Eastmain Community Voices on the Future of the Marine Region
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Eeyou Marine Region Land Use Planning Values, Issues, and Visions
Eeyou Marine Region Land Use Planning Values, Issues, and Visions Report on community input on land use planning goals for the Eeyou Marine Region EASTMAIN Compiled by the Eeyou Marine Region Planning Commission FeBruary 2019 TaBle of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1. BACKGROUND ON EMRPC ................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2. LAND USE PLANNING IN THE EEYOU MARINE REGION ................................................................................................. 4 2. ON THE EMRPC COMMUNITY CONSULTATIONS .......................................................................................... 6 2.1. OBJECTIVES OF COMMUNITY CONSULTATIONS ............................................................................................................ 6 2.2. COMMUNITY CONSULTATION DETAILS ..................................................................................................................... 7 3. VALUES ....................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.1. WILDLIFE ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.2. HARVESTING ...................................................................................................................................................... -
Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Polar Bears in the Northern Eeyou Marine Region, Québec, Canada Brandon J
ARCTIC VOL. 71, NO. 1 (MARCH 2018) P. 40 – 58 https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4696 Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Polar Bears in the Northern Eeyou Marine Region, Québec, Canada Brandon J. Laforest1 Julie S. Hébert,2 Martyn E. Obbard3 and Gregory W. Thiemann1,4 (Received 4 July 2016; accepted in revised form 6 September 2017) ABSTRACT. Polar bears are important socio-cultural symbols in the communities of the Eeyou Marine Region (EMR) in northwestern Québec, Canada. Members of the Cree communities in this region are generally not active polar bear hunters, but they encounter polar bears when fishing, trapping, or hunting during the ice-free season. A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that reduced annual sea ice cover in Hudson Bay has led to declines in body condition of polar bears in the local Southern Hudson Bay subpopulation and to a population decline in the neighboring Western Hudson Bay subpopulation. In June 2012, we conducted 15 semi-directed interviews on the subject of polar bear biology and climate change with local elders and hunters in three communities in the northern EMR: Wemindji, Chisasibi, and Whapmagoostui. The interviews held in Whapmagoostui included informants from Kuujjuarapik, the adjacent Inuit community. The interviews addressed knowledge gaps in the Recovery Strategy for Polar Bear in Ontario. Transcripts of the interviews were coded thematically and analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative methods. The interviews revealed important insights into polar bear distribution, terrestrial habitat use, denning, and foraging patterns. Participants were unanimous in their recognition of a warming climate and prolonged ice-free season in the area in recent years. -
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Nouveau–Québec Beaver Reserve Réserve À Castors Nouveau–Québec
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Polar Bear Cree Traditional Knowledge
CREE KNOWLEDGE OF POLAR BEARS IN THE EEYOU MARINE REGION A Report Based on Information Shared by Cree Knowledge Holders from the Coastal Communities of Whapmagoostui, Chisasibi, Wemindji, Eastmain, and Waskaganish Edited by: Félix Boulanger, Wildlife Management Biologist, Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board Aurélie Bourbeau-Lemieux, former Biologist, Environment and Remedial Works Department, Cree Nation Government Peter Hale, Board Member and Vice-Chairperson, Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Region Angela Coxon, Wildlife Management Director, Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board Project Coordination: Sophie Fillion, former Wildlife Management Director, Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board Aurélie Bourbeau-Lemieux, former Biologist, Environment and Remedial Works Department, Cree Nation Government Félix Boulanger, Wildlife Management Biologist, Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Management Board Local Coordination Team Interviewers: Rick Cuciurean, Consultant, former Special Project Coordinator, Cree Trappers Association (CTA) Sanford Diamond, CTA-EMR officer, Waskaganish John Lameboy, CTA-EMR officer, Chisasibi George Natawapineskum, CTA-EMR officer, Wemindji Photo credits (unless credited otherwise): Félix Boulanger This publication should be cited as: Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board (EMRWB) 2020. Cree Knowledge of Polar Bears in the Eeyou Marine Region: A report based on information shared by Cree knowledge holders from the coastal communities of: Whapmagoostui, Chisasibi, Wemindji, Eastmain, and Waskaganish. 54 pp. A polar bear photographed near Chisasibi, QC. Credit: Jean-Philippe Brochu iv ABSTRACT The Crees of Eeyou Istchee have occupied the coastal and marine region of James Bay in eastern Canada for over three thousand years. Traditional activities on the land and in the water is still part of the way of life today. The Crees have always cohabited with wildlife, including polar bears. -
Appendix a List of Steamboats on the Upper
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF CINCINNATI AND HA:M:ILTON COUNTY I ,W£AWO 8'''8as *-S8aAav euz •• Capt. Frederick Way, Jr. Capt. William Dugan, Jr. Old Times on the Upper Mississippi MOUTH OF THE WISCONSIN RIVER. The ancient highway between the Great Lakes and the Miss issippi. This scene gives some idea of the multitude of islands which diversify both the Wisconsin and the Mississippi Rivers. Old Times on the Upper Mississippi The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863 By George Byron Merrick jlft * Cleveland, Ohio The Arthur H. Clark Company 1909 Copyright I90a George Byron Merrick All rights reserved Dedicated to the Memory of My Chiefs William H. Hamilton, Engineer, Charles G. H argus, Clerk, Thomas B urns, Pilot, masters in their several professions. From each of them I learned something that has' made life better worth living, the sum of which makes possible these reminiscences of a "cub" pilot. Contents Prelude 13 ,Chapter I EARLY IMPRESSIONS • 15 Chapter II INDIANS, DUGOUTS, AND WOLVES 20 Chapter III ON THE LEVEE AT PRESCOTT 29 Chapter IV IN THE ENGINE-ROOM 38 Chapter V THE ENGINEER • 46 Chapter VI THE "MUD" CLERK - CoMPARATIVE HONORS 52 Chapter VII WOODING Up 59 Chapter VIII THE MATE 64 Chapter IX THE "OLD MAN" 71 Chapter X THE PILOTS AND THEIR WORK • 78 Chapter XI KNOWING THE RIVER • 92 Chapter XII THE ART OF STEERING 100 Chapter XIII AN INITIATION • 106 Chapter XIV EARLY PILOTS • I I I Chapter xv INCIDENTS OF RIVER LIFE • I 17 10 THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI Chapter XVI MIssIssIPPI MENUS • 126 Chapter XVII BARS AND BARKEEPERS 132 Chapter XVIII GAMBLERS AND GAMBLING • 138 Chapter XIX STEAMBOAT RACING • 143 Chapter XX MusIc AND ART 152 Chapter XXI STEAMBOAT BONANZAS 161 Chapter XXII WILD-CAT MONEY AND TOWN-SITES 174 C1hapter XXIII A PIONEER STEAMBOATMAN 184 Chapter XXIV A VERSATILE COMMANDER; A WRECK • 190 Chapter XXV A STRAY NOBLEMAN • 196 Chapter XXVI IN WAR TIME • 196 Chapter XXVII AT FORT RIDGELEY 212 Chapter XXVIII IMPROVING THE RIVER 221 Chapter XXIX KILLING STEAMBOATS • 229 Chapter XXX LIVING IT OVER AGAIN 240 Appendix A. -
Sailing Directions Pictograph Legend
Fisheries and Oceans Pêches et Océans Canada Canada Corrected to Monthly Edition No. 06/2020 ARC 400 FIRST EDITION General Information Northern Canada Sailing Directions Pictograph legend Anchorage ARC ARC 403 402 Wharf Marina ARC 404 Current ARC 401 Caution Light Radio calling-in point Lifesaving station Pilotage Government of Canada Information line 1-613-993-0999 Canadian Coast Guard Search and Rescue Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton (Great Lakes and Arctic) 1-800-267-7270 Cover photograph Ellesmere Island, near Fort Conger Photo by: David Adler, [email protected] B O O K L E T A R C 4 0 0 Corrected to Monthly Edition No. 06/2020 Sailing Directions General Information Northern Canada First Edition 2009 Fisheries and Oceans Canada Users of this publication are requested to forward information regarding newly discovered dangers, changes in aids to navigation, the existence of new shoals or channels, printing errors, or other information that would be useful for the correction of nautical charts and hydrographic publications affecting Canadian waters to: Director General Canadian Hydrographic Service Fisheries and Oceans Canada Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0E6 The Canadian Hydrographic Service produces and distributes Nautical Charts, Sailing Directions, Small Craft Guides, Canadian Tide and Current Tables and the Atlas of Tidal Currents of the navigable waters of Canada. These publications are available from authorized Canadian Hydrographic Service Chart Dealers. For information about these publications, please contact: Canadian Hydrographic Service Fisheries and Oceans Canada 200 Kent Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0E6 Phone: 613-998-4931 Toll Free: 1-866-546-3613 Fax: 613-998-1217 E-mail: [email protected] or visit the CHS web site for dealer location and related information at: www.charts.gc.ca © Fisheries and Oceans Canada 2009 Catalogue No.