in the novel? No, the closest I words by lunch and then resume the usu- That’s the bare bones of the plot? Yes. get is Mattawa, North Bay and Sun- al Temagami life: canoeing, swimming, But it’s set in and around the medical dridge. kayaking, reading. It was published by school, so there’s a lot of other stuff go- How does the Canadian health care Doubleday Canada, a good thing for me ing on. I like to describe it as a love story system look? In the novel? It doesn’t because they’ve done a great job getting played out upon the bodies of the naked really appear in the practical sense be- the book out into the world. and the dead. The comedy-thriller aspect cause all the doctors in the book are It’s an unusual novel. Just when drives it along but, as with all coming-of- still students. They dissect dead bodies, you think you’re reading a comedy, age novels, it’s really, in the tumultuous they have no real patients. Mind you, Nick Ruddock, Guelph physician and author it turns in another direction. And end, a love story. Also a serious comment all of our dead bodies have always had flea market this year? They have hot then another direction. That’s true. It’s on the power of poetry. health insurance anyway. As do Ameri- dogs there, right, for lunch? multifaceted. It starts with comedy— a It certainly is quite sexually explicit cans now, living and dead, thanks to Yes, good ones, I’m told. Then yes, I’ll young man escaping from an amorous in parts. True enough. It was written to your new president. see you there. The cover of my book is misadventure through a milkbox—but be a no-holds-barred novel. The char- Have you thought about bringing very impressive: it looks like a bonfire, it soon ascends or descends into more acters don’t do a lot of reflecting; they copies of “The Parabolist” to the TLA you can’t miss it. serious fare. throw themselves heedlessly into dan- Tell us about the plot, if you can, ger and into relationships. The detail- without spoilers. Okay: A young Mexi- ing of those activities was important. can poet, Roberto Moreno, arrives in How’s it been received so far, Toronto. He befriends students in the critically? So far, so good. “Wonder- first year medical class, particularly Val- fully odd”, “a joy to behold”, “a totally

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Dr. James N. Wychgel continued from page 5 The View from the Co-op continued from page 3 island paradise with all the attributes trip together, they traveled in style year, but there are many factors in this Now, large wholesalers Flanagan’s for a comfortable cottage retreat. It is from Cleveland in Gramps’ new car, a business that are beyond our control. and Sysco deliver direct to the Mine a teardrop shaped tract with the fat fancy Packard roadster, along the new- As always, weather is the most impor- Landing in refrigerated tractor trail- end facing east. The mainland shore ly built Highway 11 which eventually tant. ers. If the Co-op were to compete with parallels the southern side of the replaced the railroad as the preferred Orders taken by phone, fax or email them, it would at least have to provide As we did last year, we will be ac- a comparable delivery service. island about 100 meters away creating way to get to Temagami. In those days, cepting grocery orders at least a week Clearly, substantial expense would a narrow channel and an ideal loca- however, the road was dirt in some ar- in advance (to ensure product avail- be involved. In addition, extra staff tion for a boathouse protected from eas and was not the easy and fast route ability) by telephone, fax or e-mail, to would have to be hired to make up or- the sometimes strong winds and large that it is today. be charged to a credit card. Orders will ders at night, and to take orders and waves. Because the island tapers to a be delivered to the TLA building or an- organize deliveries during the day. Suf- narrow tip on the west end, Gramps Summer Life on Temagami other agreed upon landing, or they can ficient space to receive and make up selected the east side for locating the Gramma was a trooper despite the be picked up at the Co-op. orders would have to be found in the modest one bedroom cottage and the ruggedness of Temagami that was so To place an order, or to open an ac- store, limiting the space available for channel facing the sunny south side different from her city life in Cleve- count, call the store at 705-569-2732 our retail operation, right at the time for an enclosed boathouse. land. On her many trips to Temagami and ask for Cindy Salmond. We are when we are busiest. Most important The cottage and boathouse were she cooked on a Guelph Iron Works working on a template for a basic shop- of all, the Co-op would have to have constructed in 1927; the same year woodstove. Ice was delivered from ping list to make this process easier for a wholesale supply agreement, like our that Dr. Wychgel acquired lease John Turner’s ice house on Bear Island everyone. Once again, thanks to the current retail supply agreement with TLA for making the delivery service number 160 to the island for the to the red ice box that kept food cool Loblaws. No such agreements are avail- possible. able for this area. However, if a whopping sum of $100. The 25 by in the cottage. She heated a stone iron Our in-store bakery will re-open for camp or lodge wants to order in bulk, 38 foot cottage and boathouse cost to keep clothes, sheets and towels neat three days a week through the summer, preferably a week or two in advance to $750 in 1927 and a small 10x14 foot and tidy. starting in May, with fresh-baked breads ensure supply, the Co-op can bring in sleeping cottage was added in 1941 According to my Mom, she wore and buns. Fresh meat from Temiskam- the order and hold it for pick-up. But for $150. John Turner and his crew nylon stockings every day and never ing farms will not be available this year we can’t give “deals”, because our profit built the structures largely from logs washed her hair to prevent damaging because we have to pre-pay our orders, margins are already too low. Camps do and lumber acquired locally. Prior to the last permanent she had in Cleve- but we will consider it again. buy some flyer specials, but we absorb that time, many of the cottages on land! There are many artifacts of these The greenhouse garden project is, the losses on them, so such purchases Lake Temagami were built by French early days still at the cottage today at the time of writing this article, not represent no advantage for us. We Canadians, so Gramps helped his including the old wood stove which likely to be realized this year. Every as- could make up a list of those items we friend John Turner get into the serves as a counter top, the ice box pect, including fundraising for building do make money on that we might be business of building cottages. which we use for storage, the stone materials, is completely dependent on willing to supply, but that’s the best we A few years later, Gramps mar- iron which now makes a nice door volunteer labour. Although not enough can do. volunteers have come forward so far, We are a retail operation, and it ried my grandmother, Ruth Cannell stop, and a dining room table that the idea is still very much alive, and we doesn’t make sense for us to try to be Wychgel, and they spent their hon- belonged to Gramma’s parents which hope that leafy greens and fresh herbs something else. Our managers have was brought up later. A canoe paddle, eymoon canoeing in the Temagami from the Co-op will appear at the Com- been running a very tight ship through region. Once again, John Turner was tent post and water cup commemorate munity Market next summer. the winter, and plans are already in their guide and it was just the three the trip to Hudson Bay, and the Pe- Why Not Supply Camps and Lodges? place for even greater economies in of them in the wilderness. There are terborough canvas canoe that Gramps For years, on and off, the Co-op has the winter of 2010/11. The recession many family stories about this adven- and John Turner paddled still is in the been encouraged to consider supplying has had a substantial negative impact ture. Ruth couldn’t swim so it must boat house, rebuilt twice since the epic the camps and lodges on Lake Temag- on the grocery business everywhere in have been traumatic for her to be in trip. ami. It seems an obvious opportunity Canada, and has added to the difficul- the middle of the canoe crossing open In the 1930’s, Gramps decided to for a good business until one examines ties we have been experiencing at the stretches of water. To make matters modernize the cottage to make it more the nuts and bolts of it. Our Board and store. worse she was told to bring only warm convenient for his “best girlfriend”, as managers have done that, and we would With the support of our custom- wool clothes and it turned out that he called Gramma. He was the first like to take up some space here to put ers and a warm, dry summer, we hope the question to rest. In the days that we will be able to turn our business she was allergic to wool and the tem- seasonal resident to bring propane to before the Mine Road became a public around. The campaign to raise money peratures reached into the 80’s. A bee Lake Temagami and eventually helped road, it was practical for all concerned to stock the store has been a huge boost stung her finger and it swelled up so Marty Taylor to start a propane busi- to have the camps and lodges supplied to our morale as well as a gift to our fi- much they couldn’t get her new wed- ness on the Lake from his base that is from town. The store had only to co- nances, and we thank all our campaign- ding ring off. now Temagami Marine. Gramps load- ordinate ordering and delivery to the ers and donors once again for their gen- In spite of the trauma of the first ed two 20 pound propane tanks into docks. Nothing ever went through the erosity. continued on page 16 store itself.

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l e t t e r s t o t h e e d i t o r continued from page 5 to go up. Expect businesses to fail. Ex- but I pay a surcharge for it. One might value assessment for the municipality as upgrading water treatment plants and pect job losses. Expect a slump in real think that, because I can get my car out a whole. sewage systems (because we have two of estate. Expect some kind of return of onto the highway in winter more often In fact, our total tax revenues are each, one for the old village and one for the railways. Expect more cohesiveness than not, because I have hydro, tele- not even enough to cover our costs. It is the north town site, another interesting in neighbourhoods. Expect a reduction phone and Internet access, and because deeply frustrating that Temagami must accident of history) and upgrading our in such activities as sports and sporting the crawlspace under my house is insu- rely on grants and loans to pay for al- three landfill sites. events. Expect interest rates to rise. Ex- lated, that my property would be valued most all its capital projects: repairs to Even at the tax rate that many tax- pect cottages to lie empty. more highly than hers. But the market the Mine Road, repairs to the landings, continued on page 12 Our whole way of life is about to demand on which the value is based change and Temagami Lake and its clearly has nothing to do with winter environs as a “playground” may experi- use or communication. ence deep cuts in all the frills we have Despite the fact that my property taken for granted. would sell for relatively little, should I Governments are away behind in wish to sell it, it appears that I am the policy making in the face of this reality. lucky one. The woman who wrote the Mother Nature will dictate the terms, letter was extremely upset because she not parliamentary committees. As the was faced with having to sell her prop- Boy Scouts say, “Be Prepared” folks, be erty, one that had been in the family for prepared. three generations, because she could not afford to pay the increased taxes result- Claire A. Muller, Island 234 ing from the new assessment. A number Wolfe Island, ON of permanent residents of Temagami are faced with exactly the same prospect, simply because their homes are located What MPAC on waterfront. Although this is a local issue for both Assessments seasonal and permanent residents, its Really Mean to cause is not local. MPAC is a provincial corporation, created by the Conserva- Temagami tive government of Mike Harris, and the downloading of services from the pro- In April last year, a seasonal resident vincial to the municipal level was an- wrote to the Temagami Talker to voice other achievement of that government. her disbelief at her new MPAC assess- The rate at which property values ment. What struck me about her letter are taxed is set locally, but the rules was the description of her property. Her about how tax revenues are spent are building is the same size, age and type as not. For example, the cost of social mine, and her property is the same size. services, which benefit seasonal resi- The difference is that hers is on a small dents hardly at all, is determined by the lake. Mine is landlocked, and fronts on district social services administration the highway. Presumably, this accounts board (DSSAB), based on a formula for the fact that MPAC says her prop- set by the provincial government. And erty has nearly four times the value of that formula is not based on permanent mine. resident population, of which Temagami Her property is zoned Rural Resi- has very little. It is based, once again, dential, like mine, so the tax rate is the on property value assessment. same, and we both receive the same So Temagami pays a whopping bill basic services for our taxes: planning, for social services because the market roads, landings, and waste manage- demand for properties with lake front- ment. I also receive garbage pickup, age has created a very high property

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l e t t e r s t o t h e e d i t o r continued from page 11 payers, seasonal, permanent, residential year ‘round community, the lack of a ser- and commercial, consider to be exorbi- vice centre would certainly reduce prop- tant, property taxes generate only about erty values in the area, and taxes would two thirds of the municipality’s annual certainly go down. Is that the choice we budget. We have to pay for policing and are all faced with? emergency services, and to top it all off, The demand for waterfront properties the province has actually reduced the level comes from the same source as the demand of subsidy Temagami receives to help with for everything else that Temagami has ever these expenses. Why? Because of the size been able to sell: large cities to the south. of our total property value assessment. Unless current market trends change dras- Without amenities such as our library, tically, or provincial government policies community hall and arena, and without change drastically, creating a sustain- law enforcement, emergency and social able economic base for the community of services, it would be impossible to attract Temagami, one that can co-exist comfort- people to live and build businesses here, ably with The Temagami Experience, will impossible to maintain a population base be very, very difficult. Gerry Gooderham sufficient to support a school, grocery Group Box 22 store, liquor store, bank, post office and Judy Gouin TEMAGAMI, ON hardware store. Of course, if there were no Temagami P0H 2H0 Ogama Island 843 e-mail: [email protected] Mandatory Life Jackets continued from page 9 proportion has not changed in the Julian Fantino, Commissioner of the last 10 years. OPP, told the Windsor Star, ““We know • In about 1 in 4cases, a PFD was on that mandatory life-jacket or PFD (per- board but not worn. sonal flotation device) use will start • About 3% of victims wore a PFD of saving lives immediately.” OPP deputy the wrong size or an unfastened PFD. commissioner and commander of traffic • Over 80% of boating drownings safety, Larry Beechey says “A life-jacket involved people in boats less than 6 doesn’t do you any good stored under metres. the seat or even placed next to you. You (Source: www.csbc.ca . and Proceedings have to wear it,” of the Standing Senate Committee on Mandatory in Energy, the Environment and Natural New York State in Winter Resources OTTAWA, Tuesday, June 28, Starting Nov. 1, 2009, anyone in 2005) a boat less than 21 feet long on New Are Mandatory Lifejackets York State waters must wear a US Coast the Solution? Guard-approved PFD or life jacket dur- The Canadian Safe Boating Council ing the Nov.1-May 1 period of every supports making it mandatory to wear year, the six coldest months of the year an approved life jacket of PFD on plea- when capsized boaters drawn faster in sure craft less than 6 metres in length. chilly water. It applies to motor and hu- Supporters of mandatory wearing man powered craft on lakes, waterways include: Nova Scotia Federation of An- and on the ocean. The fine for non- glers and Hunters; Ontario Provincial compliance is $100 to $250. New York Police (OPP): Canoe Kayak Canada: State law also requires children under Surete de Quebec (Quebec provincial 12 years of age to wear a life jacket when website www.icanoe.ca phone 705-569-2595 email [email protected] Police); and The Royal Life Saving So- on board any vessel less than 40 feet Pendelton Blankets • Keen Sandals • Souris River ciety of Canada when underway. Ultralight Canoes • Artwork by Steve Snake • Historical Maps of Temagami • Outdoor Clothing • TOC designs continued on page 21

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How Low is the Lake? continued from page 1 The remaining outlet, which is the ate its dam at Cross Lake to keep the one that still drains Lake Temagami, is lake within informal guidelines that set through Cross Lake into the Temagami out a maximum/minimum summer and River which meets the Sturgeon River winter range. The water levels should at River Valley and then flows into Lake not harm fish spawning or prevent nav- Nipissing. Lake Nipissing in turn drains igation or cause damage to property. into the French River system and Lake OPG also has to balance the interests Huron. of the land owners and municipalities An interesting question was raised downstream, primarily those on Lake by some cottagers in the spring of 2009 Nipissing and to some extent on the when Lake Temagami was experienc- French River. If Lake Nipissing is close ing very high water levels. The ques- to flood conditions OPG might hold tion was whether or not the outlet into back water at Lake Temagami. It is es- Diamond Lake could be reopened or at timated that 60 percent of Lake Nipiss- least made available for over flow when ing’s inflow comes from the Sturgeon the lake exceeded its maximum level. River of which Temagami contributes Although apparently the outlet was to approximately 30 percent. blocked up without a lot of consider- The math and the calculations are ation, the reopening of the outlet may approximations, but this would mean require an environmental assessment. that stopping the flow of the dam at How OPG Operates Cross Lake could affect as much as 15 The OPG is licenced to operate the percent of the flow into Lake Nipissing. dam at Cross Lake. In theory, OPG’s The Sturgeon/Nipissing/French ad- operation of the dam is overseen by the visory group meets prior to the spring MNR which must ensure that the dam is frechette each year and then weekly operating in accordance with the prin- by telephone to discuss watershed is- ciples of the Lakes and Rivers Improve- sues and attempt to influence deci- ment Act. As well, the OPG is part of sions involving the opening and clos- the Nipissing/French River watershed ing of dams within the watershed. advisory committee which has some in- Lake Nipissing has six representatives put into the level of flow at the dam. (including the Nipissing First Nation). The French River residents (with ap- proximately the same number of cot- One of the testy issues tages as Lake Temagami, but perhaps a for Lake Temagami few more tourist operations) have five representatives (including the Dokis residents and probably First Nation). Lake Temagami has one for any land owners on representative. an OPG controlled lakes The mandate of dam owners as stat- or reservoirs is the effect ed in the terms of reference of the ad- of the OPG’s winter visory group is that dams are operated to benefit recreation fisheries. Prece- draw down. dence, however, is given to prevention to loss of life, personal injury or damage OPG has a number of interests to to private property through flooding or balance in operating the dam. There abnormal water level fluctuations. are two power generating facilities OPG and Weyerhaeuser operate downstream. One is operated by the their dams to maximize power genera- OPG itself at the Crystal Falls on the tion, but not without major consider- Sturgeon River. A second dam in the ation of the other users of the waterways town of Sturgeon Falls is operated by for primarily recreational and fisheries Weyerhaeuser, the owner of the former purposes. pulp and paper plant there. Paramount to OPG, Weyerhaeuser’s Then there are the interests of the and other smaller dam operations is the lake residents. OPG attempts to oper- prevention of loss of life, personal injury continued on page 15

To advertise with us call: (705) 237-8927 • Fax: (705) 237-8916 • e-mail: [email protected] page 14 Temagami Times Summer 2010 page 15 Art Camp 2010 A Conservation with Founder Bettina Schuller Q. What was the inspiration for (TCF) founded with the same goals and the Art Camp? philosophy I had for art camp. Holly A: When I met my husband Chris in Caryna from the Temagami First Nation 1988, he took me to his family’s island (TFN) and I got together to apply for a to get to know the place he had spent grant with the TCF and conducted the every summer since 1959. His grandfa- first art camp on Bear Island in 2002. Ev- ther had bought Island 421 in 1947. I ery year since, art camp has been offered have spent every summer in Temagami to the kids of Temagami and is sponsored since 1988 and it is my favorite place by the TCF and the TFN Nation. on earth. When I thought about getting Q: Do you have training or a long- involved into the community in 2000, time interest in arts and crafts? I knew that I wanted to help with the process of integrating the community I A: I studied at the School of the Mu- love. seum of Fine Arts in Boston in 2001 I pictured people sitting together at and 2002 and have always taken classes a negotiation table for one reason or an- to learn specific arts and crafts. I have other and also pictured what that would taught art to many kids in the communi- look like if these adult men and women ties I lived in and involve art in my spiri- had known each other all their lives in a tual retreats as well. Art can be a form of positive context. How would they inter- self expression and connection in a non act without prejudice against one anoth- competitive and non threatening way er and instead had learned about their and that is what I needed to help me cultural differences and their common with the goals of integration and con- humanity in a positive environment? nection for our kids. How would they talk with each other, if Q: Are campers selected on a they had played and laughed with each “first-come, first-served” basis? other as kids? What would the differ- ence be, if they had known each other A: So far campers have been selected all their lives and how would that effect this way, but we might have to come up the community and environment we all with another system because so many love so much? kids have become interested in art It was obvious to me that I needed to camp. If we cannot offer another week create a venue for the kids in our com- of art camp, we might give priority ev- munity to get together every summer ery year to the kids who have never at- and get to know each other. As a teacher tended art camp. This way every kid gets who loves art and arts/crafts, I knew that a chance to attend at least one year. My my gifts would be best used if I started hope, though, is that we will be able to a summer camp involving the arts, but offer a second week later in the summer not limited to fine arts. The kids needed for the kids that were on the waiting list to have fun, time to play, sing, interact and the kids who come up to Temagami informally and learn about our cultures later in the summer. and other cultures as well. Q: Who pays for art camp? I conducted the first art camp in co- operation with St. Simon’s Anglican A: The cost is shared by the Temagami Church in the summer of 2001. That Community Foundation, which finances year 12 kids attended, but no child from the camp, and the TFN, which provides Bear Island. That summer also saw the the space, councilors and two snacks Temagami Community Foundation daily for the kids. continued on page 21

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How Low is the Lake? continued from page 13 TLA Objects continued from page 1 or damage to private property through to its normal levels by breakup. Never- are going to be very high water levels flooding or abnormal water level fluc- theless, the draw down continued. on Lake Temagami unless measures are MPAC have assured us that the neces- tuation. No doubt OPG expected that above taken. sary information is now in the hands of normal precipitation would occur in Apparently, OPG’s explanation for Winter Draw Down: the Municipality. February or March or April. the near record high levels in May An Important Issue We do acknowledge the efforts made As we know, that did not happen. 2009 is that the frechette in the spring One of the testy issues for Lake by the Municipality to contain the 2010 Temagami residents and probably for While OPG did end the winter draw of 2009 began early and was very quick operating budget costs in the face of any land owners on an OPG controlled down (by closing the dam) earlier then but then it stopped. The “frechette” or reduced transfers from the Province. lakes or reservoirs is the effect of the it historically does, this was not suffi- spring thaw then quickly resumed and However, we do note that the proposed OPG’s winter draw down. cient this year to bring the lake up to apparently built up lake levels rapidly. tax increase for 2010 is still 6.5 percent, Generally speaking, OPG stores wa- its normal summer range by breakup. Why Not a Better Response? the majority of which would be applied ter in their reservoirs through the au- It is hard to avoid the conclusion to the waterfront residents of Temagami, tumn and then draws the water down It is hard to avoid that a quicker and more nimble re- if the MPAC-driven impact of past-year during the winter months so as to cre- the conclusion that sponse should have been able to avoid budget increases continues. ate a steady flow of water to their power a quicker and more nimble the problems of the 2009 breakup. According to the 2010 draft budget, generating stations when the river flow However, to be fair to OPG, one of the the budget includes a $670,000 “sur- response should have been would ordinarily be decreased. If all issues that it faces with the Cross Lake plus”, which is then balanced precisely goes well the system of autumn buildup able to avoid the problems dam is that the maximum flow of the by a $670,000 capital cost budget. We and winter draw down does not affect of the 2009 break up. dam is relatively small compared to the especially noted that in this capital cost fish spawning or do damage to property quantity of water in Lake Temagami. budget are expenses for service-specific owners. Can the Dams be Even when the dam is open to its full work of which approximately $350,000 One question is whether the winter Managed in another Way? capacity it takes a significant amount is applied to water and sewage infra- draw down is purely a creation of the OPG Lake residents have to wonder why of time to lower the water level across structure projects. and other dam operators or whether it re- OPG cannot fine tune the opening and the lake. One estimate is that it takes The 20 April Budget report indicates flects what lakes naturally do. Where it closing of the dam to prevent low water 24 hours from the moment the dam is that the Municipality has adjusted the clearly becomes a problem is when snow levels: when the January precipitation completely open before the far end of budget to increase user fees to cover costs fall is above or below normal. is low OPG can ease up on the win- the lake will register a 1 cm drop in wa- for water infrastructure work, and has ter draw down and then increase the ter level. applied $30,000 of the received gas tax What Happened this Winter? revenue towards waste management ex- This winter the lake was lowered to flow if precipitation does materialize. It seems a reasonable principle that there penses, effectively addressing these two its normal winter low in spite of the fact (Detailed information on areas with service-specific and general- should always be enough snow to bring that the amount of moisture (by way of water levels and “flow” at the application funding, appropriate in both the lake up to normal levels. the snow pack) in the Lake Temagami Cross Lake dam and all others in instances. High water levels present a different drainage basin was low. As early as Jan- Ontario can be found on However, our review of the draft set of issues. When, as in the winter uary it should have been clear that un- OPG’s website, budget’s proposed capital costs indicates of 2008/2009, moisture levels in the less substantial snow falls were to occur OPG.com/water.) that after these changes and the impact drainage area substantially above nor- that there would not be enough mois- continued on page 29 ture in the forest to replenish the lake mal it could be anticipated that there

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Dr. James N. Wychgel continued from page 10 the car which he bought in Chagrin Falls, matic man with a broad smile, warm dis- Ohio along with the copper tubing neces- position and a loud belly laugh. Before sary to set up the propane stove. Propane long he was escorted by police cars with lights and a Servel fridge were added later. sirens blaring to Gramps’ house for their After Marty Tailor went into the propane stay in the city. business it wasn’t necessary to lug the 20 pound tanks all the way from Ohio. Promoting Temagami in the off-season Although Gramps went to Temagami John and other Temagami natives re- to get away from his responsibilities as a galed the city folk with stories of hunting, doctor, he was called upon frequently to fishing and canoeing along with demon- care for the residents and visitors to the strations of wilderness techniques such region. In addition to delivering Larry’s as log rolling at the Sportsman’s Show at wife’s 7 1/2 lb daughter, he also delivered the Cleveland Arena. John Turner’s wife’s son Jimmie who was After seeing and hearing these presen- named after him. There were occasional tations, many a young boy was bitten by late night boat accidents that Gramps was the wilderness bug and couldn’t wait to asked to look after and he regularly pre- attend a canoe camp at Lake Temagami. scribed medicines and stitched up cuts. Undoubtedly there are many families en- In the winter time, John Turner and joying Temagami today who owe their his wife, Mary, visited the Wychgels in first experiences to these winter promo- Cleveland. Unfamiliar with the city tions in large cities to the South. streets, he once was stopped by the police In the 1940’s and 50’s, Gramps’ canoe for driving the wrong way down Shaker adventures were replaced by activities Dr. Wychgel (left) and John Turner on Island 1066 on a Heights Boulevard. John was a charis- closer to the island with Gramma, his son summer day in the 1940-50s period. continued on page 17

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Dr. James N. Wychgel continued from page 16 2010 Income Tax James Follansbee Wychgel (named after erty for $45 an acre today?). bolts and old fishing equipment. My continued from page 16 Gramp’s mentor, Dr. George Follans- Most every summer he sat on the uncle, James Follansbee Wychgel, took • Sauna: The costs of installing a bee, who introduced him to Temagami) porch with John Turner where they loving care of the place for many de- wood-fired, 10 x 10-foot, outdoor and daughter Betsy along with a gaggle laughed and reminisced about the good cades after Gramps passed away and re- sauna building on the land that of friends they brought to the lake. In old days. He attended Temagami Lakes cently turned the responsibility over to forms part of an eligible dwelling 1944 he acquired fee title to the island Association meetings regularly and was my cousin Anne White and me. qualifies. and terminated the long term lease for an original member of the group when Five generations of Dr. Wychgel’s $137.50. The cost was composed of a it was formed in 1931 although he prob- family have visited and loved Lake • Solar panels on your home or on $45 per acre fee for the two and a half ably did not attend the first meeting be- Temagami. Gramps brought his in-laws, adjacent land qualify unless the acre island and $25 fee for survey work cause his son was born that summer in Eli Scott and Anna Mary “Mame” Can- cost is part of the purchase price (wouldn’t it be nice to buy island prop- Ohio. nell to island 1066 in the 1930s and his of the home. You can still claim children, grand children and now great the full HRTC on the costs of The past and the Future grandchildren are frequent visitors. His the installation if you’ve received “Delivered Larry’s Gramps would be proud that Island granddaughter, Anne Wychgel White, another government tax credit wife’s 7 1/2 lb girl. 1066 is still pretty much as he left it. and great grandson, Scotty White, even or grant for installing the solar All three buildings are still there and followed the paddle strokes of Gramps panels. Fished and caught the only significant change is the ad- and John Turner all the way to Hudson 10 1/2 lb trout.” dition of a composting toilet that my Bay, and Scotty is a camp counselor at • Tree removal: if the removal re- 12:30 AM, Aunt Mary had Mac McKenzie build Keewaydin. lates to a renovation project that Monday, July 13, 1925, in 1997. We still use propane for the Grampa Wychgel’s Temagami legacy is of an “enduring nature and fridge, stove, hot water and lighting. has endured for 90 years and with con- integral to the home.” Journal of James N. Wychgel Gramps’ old tools are still in the attic tinued loving care will be appreciated For complete details check the along with an array of nails, screws, for many generations to come. Canada Revenue Agency website.

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Bettina Schuller continued from page 14 Interested in Q: Is there any possibility of it being with each other, but they would also get and grandkids come up to Temagami Art Camp? extended for additional weeks? to know our beautiful lake in a new way. at a later time. I would love to be able A: We have had many requests to have Many kids from town have never spent to integrate more artists from the com- Parents should contact a second week of art camp and at this time on Lake Temagami and the trip to munity who could offer a specific me- Vicky Blake at the point it is a financial question and a Bear Island to art camp was their first dia or art form for the whole week. We matter of getting enough volunteers to time on the lake. already have offered a drama group with Temagami First Nation: help with the camp. I have not inquired I would also love to offer a weekend June Keevil and Laura Irvine Aumont, (705) 237-8943; with the TFN yet, but I hope they for the women in our community to watercolor with Steve Drake, felting registration is from would host a second week per year on share and spend time with each other. with Sherry Guppy, acrylics with Frank June 1-15. their beautiful island. It would be a wonderful event to be able Smith (artist from Toronto) as well as to get to know each other in a relaxed special days with Wayne Yarrow (wood- Q: What activities -- if financial and atmosphere and share our personal and working), Marvyn Morrison (photog- We are in the process of planning a human resources were available cultural backgrounds. We could talk raphy) and Caitlin Morrison (papier- special art camp and community event -- would you like to add? about our specific gifts as women and mâché). for the 10th anniversary of art camp in A: I would love to offer a weekend of how to use them towards the goal of It would be wonderful to expand 2012 and we need lots of volunteers to camping/canoeing for the older kids integrating the Temagami community. these days into a whole week to let the help with the planning and organizing. with outdoor activities and specific kids work with one topic throughout We’re looking for volunteers to help cultural activities. If the kids had the Q: Where do you see the camp the week. with this event. chance to spend a whole weekend (or going in the future? I also would love to have an ex- Finally, I see the art camp expand- week) together, the goal of integrating A: I would love to expand the camp to hibit of all the art work in the town of ing and continuing throughout the the kids from the different “legs” of our a second week in late July/beginning Temagami during the summer months years with many community members community would be highly advanced. of August. Many people have enquired and share the art work with the whole involved, sharing their time, treasure Not only would the kids be able to bond about a later time, because their kids community. and talent.

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To advertise with us call: (705) 237-8927 • Fax: (705) 237-8916 • e-mail: [email protected] page 24 Temagami Times Summer 2010 page 25 PM Sings for Dinner at TCF Fundraiser Who would have thought that the folk singer with ties to Lake Temagami, er Temagami community. It can issue the Foundation to respond to commu- Right Honourable John Turner, Can- put the TCF poem to song. Canadian and American tax receipts nity needs. Victoria Grant, one of the ada’s 17th Prime Minister, would agree It was a touching moment. Attend- for donations made. original founders of the Foundation to sing the old Camp Temagami song ees came from Temagami, North Bay, The TCF is administered by a vol- along with Walter Ross, spoke about at a recent fundraiser in Toronto for Toronto, Minnesota, New Hampshire unteer board of twelve directors repre- establishing the Foundation 10 short the Temagami Community Founda- and Florida for the event. Temagami senting the three main communities: years ago, and used a pine tree as a tion (TCF)? First Nation Chief Roxanne Ayotte, Aboriginal, Seasonal & Permanent metaphor for the growth of the Foun- The historical Camp Temagami’s Tema Augama Annishnabai Chief residents. Currently the board has rep- dation. most distinguished camper, now 80 John McKenzie and MPP David Ram- resentatives from the USA, Canada Summing it all up with his mes- years old, was in fine form and spoke say also attended. With only 100 seats and Bear Island. Its mandate includes sage, John Turner said what Temaga- glowingly about his time as a youth at available it was a small intimate eve- issues relating to: environmental mi taught him was the importance of the camp beginning in the 30’s. He was ning that resulted in huge benefits for awareness & stewardship, community water. Throughout his life he paddled the Foundation’s key note speaker at a the Foundation. arts & culture, First Nation heritage many of Canada’s major rivers and dur- swishy fundraiser held at Toronto’s fa- The purpose of the event was to in- and sustainable community economic ing his political career he negotiated mous George Restaurant in mid-April. crease awareness about the Foundation development. many treaties and legal agreements re- The event, with a silent and live auc- and raise funds for the TCF, a Cana- Cathy Dwyer-Smith, Chair of the garding the sustainability of water. tion, musical entertainment provided dian Charitable Foundation. It can be Foundation and co-chair of the event To find out more about the Foun- by Jake Thomas of the Fundamentals thought of as a “community savings ac- along with Victoria Grant, spoke to the dation you can attend their AGM on and Danny B, and a special appearance count” established by generous donors group about the importance of building August 5th on Lake Temagami or by of Helen Lewis Moore, an American for the long-term benefit of the broad- the endowment fund which will allow calling 705 569-3737.

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In Remembrance Vagn Peterson 1932 — 2009

Artist, dining host and good friend to all Lake Rock. A couple of years later Vagn purchased a Temagami residents Vagn Peterson died peacefully in motel restaurant between Temagami and New

early December 2009. Liskeard naming it the Scandia Inn where he served Born in Denmark in 1932 Vagn arrived in as host for many through the 1980’s. It was always Toronto in 1962 and settled with Else on Garden a comfort for travelers to stop for a lunch of home- Island as caretaker for Camp Wabun in 1970 where made soup and a sandwich or simply a Danish beer he remained for 10 years. It was here that he created and good conversation. beautiful oil and pencil landscapes that are treasured In the 1990’s the Petersons moved to New Liskeard, today by many lake residents. Vagn and Else could opening the first of two Copenhagen Dining Rooms frequently be seen in the evenings paddling by our and enjoyed ‘city’ life for most of that decade. Temag- docks on the way to Kokoko Bay where he liked to ami called again however and they returned in 1999

sketch, fish and simply camp out. to convert a local restaurant into the Copenhagen Vagn and Else could be observed daily walking along In the early 1980’s the Petersons moved to North Dining Room. It was a welcome haven for many the waterfront and nodding quiet hello to their many Bay however the lure of the Temagami region diners as they passed through town or travelled to acquaintances from Town and from up the lake. remained strong. He soon returned and found work town from the lake for a fine meal. Vagn was a good friend to many and will be missed managing properties (Temagami Shell and Camp Vagn retired in 2006 after which he spent quiet time by all. Chimo) for Joe Shaw and eventually supervised the renewing his interest in art, sketching, drawing and construction of the Shaw log cabin after the loss of even opening a gallery so that other local artists would Peter Healy their cottage in a fire on Island 1024 next to Slide have a venue to display their talents. During these years

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Lake Temagami Fishing Sticker (not shown at actual size). 2009 RECREATIONAL FISHING SUMMARY Please refer to the Fishing Regulations for more information TLA and Local FISHING LICENCE S - Sport Fishing C - Conservation Fishing *PLEASE NOTE SLOT LIMITS* Business Promote Fisheries Management SPECIES Slot Limits and Exceptions Zone 11 Sustainable Fishing Jan. 1 to March 21 (3rd Sun) Slot Limit, Sport & Conservation: Walleye (Pickerel) Now just how long was that fish? And was it a May 15 (3rd Sat.) to Dec. 31 Zero (0) between 43 - 60 cm (16.9” – 23.6”) and Sauger S – four (4) in one day Only one (1) greater than 60cm (23.6”) in length “keeper” or should it go back into the lake? or any combination C – two (2) in one day Lake Temagami - Zero (0) between 46 – 60 cm (18” – 23.6”) To help answer those questions and many more, the One (1) >60 cm TLA, with the help of local sponsors, has produced a Largemouth & June 22 (4th Sat.) to Dec 31 Obabika Lake – Small Mouth brand new Lake Temagami Fishing Sticker. The aim is Smallmouth Bass S - six (6) in one day S – two (2) or any combination C – two (2) in one day C – one (1) to place it in as many boats as possible so that anglers have easy access to Temagami’s specific catch limits and Slot Limit Sport Fishing License slot sizes, which have changed in recent years. Jan 1 to March 21st Only two (2) greater than 61 cm (24”)of which only one (1) (3rd Sun.) may be greater than 86 cm (33.9”) The new sticker also includes important informa- May 15 (3rd Sat.) to Dec 31 Slot Limit Conservation License tion such as Lake Temagami’s fish sanctuaries, catch Northern Pike S – six (6) in one day Only one (1) greater than 61 cm (24”) Zero (0) greater than limits for other lakes in the area, as well as the contact C – two (2) in one day 86 cm (33.9”) length Obabika Lake S- two (2) Only 1 > 86cm information for supporting businesses and the MNR C- one (1) Must be < 86cm TIPS line. Feb 15 – Mar. 21 (3rd Sun.) The sticker will be available free of charge at the May 15 (3rd Sat.) – Sept. 30 Florence Lake & Obabika Lake Lake Trout S - two (2) in one day Closed All Year for Lake Trout TLA Headquarters and supporting business locations. C – one (1) in one day Thank you to all that have helped out with this Size Limit for Sport License project, including the Ministry of Natural Resources and Feb 15 to Sept. 30 Brook Trout Only one (1) greater than 31 cm (12.2”) S – five (5) in one day Price Signs of North Bay. And finally, enormous thanks (Speckled Trout) Size limit for Conservation License C – two (2) in one day Zero (0) greater than 31 cm (12.2”) go out to the sponsors who have recognized this project as an important conservation initiative. Open All Year Splake S – five (5) C – two (2) They are: Open all year Lake Temagami – S – twenty-five (25) Whitefish S – twelve (12) in one day • Be r u b e C – twelve (12) C – six (6) in one day Re p a i r s Lt d . BAIT-FISH • Ca m p Ad a n a c It is illegal to release any live bait, or dump the contents of a bait bucket, Lake Temagami – Alive or Dead Bait-Fish including the water, into any waters, or within 30 m of any waters less than 13 cm (5.1”) only • Ke n n e d y In s u r a n c e SANCTUARIES Dates are inclusive Br o k e r s Lake Temagami -Gull Creek (SW Arm) • Lo o n Lo d g e March 15 – June 15 -Kokoko Bay • La k e l a n d Ai r w a y s -Spawning Lake and Creek -Loon Bay and Spawning Bay • Te m a g a m i Co-o p Thieving Bear Creek Fr e s h m a r t Net Creek - Dam area April 1 – June 15 Net Lake - ONR Bridge • Da d ’s Ou t d o o r Kanichee Creek - Kanichee to Net Lake St o r e Whirligig Lake Closed All Year Whitepine Lake Liberty Lake TLA Director Andrew Healy, who spearheaded * Refer to the 2010 Recreational Fishing Regulations for other species and exceptions * It is illegal to release any live bait, or dump the contents of a bait bucket, including the water, into any waters, or within 30 m of any waters. * Protected slot for walleye is the project, displays the designed to protect the spawning portion of the population, particularly females. Report infractions observed to MNR TIPS line: latest Fishing Sticker. 1-877 TIPS-MNR (847-7667) and a conservation officer will be contacted.

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TLA Objects continued from page 15 of grants and transfer payments, an Before the Municipality decides upon additional $283,000 in proposed capi- this year’s taxation, the TLA asks that tal costs appear to remain in the gen- we be allowed to meet with you and ap- eral capital budget for rework associated plicable Municipal staff and councillors with the municipal sewage system. This at a mutually agreed upon time and date would appear to represent an average so that you can clarify for us the break- tax impact of about $175 for each and down of tax allocation versus service- every Lake Temagami cottage property. specific costs.

Owen Lillico, Island 1136 TLA Childrens’ Fishing Contest When: July 1 – Aug. 30, 2010 Who can enter: Children of TLA members’ families and their summer guests who are 15 years or younger How to Enter: Take a photograph of your catch from Lake Temagami. Put your name, age, phone number, email address and Island number on the back. Where to send it: Bring, mail or email the photo to the TLA building before Aug. 30. Prizes: Three winners, drawn at random on Aug. 31, will receive a fishing rod and reel combination from Camp Adanac on Lake Temagami and have their photos published in the Fall Temagami Times. All entrants will also receive a $10 gift certificate from Camp Adanac for fishing related supplies.

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Local Doctor Promotes Smooth Sailing for Kids Get a Checkup, Dr. Steven Goddard, Temagami’s fam- Not a Ticket ily physician, has a passion for sailing as A Pleasure Craft Courtesy Check well as for medicine. He shares his love is a free voluntary service provided of sailing with others as President of the by the Canadian Power Squadron Temiskaming Shores Sailing School. and Transport Canada to assist you in maintaining your vessel’s safety This past summer was their inaugu- equipment. ral year, and it was a tremendous suc- A trained Transport Canada vol- cess, thanks to donations from the com- unteer will board your vessel, at munity. In all, 33 children, ages 8 to your invitation only, and conduct 16, enjoyed a week of sailing instruction a thorough check of all the safety equipment required to be carried with certified sailing instructor Will on board. The Check includes mak- Mann. The sailing school is preparing ing sure the equipment is present for the upcoming season with great an- and in good working condition. ticipation. As well a check of optional safety In the past, a traveling sailing school and navigational equipment will be carried out. The volunteer will would come up from southern Ontario also discuss general safety aware- to give lessons to children and adults in Future sailing enthusiasts off on a practice run on Lake Temiskaming. ness and safe boating practices. the Temiskaming Shores area. There A Pleasure Craft Courtesy Check was always a great deal of enthusiasm for The City of Temiskaming Shores has The school is still looking for dona- can take from 15 to 30 minutes. Upon the lessons, however there was little op- allowed the school to lease the marina tions of small sailboats in good condi- successful completion, a decal will be issued, which should be displayed portunity for the youth to extend their building in Haileybury at a very reason- tion to add to the fleet. If you know of on the vessel. Some boaters worry skills without access to a boat the rest of able rate. This will make an excellent any boats lying unused that you would that they will not successfully com- the summer.Enjoy the view and thehome outdoors base for classes as well as a storage like to donate to the school they would plete the Check. You should not be “Nowwith that a timber there is a framed permanent screenedfacility for the sailboats.porch . truly appreciate your support. They will concerned about this. The volunteer school,” says Dr. Goddard, “there are So far, the community has donated provide a receipt for the estimated value will offer suggestions that can assist you in remedying any deficiencies. more opportunities than ever before for five sailboats, but some of the boats need for your records. The information obtained during the kids to get out on the water.” The repairs and will need to be replaced in If you would like to help out in any a Pleasure Craft Courtesy Check school’s goal is to keep the program af- the coming years. With support from way, please contact Steve Goddard, will not be forwarded to any en- fordable for local youth, so they can the community the plan is to gradu- President, Temiskaming Shores Sailing forcement agency and is protected bring this sport to as many youth as pos- ally replace the existing boats as they School, Box 2694 New Liskeard, ON, by the Privacy Act. For the record, a Pleasure Craft Courtesy Check is not sible for a reasonable fee, but this does wear out (the kids can be pretty hard on P0J 1P0, phone 705-647-1325, email: mandatory or required by law. need ongoing generous support. them!) [email protected].

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By Angus Scully, Chair, TLA Marine Committee The 50 feet (15 metres) of floating line that we are all required to carry on board our boats is ideal for towing because it doesn’t stretch, but its pri- Why Recycle? mary purpose is to help people in the water. Is yours ready for emergency use? A tangle of rope in the bottom of the boat or in a plastic box would Here’s why: Each ton of be a hindrance when someone in the water needs help. recycled paper can save Here are two recommendations for safety lines: 17 trees, 1,438 litres of oil, 1. Use a large diameter floating rope. The thin ¼ - inch ropes that come in basic safety kits are too thin for a person to easily grasp. A larger diam- 24.6 cubic meters of eter doesn’t cost a great deal more, it’s easier to grasp, and it’s easier to landfill space, 4000 kilowatts coil. of energy, and 26,498 litres 2. Purchase a throw bag (also called “rescue throw bag,” or “safety rope throw bag”). Experts recommend these as the rope doesn’t need to be of water. This represents A typical throw bag - easily stowed and always coiled, there is no fear of tangles, and the bag can be used quickly and a 65 percent energy savings, ready for use. thrown accurately. They are available with larger diameter rope for easy grasping. 58 percent water saving, Demonstrations of throw bags and comments about different types are and 60 pounds less of available on You Tube – just enter “throw bags safety.” air pollution!

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Name ______Spouse ______Ontario will introduce a major tax reform, or Harmonized Sales Tax as it’s officially called that will Home Address ______combine both the provincial and federal sales tax on City ______Prov./State______Postal/Zip Code______products and services. As CBC News explained on its website, “the combined tax of five per cent GST Email ______and eight per cent Ontario sales tax won’t change Temagami Phone ______Home Phone ______Island Number______the price on most items. But many items that used to be exempt from sales tax will no longer be so.” Here are excerpts from the CBC’s Frequently Membership Options Asked Questions: Class A membership (necessary for F and D memberships) ______$ 115.00 What is no longer PST exempt? Class F membership (for family members of A member) ______55.00 Consumers are most likely to notice an Class D memberships (children <18yrs of class A or F) ______15.00 increase in the price of gasoline and heating Class C membership (commercial) ______115.00 fuels. Electricity will no longer be exempt from pro- Class B membership (sustaining - non property owner) ______60.00 vincial sales tax, nor will tobacco, personal services like haircuts, membership fees for clubs and gyms, ______TOTAL $ ______newspapers and magazines, taxi fares and the profes- sional services of lawyers, architects and accountants. Real estate commissions will also be taxed. Supplementary options and services Will anything remain exempt? Contribution to the “Tenets for Temagami” Defense Fund Not a lot. Children’s clothing and footwear, chil- A separate fund for legal costs protecting the tenets______$ ______dren’s car seats and car booster seats, books, diapers Property Patrol Service (choose either A, B or C for each Island with buildings) and feminine hygiene products will remain exempt Service A (spring and fall) — $45 ______$ ______from the provincial portion of the single sales tax. Basic groceries, rent, condo fees, prescription Service B (January and March) — $45 ______$ ______drugs, and medical devices remain exempt from both Service C (combination A and B) — $85 ______$ ______PST and GST. VHF Marine Radio Service Contribution Purchase of resale homes will remain exempt (minimum $45 for radio service users) ______$ ______from PST, although real estate transaction fees will be taxed. Navigation Maps — Maps are two sided and water resistant. Why is Ontario doing this? For the boat — $20 CD Rom ­— $20______$ ______The province says implementation of the single Full Colour Wall Maps — $25______$ ______sales tax would bring Ontario into line with “what Plastic Name Plate — $50______$ ______is viewed as the most efficient form of sales taxation (free with first time class A property membership) around the world.” The finance ministry says the sin- TLA Decals (inside and/or outside) — $1/pair______$ ______gle sales tax would reduce the cost of goods that On- tario exports, making the province more competitive ______Grand Total enclosed $ ______and boosting a sector of the economy that has been particularly hard hit by the economic downturn. At the moment, businesses may not deduct the p a y m e n t : c h e q u e PST from the cost of materials and other products Cardholder number Exp. date they buy; instead, they pass the cost along to consum- ers. But under harmonization, businesses may claim cardholder name Checks payable to: tax credits for those purchases, which some estimates Temagami Lakes Association, suggest could save them $3-billion a year. Group Box 129, Cardholder signature Temagami Ontario Is Ontario alone in this? P0H 2H0 All the Atlantic provinces except Prince Edward Island have a harmonized sales tax. (For more informa- If you would like to receive an application for membership or information related tion, see: http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/27/ to that contact Peter at [email protected] or call 705-237-8927 f-tax-faq.html#ixzz0nuYqot4B )

Visit the Temagami Lakes’ Association website: www.tla-temagami.org page 32 Summer 2010 Temagami Times page 33 The Pleasures of the Table By Caryn Colman organic put its smooth elbows on palette, as does ancestral memory. I have sat thousands of people the table? And who invited the ed- Habits ingrain body chemistry and from all over the world at my table. ible flowers? dictate food choices. And just as And fed them. Fed them breakfast, Me? I was born a foodie. But one person is born colour blind, a lunch and dinner. Heaped up the my conscious journey started genetic predisposition to discern- plate for meat lovers, vegetarians, when I was 12 years old. My dear ing taste is certain. Then there

vegans, omnivores, and a slew of uncle, a medical doctor, devel- is the fascinating subject of food personal chef other nomenclatures. oped hearing loss due they say, to marketing. Chapter two perhaps? It’s an honourable and creative chemicals in the operating room. But one thing is for certain. job. And as I’ve witnessed people’s So my aunt embarked upon a heal- Food brings people together. And relationship to food over 15 years, ing mission with organic food. All beautiful food well prepared has I’ve learned a thing or two. I can this in the 1960s when the organic the supreme power to enliven peo- tell you that each person’s relation- movement was in vitro, tucked ple, relationships, and pleasure in ship to food is precisely individual. away in one north Toronto store, life. It is my greatest pleasure is to How does one develop a prefer- McMillan’s. As I drank the sublime facilitate that. Bon appetite. 8]g1]Z[O\ ence for breakfast porridge or din- pear nectar in my aunt’s kitchen, P.S. What is your earliest food  ner polenta? Why do some love a I was hooked. Organic equated memory? Pray tell. Tweet, Face- slow roast of red meat, while oth- better. I’ve been growing with that book, call (705-569-3539) or email ers stave off? What offence has the mantra ever since. me at [email protected]. beet, brussel sprout or squash been While an illness embarked me (Caryn Colman has facilitated the assigned? Or cilantro, ginger, and on my food journey, there are many pleasures of the table for 15 years at loveage? When did the politic of pathways. One’s culture tones the Smoothwater of Temagami.) 1O`g\

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What Went Wrong? continued from page 3

2008/2009, which more than doubled tions that we could make sufficient profit that deficit. In both cases, managers were in the summer months to carry the rest of Evans, Bragagnolo Sullivan LLP brought in who were sure that what works the year. elsewhere would work here. It didn’t. Our Because the other variable over which best years were those when Norm Lacroix we have no control is weather. If the winter Barristers and solicitors was the manager. We made profits in-year brings good conditions for snowmobiling, for three consecutive years, the best one we will have a little wiggle room in our op- equal to 1 percent of our gross sales for the eration during the “off” season. If we have year. a warm, dry summer, there will be enough Haileybury Office This is not to say that the only good transitory traffic to add a little gravy to our managers are home-grown. It just points to “on” season sales. the fact that a store in Temagami has to In several recent years, we’ve had nei- 488 Ferguson Avenue be managed for the realities of Temagami. ther. On average, the store makes 45 per- P.O. Box 490 Yes, it’s true that ours is not the only small cent of its annual gross sales between June northern town to lose all its large employ- 1 and the end of the Labour Day weekend. Haileybury, On P0J 1K0 ers in less than ten years. But it must be So our ability to stock the store properly for one of very few that has several large, cut- the summer season is critically important. (705) 672-3338 price grocery stores within an hour’s drive At a time when we have no reserves & in both directions. to draw on to meet that cost, we have ap- 1-877-672-3338 We are very fortunate now to have a pealed for help. Our store is a viable busi- manager, Kathy Waxl, who lives in Temag- ness, but only if we all understand the lim- ami and has extensive experience in the its within which it operates. Our appeal to grocery business with A&P stores in Barrie. you was not just for cash to help us stock Timmins Office She and her husband have operated Moun- the store this summer, but for your under- tain Home Lodge, in Marten River, success- standing and moral support as well. fully for seven years. She is assisted by our As you know, what is left of Temagami 120 Pine Street South Office Manager/Bookkeeper, Cindy Sal- will disappear if we have to lose the store. mond, who has grown up in a lodge-owning Timmins, On P4N 2K4 family on Lake Temagami (the Browns, at The Temagami Times (705) 264-1285 White Gables), and has years of experience as a bookkeeper with Lakeland Airways/ Full Page...... $360.00 1-877-264-1285 Three Buoys and Temagami Marine. Half Page...... $225.00 This team has been managing our third Page...... $180.00 freshmart franchise store on a cost-recov- quarter Page...... $140.00 www.ebslawyers.com ery basis, and that is where our image prob- lem comes in. Last summer’s bare shelves Eighth Page...... $100.00 and shortages were due in part to circum- Business Directory...... $60.00 Ted Tichinoff stances beyond our control, but more sig- (an extra 10% for a preferred position) nificantly, they were due to the fact that Receive 10% OFF Paul Bragagnolo we bought only what we knew we could when you place your ad in Robert Yu sell, because we couldn’t afford to lose any 3 issues per year more money. (discount applied at the end of the year) Lucia Mendonca At the same time, we were paying off a Call (705) 237-8927 huge amount of our debt to our next deadline: May 1, 2010 Mark Marinig supplier, Loblaws - a debt that had been in- Production Requirements Donna Dorrington curred under our previous manager, a debt Please provide high resolution (min. 200 dpi which still has not been fully paid. Over @ 100%) pdf, tiff or jpeg files Alan Perello $100,000 of sales revenue last summer (Note: word documents are not acceptable) went toward that debt. to: [email protected] or on CD by Eleanor Baccega snail mail to the below address. If you Throughout the past winter, our man- require artwork we can provide it for you at Christine McLeod agement team has continued to run the an additional cost (min. $20.00 charge). store on a cost-recovery basis. The current Please call for a quote. recession, along with two cool, wet sum- Group Box 129, Temagami ON P0H 2H0 mers in a row, have put an end to expecta-

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Bait • Fishing tackle • Cottage rentals Burgers PLUS Restaurant Glen & Diane Toogood Temagami LLBO Lance White [email protected] Petro-Canada Video Rentals 705-237-8950 • 705-237-8938 Open 6 a.m. daily Lotto 649 Ice Cream On Temagami Island behind Deepwater Lodge. 705-569-2666 (705) 569-3310 Bus/Train Agent Camp Adanac expert rebuilds • 17’ canoes to order Temagami ON P0H 2H0 CallTa TLAc for kledirections.

Dave Ramsay NEW TLA COMMITTEE FORMED The TLA board has recently established a new David Ramsay, M.P.P./depute Timiskaming – Cochrane committee called the Taxation and Municipal 3 Bedroom Cottage for Rent New Liskeard Office Elections Committee. The purpose of this Lake - (705) 237-8904 P.O. Box 398, 99 Lakeshore Road committee is to be vigilant and involved in the E-mail - [email protected] • Fax - (705) 237-8995 New Liskeard ON P0J 1P0 municipality’s budget and taxation process and T- (705) 647-5995 F – (705) 647-1976 No Job too big or too small Toll Free – 1888-701-1105 to represent the best interests of Lake Residents Call us for our full line of services E- [email protected] www.davidramsay.onmpp.ca throughout this process. •classifieds• FOR rent FOR sale noticeS noticeS

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