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Issue 122 PETER Algonquin Fall 2018 PUBLISHER 6 Wolf Bird Room Press 5 Little Ave Pushed to Toronto ON, M9N 1K3 the brink MANAGER/EDITORS Peter Wood & Sherry Giddings [email protected] KFOOER M ATY OSIERR [email protected] EDITORIAL ADVISORS Peter Cooper Township of Georgian Bay Tom Martin A better future for the Township of Georgian Bay The Nares Inlet/Toronto Steven Duff 14 Ojibway Club Parry Sound • All of our communities working together • Every voice heard and respected GRAPHICS Letter from a Penny Barr • Planning decisions that are well informed and consider the long term grandfather Editorial cartoonist • Better value and use of our taxes Colin Wood Web administrator • Our environment - land and water - preserved and protected Marianne Dawson • Sustainable development and healthy growth for all Graphic designer

WRITERS Steven Duff ‘Goalie’ Parry Sound • 50 year Seasonal Resident 22 From book to Cathy Cooper • A key player in the "Save Our School", Eye on the Bay Honey Harbour group – 2016-2017 silver screen David Sweetnam • Soon to be retired senior executive Georgian Bay Forever with Barrie manufacturer – 29 years Monika Lukacena-Russo • Member, Committee of Adjustment, Olea Health Wasaga Beach Township of Georgian Bay – four years David M. Dupuis • Director, Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve Penetanguishene – two years, one as Treasurer REGULAR FEATURES Charolotte Stein • Director, Georgian Bay Land Trust Parry Sound Books – six years, five as Treasurer Georgian Bay Healthy Living: Forever: Monika Lukacena-Russo PRODUCTION • Director, Georgian Bay Association 10 David Sweetnam 12 Smellies Design & Print Shop – four years, past year on the Executive Committee Bracebridge • Director, Honey Harbour Association Books Small Craft PRINTING – six years, five as President McLaren Press Graphics on the Bay: Delights: Gravenhurst 28 Charlotte Stein 31 Tom Martin ISSN 0849-5696 BN 121730009 RT0001 Sept. 17, 2018 COVER PHOTO: Let’s move forward together. Wesley Liikane, www.cowboywithacamera.com, [email protected] 2 GEORGIAN BAY TODAYWW W . P ETER K OE T SIER. CA FALL 2018 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 3 The concept of ‘fake news’ is an oxymoron, that is, the is antithetical to doctrine, does not falsify truth; it immunizes FROM THE EDITOR terms in the conjunction contradict one another. The word believers, across the political spectrum, against truth. ‘news’ means ‘rigorously checked for validity’; it is the opposite of ‘fake.’ If ‘fake news’ is a legitimate descriptive phrase, then, In order for people to be deceived en masse, it is also The truth about ‘fake news’ can we also infer that the corollary ‘true lies’ is also true? necessary that there be a prevalent ‘climate of belief ’. In the Unlike the listening audience in 1938, we are empowered to early part of the 20th C, a new art form called Science Fiction On October 8, 1938, dangerous. There is no requirement or even expectation to be check the validity of any report on social media. was gaining widespread popularity through the works of H.G. 23 year old Orson Welles truthful on social media. Wells and Jules Verne. ‘Sci-Fi’ was influencing thought and caused mass panic by Are we vulnerable to false information today? causing people to look to the skies with a sense of wonder, broadcasting a radio The phenomenon of ‘fake news’ has not gone unnoticed We may prefer to believe that in 2018 we are more and fear. Listeners to the War of the Worlds were primed drama of H.G.Wells by Pope Francis who recently warned against fake news and sophisticated than those poor gullible souls who abandoned for mass hysteria. The ‘climate of belief ’ today is even more ‘War of Worlds’ on likened it to the “crafty serpent in the Book of Genesis, dating their homes because of a radio broadcast in 1938, but are we? fertile and more accessible. We are burdened with many fears Mercury Theatre. back to biblical times.” In his view, “It is a sign of intolerant It may be argued that we are more susceptible to persuasion. and divisions that make us vulnerable to ‘viral’ infections. Thousands of people and hypersensitive attitudes and leads only to the spread fled their homes of arrogance and hatred.” The response from the Vatican

Peter, by Carole Freeman Carole by Peter, First of all, the Internet and the social media are powerful The ‘good’ news is th believing that Martians has been to dedicate September 29 , every year, as World persuaders: more potent than the radio. Fortunately, we are not all as thoughtless and easily swayed had touched down in Communication Day to, “promote professional journalism, as the purveyors of ‘fake news of social media’ hope us to be. New Jersey at Grover’s Mill. It was theatre, which always seeks the truth, and therefore a journalism of ‘Fake news of social media’ often has the appearance of We can and do know things. We have not entered a ‘post truth not news but it was a statement about the power of media and peace that promotes understanding between people.” His legitimacy. The Internet has a lethal capacity to mislead. It era’. We are reasonably certain that the sun will rise tomorrow. social psychology. It makes you wonder why people believed promise is that, “the truth will set you free.” is ubiquitous, immediate, and provides a dangerous shroud Water will continue to boil at 100C. The sky continues to be it to be true and more importantly: are we better, eighty years of anonymity to empower fakers. It is fueled by many blue and 1 + 1 continues to be 2. The truth remains true; facts later, at discerning the truth in an age of ‘fake news’? What is the legitimate news? manifestations: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube. Not are still facts. We can continue to learn and know things from Accuracy is a moral imperative for journalism.The one of them is subject to any ethical standard. reputable news agencies. We need to recognize who to trust What ‘fake news’ is NOT Ethical Journalism Network outlines the ethical principles and who to reject: rationality over ideology: truth over lies. The Welles example is fascinating but it is not ‘fake news’. of journalism as: truth, accuracy, independence, fairness, The other problem of course, is that people will believe It was a hoax: a dramatic demonstration of the power of the impartiality, humanity (do no harm) and accountability. Values what they want to believe. They will accept as ‘true’ what latest technology, radio, to prey upon the pre-disposition of an also extend to taste and decency. Codes may vary, but these are they are inclined to believe based on a range of biases. They audience. It was theatre. the basics of professionalism and responsibility in journalism. sacrifice the ability to separate knowledge from belief and opinion. Political ideology has never been more divisive. ‘Fake news’ is NOT satire. Satirists make their point In addition to ethical standards, news agencies rely on fact PoliticalPeter Cooper divisions1/2 havePage become GBT tribalad:Layout conflicts. 1 Followers8/29/18 cling 1:32 PM Page 1 Peter Wood through exaggeration, humour or irony. If you confuse it with checking. All facts are checked and events are only reported to ideology with a biblical fervour. Denial of fact because it Editor news reporting then you have missed the joke. as fact with the support of two or more witnesses. In the preamble to its code of ethics, the Society of Professional ‘Fake news’ is NOT to be confused with bias. Most (all?) Journalists states: “public enlightenment is the forerunner news outlets have political leanings and frame their stories of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of accordingly. As long as the ‘facts’ of the story are accurate, it the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth is not fake news. Readers armed with the sophistication to see and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events through political bias are immune to persuasion through bias. and issues. Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a RE-ELECT journalist’s credibility.” It is NOT errors in reporting. Even journalists who practice the highest standards can make errors. As long as it We have good reason to trust agencies that adhere to is not done with malicious intent, it is simply a mistake that ethical standards and practices. If you trust the source, then needs to be corrected. you can trust the information.

It is certainly NOT a news report that you disagree with. News can be both ‘offensive’ to you and ‘true’. Dismissing a Peter factual news report as fake because it offends you begs the question, “Why read at all?” ENVIRONMENT, What IS fake news? PLANNING, The first radio broadcasts occurred in 1920. Radio rapidly became the preeminent medium for the dissemination of information (and a notoriously useful tool for the spread of PRESERVATION, Nazi propaganda). Today, we have the Internet and ‘social COOPER media’ capability. Some users of social media are attempting This election presents you with an exciting opportunity AND GROWTH FOR to blur the line between the truth and lies, between reality and to elect a group of councillors who will restore a more fantasy in order to manipulate. This application of the Internet is evil and we need to stand up to it. The first step is to identify equitable and balanced council. Please get out and vote! GEORGIAN BAY. the enemy: it is the deliberate fabrication and dissemination of false information with the intention to mislead in order to gain advantage: political, economic, criminal, or otherwise. In simple terms, it is, baseless claims presented as fact. That is the real ‘fake news’ and it is highly unethical. It is deceptive and DISTRICT/AREACOUNCILLORWARDS 2&4 4 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 5 a common ancestor with our pet dogs. Wolves share with us this change is that molecular studies found that the Algonquin algonquin wolF a sense of the primordial, the wild untrammeled and very wolf is unique from the Grey wolf, and numbers between Canadian wilderness, yet, they are so familiar; they endowed 200 to 1200 mature animals. To get a sense of how small that our dogs with traits we value so highly: devotion and loyalty population is, compare it to Grey wolves, which are not listed Essential current research to the family unit, affection, and playfulness. as at risk of extinction in Canada, and of which there are Algonquin wolves are perhaps our nation’s best-kept about 50-60,000 across the country. secret. When I started working at the Eastern Wolf Survey Like Grey wolves, Algonquin wolves are hunted, trapped, based out of Trent University in 2013, hardly anyone I talked killed on roads and rail lines, and are generally losing habitat By Hannah Barron highway at some spot naturalists chose the night to had even heard of this unique wolf species, even in the as the human population and footprint bites into the forests Only rarely do you catch a glimpse of an before, simply for the chance to hear some wolves provincial parks we were surveying. The Algonquin wolf lives that support them. Their small population is particularly Algonquin wolf. Sometimes it’s just a splash call out from the darkness. only in Canada. More specifically, we think about two-thirds concerning. Without more Algonquin wolves on the of reddish and grey fur behind trees or on the As a conservation biologist studying wolves of the population lives in Ontario, with the rest scattered landscape, there is a chance that sweeping changes might push roadside. Rarer yet, you get to spend a moment non-invasively, that is to say, without having to get around western Quebec. We think most of the population them to the brink. On top of their low survival in areas still or two looking into the eyes of the wolf, before close to wolves: I enjoy listening to people telling is limited to provincial parks, where the animals receive at open to hunting and trapping, shifting parasite loads, prey it disappears into the woods. Howling, however, stories about the howls they’ve heard, or waited least some protection from hunting and trapping. “We think”. base, habitat and disease tied to climate change could prevent is a much more common affair. The wolf ’s howl for. I have to use that phrase when talking about these wolves. their recovery. is one of those sounds that can silence a crowd, That the remote chance of hearing wolves, let Beyond the wolves in and around Algonquin Park, which have Being rare, species-at-risk are often hard to find, making us collectively bear witness to a moment alone seeing wolves, can bring people hundreds been studied intensively since the 1950s, we don’t have all that hampering our ability to study, monitor and recover them. of awe. Indeed, in Algonquin Park, where most of kilometres from their homes is not lost on much information about them. Wolves are no different. Even the much more common Grey of Ontario’s Algonquin wolves live, thousands me. Truly, these animals are remarkable, and not For example: how many Algonquin wolves are there? An wolves are elusive; wolves generally avoid people. Moreover, of people stand beside their cars in silence at just because they are highly mobile, highly social important question! In 2016, the species’ status was changed these animals are formidable travelers. An Algonquin wolf each Public Wolf Howl event, grouped along the apex (top of the food-chain) predators that share from Special Concern to Threatened across Ontario, and is family pack’s territory often hovers around the 200km² mark. being considered for the same change federally. The reason for Every wolf born in a pack eventually wants to reproduce,

DRAFT RECOVERY STRATEGY FOR THE ALGONQUIN WOLF IN ONTARIO: Results of genetic samples collected PHOTO BY: Wesley Liikane, Cowboy with a Camera for three main canid types, including admixed individuals in Ontario. 6 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 7 start its own family, and this almost always necessitates without several clear photos, distinguishing features such as more DNA samples. be impossible to recover this important top carnivore. Since that the wolf leaves its natal family to search for open space the sharp, narrow snout and smaller feet of the coyote are Lucky for me, wolves and coyotes make DNA collection being listed as a Threatened species, a Recovery Strategy is and a mate from another pack. Although likely originating harder to discern. fairly easy. Being territorial animals that communicate with now being developed for the Algonquin wolf, and will provide somewhere near Algonquin Park’s population stronghold, This means that without DNA, we can’t estimate the smell, they typically leave their mark in highly visible places scientific recommendations to the government to help direct Algonquin wolves have been found as far north as Nakina, number of Algonquin wolves on the landscape, count how to keep intruding wolves out of their area or let their family recovery action plans, such as closing down more areas to and as far south as Orangeville. Labeled transients, these two many are hunted, trapped or killed on the road, nor can we members know where they’ve been. I often look for a high killing, monitoring corridors between protected areas, and animals were eventually legally killed and submitted to the get a good sense of where their range is relative to the other point on a trail, or a beaver lodge poking out of a frozen lake, working with farmers to non-lethally reduce and prevent Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, the provincial species in the Canis soupus. Since their population seems to be and stroll up to find a frozen scat waiting for me. The same conflicts with livestock where they overlap with wolves and agency that manages hunting and trapping, because they tucked between northern grey wolves and southern eastern goes for finding urine: wolves often bother climbing up to coyotes. Earlier this year, it was announced that the Recovery looked exceptional. coyotes, but is a blurry mix of the three in between, this DNA pee on a snow bank at the intersection of two roads or trails, Strategy might be up to 18 months late. Threatened species Outside Algonquin Park and across their suspected range is very important. or against the biggest tree in the forest, or on a boulder of are supposed to have completed strategies within 2 years of in central Ontario, things are a lot murkier; Algonquin wolves That’s where non-invasive genetic surveying comes in, and snow that has rolled onto the road after the snow plough has being listed, and no regulatory changes to protect wolves don’t stick out like a sore thumb among Grey wolves or by that I mean: collecting poop. Each winter, I travel through passed. Roads and trails are the best places to survey, since are expected before the government formally responds to the among the eastern coyotes in southern Ontario. Even if you suspected Algonquin wolf habitat to collect scat (poop), urine wolves also use linear features like this to travel, which saves strategy within 9 months of its release. have photos or body measurements of a large canid (wolf frozen on snow, and hair snagged shrubs poking out above the them energy when the snow is deep. Snow makes tracking The delay in recovery planning means we must do what or coyote), it’s often impossible to determine whether the snowpack. Scat, urine and hair all contain the animal’s DNA, animals easier too, of course. During the cold months, DNA we can to learn about the canids we share the land with in animal is an Algonquin wolf or not. This is where the genetic which I have extracted and analyzed at Trent University’s in the bladder and intestinal cells sloughed off us an animal the meantime, and that we must make an effort to better research I contribute to becomes essential. Natural Resources DNA Profiling and Forensics Centre. urinates or defecates remains in good condition, another coexist with the large wild canines we already have around. Prior to human settlement, eastern North America was reason to sample Recovering the Algonquin wolf requires more than just heavily forested, and home to a much bigger population during winter. leashing our pets and resolving conflicts between livestock of Algonquin wolves. Researchers estimate they may have Ontario’s and canines; it requires a new way of thinking about stretched all the way east to the Mississippi River area, and Endangered Species conservation. Animals are more than just numbers, and social into the southern USA. With settlers came not only the Act protects animals like wolves and coyotes should be conserved at the widespread change of forest to farmland, but also government threatened and level of family-unit; a pack is a family of wolves, which hunt bounty programs which paid anyone and everyone to kill endangered species and raise a litter of pups communally. Fragmenting the tight- wolves by any means necessary. This reduced wolf numbers from being killed, knit family structure seems to lead to more conflicts between in a major way, and ended up splitting what was probably harmed, harassed people, livestock and carnivores. Moreover, wolves are not once a healthy population into two small isolated groups: the or having their single dots on a map, they are mobile animals constantly Canadian group around Algonquin park and western Quebec, habitat destroyed in making complex decisions to benefit their family without and the American group around North Carolina. an effort to prevent being able to identify boundaries that discern protected areas Cutting wildlife populations down to small, isolated groups their extinction. to those set with strangling snares and hunters. reduces genetic diversity, increases inbreeding, and in time, However, due to the For my part, I’ve pledged to keep my dog leashed so that these island-like populations usually end up becoming different difficulty in telling he doesn’t harass his wild canine cousins, manage attractants from one another. Indeed, this is what happened with this Algonquin wolves to promote safe boundaries between wildlife and people (never wolf species. The Canadian group became the Algonquin WOLF SCAT that contains both a apart from eastern feed wildlife!), and will continue collecting DNA as long as wolf (or eastern wolf, as they are called federally; Canis c.f. meal of an animal (hair) followed coyotes, the Ontario its needed. To help cover more ground, I equip interested lycaon), whereas the American group now has an entirely by huge quantity of folded up government re- members of the public with DNA sampling kits to help different name—the Red wolf (Canis rufus), which is listed as vegetation which looks to have opened hunting survey priority areas. That area includes the eastern and Endangered in the USA. been swallowed whole. and trapping of northern shores of the Georgian Bay, where sampling has so In both Canada and the USA, the small number of these the species across far been patchy and needs to be filled in. If you enjoy trekking surviving wolves became surrounded by a patchwork of wolf- the majority of their suspected range, only fully protecting around in the cold, on skis, snowshoes or by snowmobile, free farmland and forest. This rural ‘wolf vacuum’ ended up the wolves (and lookalike coyotes) in and around 4 provincial and don’t mind carrying an extra kilogram of gear on your being excellent habitat for incoming coyotes from the Great SNOW FACILITATES tracking and non-invasive genetic parks where DNA sampling indicates they live: Killarney back, you can become a citizen scientist for the Ontario Wolf Plains. Coyotes showed up in Ontario in the early 1900s. study (scats) of Algonquin Wolves for Conservation Provincial Park, Kawartha Highlands Signature Site, Queen Survey, the research project I set up at Earthroots to fill in The few arriving coyotes bred with what few Algonquin Biologist Hannah Barron. Elizabeth II Wildlands and of course, Algonquin Park, where sampling gaps in unprotected areas. Reach out, tell me where wolves remained in our province, and this hybridization both coyotes and wolves have been. you live/cottage or are able to survey on private or crown gave rise to the Eastern Coyote, a wolfy-looking coyote that DNA allows researchers to get a unique signature for each Elsewhere, trappers have no bag limits and while they are land, and we’ll make it happen. If you’re lucky, you might just averages about 20.4 kg in central Ontario but is typically individual, identify it to species (or see if it’s admixed between required to report the numbers of wolves or coyotes they spot an Algonquin wolf or coyote while you’re out. Or, you smaller in southern Ontario (11- 18 kg). Eastern Coyotes’ more than 1 species), determine whether it is female or male, trap, they often cannot tell the difference. Across most of the might just end up photographing poop. Either way, you’ll be blend of coyote and wolf traits make it an adaptable and and find out how related it is to other wolves/coyotes in the Algonquin wolf ’s suspected range, small game hunters can contributing to essential research, and spending time around remarkable animal. The population has now spread as far as area. If you track the same individuals over several years, kill up to 2 wolves and/or coyotes each year, but are similarly this great big beautiful bay. Newfoundland and across the eastern USA. you also get a minimum age. With scat, you get to see what unable to differentiate between them. Hunters are not even Hannah Barron is a conservation biologist and director of In areas of Ontario where hunting and trapping Algonquin they’re eating too, so I contribute scats (carefully frozen in required to report the number they kill across southern Wildlife Conservation campaigns at Earthroots, a grassroots wolves is legal, and the wolves are rare, they seem to be plastic baggies and stored in my freezer for a few months Ontario, which includes known parts of Algonquin wolf organization dedicated to the protection of Ontario’s wilderness, unable to find a mate of their own kind, and will breed with every year, much to my family’s dismay) to a PhD project range. Neither hunters nor trappers are required to submit wildlife and watersheds, through research, education and action. an eastern coyote, further complicating and diluting the wolf at Trent that is also looking for differences between each tissue for DNA analysis. Wolves and coyotes killed on the She has only seen 2 probable Algonquin wolves in her life, but has a genetic blueprint. This genetic melting pot, jokingly referred species’ diet. In late January to early March, blood spots in road are sometimes delivered to Trent University for DNA phone full of pictures of interesting scats and tracks and isn’t afraid to as Canis soupus (a play on the scientific name for grey wolf, the urine indicate that there is a female canid (wolf, coyote sampling, but not always. In this way, we lose out on learning to show people. Having grown up in rural Ontario, she next plans Canis lupus, which also figures into the mix by being able to or hybrid) in estrus in the area. Without having to capture, about the thousands of large canids legally and accidentally to focus on resolving real and perceived conflicts between farmers breed with Algonquin wolves) makes it extremely difficult and tranquilize and satellite collar them, we can learn a lot killed in our province every year. When you’re looking for and carnivores. Hannah leads the Eastern Wolf Survey’s outreach often impossible to figure out whether a large canid spotted about wolves. Once this season’s lab work is complete, I a species that might only have 500 adults, every individual work, including an upcoming citizen science survey day in Killarney in Central Ontario is a threatened Algonquin wolf, a hybrid, hope to add about 100 more dots on the map above from last counts. Provincial Park. Visit wolvesontario.org and easternwolfsurvey.ca or an eastern coyote. The colouring and size can overlap, and winter’s survey, and plan to head out this winter to collect Without DNA sampling across the suspected range, it will to learn how you can get involved. 8 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 9 ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT

provincial government.” plastic are in the environment is not sub-lethal effects. While some effects Real-time notifications provided an easy task. To quantify floating are due to ingestion stress, e.g., CLIMATE CHANGE by the City of Kingston allow plastic, the Rochman lab staff have physical blockage, many risks to citizens to see and avoid exposure towed fine-mesh nets aboard research ecosystems are associated with the Your bathing suit and your cool beer to contamination that causes illness vessels and boats conducting citizen chemicals in plastic, either added to (https://utilitieskingston.com/ science, such as the youth training plastic as ingredients in production By David Sweetnam, Executive Director, Georgian Bay Forever Wastewater/SewerOverflow/Map). tall ships of Toronto Brigantine. On a or absorbed from “chemical cocktails” If made available province wide, this recent tour of the Rochman lab, GBF in the surrounding environment. reporting would allow tourists and saw firsthand the labour-intensive, Contaminants such as flame retardants If you’re like many of us in hard pressed to rebuild washed out to improve the current infrastructure recreational users to change their plans time-consuming quantification (polybrominated diphenyl ethers – Georgian Bay, you look forward to roadways let alone upgrade their surrounding water treatment, but had and head to a cleaner area. of microplastic particles – each PBDEs and hexabromocyclododecane the languid sanguinity of summer. inadequate combined storm and sewage been looking to the now cancelled And that brings us to your individually separated, identified, -- HBCD) and stain resistant chemicals Adventures in fishing, swimming, systems. More intense storms that Ontario Municipal GHG Challenge bathing suit. sorted and counted under microscopes. are persistent in the Great Lakes and water skiing, wake boarding, overwhelm aging infrastructure are Fund to support projects such as Almost 80 percent of clothing It is very important to take action are of growing concern in Canadian snorkeling, sailing or paddling cool hot resulting in raw and partially treated energy-efficient upgrades to drinking manufactured today is estimated to to reduce this contamination now. waters. days, occupy the kids and give parents sewage discharges into our sparkling water and waste water treatment contain artificial fibres such as nylon, While information on microplastics Studies have shown that chemicals and grandparents the satisfaction of waters occurring with increasing plants, to achieve long-term pollution rayon, polyester, Spandex™ and in the Great Lakes is limited, transfer to fish when they consume providing spaces for those special frequency and magnitude. reductions.” It remains to be seen if others. When these fibres are shed recent studies have shown levels of microplastics. When these fish end formative memories to take hold. Peter Brown, Director of Public and how the current government will from the clothing into our water microplastics that are similar to and up on our dinner plates, we have Sitting on the dock, deck or around a Works for the town of Parry Sound, help to fund such critical infrastructure through washing or direct contact like even exceed concentrations found in the potential to increase the burden campsite with friends and family after which had numerous bypasses in the upgrades. swimming, they don’t biodegrade like ocean gyres like the well-publicized of hazardous chemicals in our a day on the water and having a cool summer of 2017, confirmed to GBF Prior to the recent election, GBF natural fibre but instead begin a slow “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” bodies. However, it is unclear how beer or glass of wine is a common part that although it is difficult to precisely supported the intentions of private process of accumulation in our water. Recorded abundances of microplastics microfibers may uniquely contribute of the peaceful rejuvenating liquor of quantify the amount of sewage that member’s Bill 141 introduced by MPP Other sources of microplastics in in Lakes Erie and Ontario and their to these contaminant burdens, since the Bay. is entering the waters of Georgian Sylvia Jones, now Minister of Tourism, our water include degrading nylon or major tributaries ranged between microfibers are often associated with But there is an unwelcome link Bay during a bypass, it is of grave Culture and Sport calling for the polypropylene boat lines, fishing nets, 90,000 and 6.7 million particles per distinct mixtures of chemicals used to between climate change, your bathing enough concern that Parry Sound’s Ontario government to publicly report plastic tarps, dock materials, plastic square kilometer. manufacture fibers and clothing.” suit and your nice cool beer. municipal government is in the process all raw sewage overflows. bags, single use plastic utensils and According to Erdle “Given their Additionally, personal care products More intense storms (tropical of requesting a complete inflow/ Municipalities are asked to other construction materials. ubiquity and small dimensions, the like toothpaste and facial scrubs have downpours) and record-breaking high infiltration study to be part of its 2018 promptly notify the MOECP and According to recent report for GBF ingestion and impacts of microplastics been manufactured with microbeads. temperatures warming our waters over budget. “We do our best to control the Medical Officer of Health of by Lisa Erdle of the Rochman Lab, “the are cause for concern. Over 220 species Legislation banning microbeads in the past three decades and record- high flows of water due to extreme all bypasses and overflows and are influx of plastic into the Great Lakes have been recorded as ingesting Canada came into effect in July 2018 breaking spring rainfall last summer weather events, but sometimes it is just encouraged to make this information likely began over half a century ago, microplastics and include species but this ban doesn’t address reducing in Lake Ontario leading to flooding are beyond our control,” lamented Brown. available to their local community, but, when industrial plastic production took ranging from microscopic, e.g., microfibers. happening in the water shed and are GBF recently reported that currently, it is not the law. off. Now, showing no signs of slowing zooplankton, to megafauna, e.g., To implement the International predicted to continue over the coming “according to Andy Campbell, Director According to Jones, “Bill 141, if down, annual plastic production has humpback whales. Microplastics also Joint Commission’s Recommendations decades. of Engineering and Waste-water passed, will ensure that Ontarians reached around 300 million metric accumulate in food chains and reach on Microplastics in the Great Lakes, Climate change is increasingly Services for the town of Midland, know when untreated or partially tons after having doubled in the last humans through seafood consumption, GBF is raising money for a unique having an impact on the way tax two bypasses in that area between treated sewage is bypassed into their 15 years. It is estimated that 60% of e.g., mussels, fish and oysters. research project in collaboration dollars are being spent. Storm water January and August of 2017 resulted local waterways. Municipalities are all plastics ever produced have either Effects of microplastics are far- with the Town of Parry Sound and management is the responsibility in 838,000 litres of raw sewage being already required to report instances been diverted to land-fills or have reaching. Researchers have investigated the Rochman Lab at the University of municipal governments, but dumped into Midland harbour. As a of sewage bypasses to the Ministry accumulated in the environment. Much the impacts of microplastics on gene of Toronto to assess the impacts of the Ministry of the Environment, result, that municipality, like Parry of Environment’s Regional Offices. of this plastic garbage is in the form of expression, individual cells, survival source diversion technologies to reduce Conservation and Parks (MOECP) Sound, also has plans to conduct a However, there are inconsistent microplastics -- particles derived from and reproduction. Mounting evidence the amount of these tiny plastic fibres is responsible for approving sewage complete infiltration and inflow study reporting practices across the plastic debris breaking down into small shows that negative impacts can (microfibres) released into our water works under the Ontario Water and upgrade a sanitary pump station. province. Bill 141 will alleviate this fragments or entering the environment include decreased feeding and growth, when we wash our clothes. Septic Resources Act. 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Linen decomposes Trailer Park Development at Macey Bay Bay. Studies on synthetic textiles show pone.0194970 even faster in as little as a couple of that some articles can shed 100,000 What they found was alarming. weeks. Wool and Bamboo take longer microfibers in a single wash. A recent They found that 81% of the tap but will degrade over a couple of By Tom Bain, Eastern Georgian Bay Protective Society Inc. US report estimated that a single waste water samples that they analysed years, and Hemp and Silk are highly water treatment plant can discharge contained microfibres as did 100% biodegradable since they come from The former Dreamers Trailer reviewers and our consultants have take years of investigation to determine up to 5 million microplastic particles of the beer and salt samples tested. plant and insect sources. Park land at Macey Bay is indeed a found. The concerns are summarized as if Macey Bay might be suitable for the per day for a plant serving a catchment Their results “indicate the average • Use “Guppy Bags” (available from difficult development site, given today’s follows: proposed trailer park development. area of around 100,000 people. This person ingests over 5,800 particles Patagonia) that will catch microfibers Regulatory Requirements. This is a means that the 34 million people living of synthetic debris from these three in the wash and can be reused over and well-known fact and should not be a A) Environmental Impact B) Traffic Impact Study (TIS) in the Great Lakes Basin contribute a sources annually, with the largest over. Remember to dispose of the lint surprise to anyone, however, Macey Statement (EIS) Paradigm Transportation Solutions. significant total load of microfibers contribution coming from tap water accumulated in the garbage and not Bay Development Corporation, a.k.a. Michalski Nielsen Associates Ltd./ March 2016 into our lakes. (88%).” down the drain. Talisker Corporation have decided to Beacon Environmental Ltd. And that brings us to our cool No quite so refreshing anymore is it? • Make more sustainable and give it a try. “Increased traffic impacts on/off refreshing glass of beer (or water). Here are some choices we can make to durable choices for materials used in The Macey Bay site is home to “The ESI does not sufficiently ramps at both Port Severn Road North In a recently published study, protect our precious Bay: building docks. several species at risk, including the demonstrate that the adjacent lands and Honey Harbour Road (Muskoka researchers from the University of • Ensure that roof drains and sump • Avoid single use plastics like eastern fox snake, Blanding’s turtle, and can be developed without impacts Road 5)” Minnesota, School of Public Health pumps are not illegally connected to drinking straws or provide alternative the Least Bittern. As well, it is adjacent on the features and functions for “No comments have been solicited/ and the State University of New York the storm sewers so that storm water biodegradable plates, cups and cutlery to a national park, a Provincially which significant wetlands have been received from the Ministry of at Fredonia, Department of Chemistry does not infiltrate into the sewage for picnics. Significant Wetland, an F1 Fish Habitat, identified.” Transportation Ontario (MTO)” and the environmentally sensitive “Additional information on the actual “No comments have been solicited/ Severn Sound. use of the site by reptiles (including received from the District of Muskoka.” HEALTHY LIVING Following the March 17 2017 snakes and turtles) and amphibians Decision at the Ontario Municipal should be provided.” WRITER’S COMMENT This inter- Board, the developer was required “Amphibian surveys should be section between Muskoka Road 5 and to submit the following development conducted.” Macey Bay Road is dangerous now due reports for peer review. “Early breeding bird surveys that to inadequate sight lines. EMPOWERING a) Environmental Impact Statement target birds that breed from May 24 to “Significant upgrades to both Olea Health (EIS) June 15 should be conducted.” Muskoka Road 5 and Macey Bay Road, OUR HORMONES Wasaga Beach b) Traffic Impact Study (TIS) “Marsh bird monitoring surveys including straightening of the roads for c) Functional Servicing Report should be conducted.” improved sight lines/visibility, improved By Monika Lukacena-Russo, BSc. ND Naturopathic Doctor (FSR) (drinking water and “Spring flora surveys should be signage, and reduced speed limits, will wastewater) conducted.” need to be undertaken by the Township The world of hormones is an Educating women on how practice. Stress can amplify any type d) Stormwater Management Report “The area of wetland adjacent to the of Georgian Bay to accommodate interesting topic in my office. I find it to embrace these changes and of hormone imbalance, and can (SMR) entrance road should be mapped as part the large trailers and increased fascinating that we have managed to empowering them on their options can certainly make the normal shifts in e) Phosphorus Management Plan of the Provincially Significant Wetland.” traffic associated with this proposed walk on the moon yet still struggle in make a huge difference to the quality hormones through this decade more (PMP) “The Critical Function Zone adjacent development.” the topic of hormones and fertility. of their life. Once they learn that they challenging. Secondly, keeping muscle These development reports were to the wetlands should be evaluated and On a daily basis, women are surprised are not alone, and that these changes mass up is critical to setting the stage peer reviewed by: determined for wetland wildlife such as C) Functional Servicing Report (FSR) to find out that hormones are the most can be addressed, the difference is for menopause, bone loss and weight a) North-South Environmental Inc. amphibians and reptiles.” Sewage Works Preliminary Design likely cause of their symptoms and so amazing. The 40’s are a time where a changes. Helping patients create – EIS “Wildlife crossing structures should Brief – C.C. Tatham & Assoc. Oct 2016 called “crazies”. proactive health plan works extremely custom work out plans for their body b) Ainley & Associates Limited – be established at the entrance road Functional Servicing Management The common age I/we see major well. A healthy lifestyle with good type and lifestyle can help patients TIS, FSR, SMR where it crosses the PSW.” Report – C.C. Tatham & Assoc. changes is for women is in their nutrition, regular exercise, sufficient stay in tune with their shifting c) Azimuth Environmental “The impacts of the anticipated Nov 2016 40’s…various symptoms of anxiety, sleep and stress management all go a hormones. Consulting Inc. – FSR, PMP numbers of people on the adjacent insomnia, weight gain, poor muscle long, long way. A change is happening in this It would appear that the direction natural area should be assessed, I: Drinking Water – supply, tone, headaches, allergies, recurrent Hormones can fluctuate on a generation due to our quest for from the developer to the consultants including potential impacts of pets, treatment, storage, and distribution injuries, joint pain, new food allergies, daily basis so one of the key most wellness: a key part of today’s preparing the development reports encroachment and trampling, and acne, hair thinning, low libido, alcohol important things to help create lifestyle. More education about our was to take the least cost approach on mitigation proposed.” “The total estimated yield of intolerance, change in menstrual hormone balance and ease into bodies’ rhythms and cycles allows a the chance that it might slip past the “An action plan should be developed the aquifer on the property may flow and cycle length, recurrent yeast the 40’s it is to develop a strong sense of satisfaction, when we say: scrutiny of the Township of Georgian that explicitly deals with improper use not be sufficient to service the full infections – shall I go on. and consistent stress management “I’m hormonal.” Bay, and obtain quick and quiet approval. of the site.” development.” That strategy is simply not going to “The ground water supply is be the case, based on what the peer WRITER’S COMMENT It will likely continued on page 20 12 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 13 LETTER FROM A known me to take a bath in the middle of the day.

And the odour of the pine-buds Made me drift right up to dream-land, To the dream-land of the forest, GRANDFAther Drift right up to Pointe-au-Baril, and other Ojibway recollections To the lovely Pointe-au-Baril By Steven Duff To the cottage in the sunshine On the rocks and in the sunshine. DECEMBER 26, 1945 My grandfather, John Howell James, was a cabinet- Dear Steven, maker of uncommon expertise, as well as with a certain If you have never had a letter addressed THE OJIBWAY IN 1940. The view is very similar today; gift for poetry; he made periodic flying visits to our cottage to you and only you, it’s about time, so finger docks have been added and the diving tower and in, yes, Pointe-au-Baril, visits so spontaneous that often he here it is. I want to thank you for white mooring posts are gone, but nothing else has just filled out a Canadian Pacific telegram blank (remember the very thoughtful gift of pine changed. Photo by A.H. Brown. those?), stuck it in his pocket rather than bothering to send bath oil; I gave it a sniff when it, caught the first available train, and appeared at the cottage Owaissa, who, like other boats of the time, needed certain I opened it and couldn’t wait unannounced aboard the Island Cottager. ministrations before getting under way. Of Father it was to try it out. Grandmother The poem generated by his visit in the summer of ’45, written, asked me to tell you it’s the last summer of war-time, was of limited scope but many words, chronicling one of the almost-daily trips to And he opened up the hatches, the Ojibway, then a hotel and now a club, but one of the few Both the shiny polished hatches, institutions that has not fundamentally changed in a time And he poked inside the bilge-pump, the when everything else has. Cottage families at Point-au-Baril Deftly he poked inside the bilge-pump. only have come and gone, lived and died, and yet the Ojibway, like time she a great European cathedral, is always there, always. And he pumped out all the water, has ever Trips to the Ojibway are now a daily routine for many, Pumped it out with lots of grunting, sometimes two or even three trips as necessity dictates: All the water that was in her, pilates in early morning, delivering children to day-camp, ‘til she floated like a feather. sailing lessons, tennis matches, well, the list goes on, as the Ojibway offers an array of activities undreamed of in early Fine. Owaissa was ready to go, like a thoroughbred times. at the starting gate. But hold on a moment; we had to be But in the summer of ’45, a trip to the Ojibway was organized. Empty bottles from the Georgian Bay Creamery an Adventure, a true Voyage in our venerable launch had to be returned. The kerosene can for the stove and lights needed refilling. Mother checked the shopping list which always required a fifty-pound block of ice for the refrigerator. Postcards and letters had to be delivered to the post office and the mail picked up…

Deirdre (my late sister) came then with the letters From King George’s little office, And they loaded in the baskets, Quickly did they put the ice in.

The ice was critical, excavated from an enormous ice- house by the Ojibway dock, and loaded just before departure to keep melting to a minimum. And then an express voyage back to the cottage, the only time Owaissa operated at full speed, unless there were an emergency. Thirty howling, raging horsepower! Fourteen roaring knots! Never was there anything like Owaissa at warp speed. Sadly Owaissa expired long before the Ojibway celebrated its centenary in 2006, but the Duffs, even by now in exile, were on hand with an even grander vessel, the “family yacht” THE WATERFRONT, 1940. The small building to the Turangalila, and more on that in a moment. right is the pump-house and beyond it is the ice house. The centenary was a wing-ding par excellence. In some Both are long since gone. Photo by A.H. Brown. senses it could have still been 1906, with the Ojibway’s genial 14 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 15 Ojibway Club Art Show SELECTED WORKS • AUGUST 10 - 12 The theme of “The North” has always driven the aesthetic of the show. It reflects our passionate connection with the environment and immerses us in new visions and interpretations of the place we all love through a wide variety of genre: watercolour, acrylic, oils, photography, encaustic, textiles, pottery, woodworking, jewelry, mixed media and sculpture. It is a key source of fundraising for the Ojibway Club and an opportunity for community members to show their work in a familiar and supportive setting.

White Pine Island, David Hodgetts, 2018, oil on canvas 24 x 36

Summer Dreams, Rundi Phelan 2018 m/m on canvas, 30 x 30

Dancing Skies, Kara McIntosh, oil on panel 30 x 40

Ribbon Rocks, Pam McCowan oil on canvas 26 x 32

Georgian Bay Moment, Pam Mayhew, 2018 oil on board, 30 x 40 View of the Open, Jenn Wilkins 2018 oil on canvas, 36 x 48

16 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 17 founder, Hamilton Davis (some of whose descendants still aside from dwindling overnight accommodation, an showing in about 1952 of Scott of the Antarctic. The usually universe. The money, always the money…and then along have cottages at Pointe-au-Baril) strolling about, shaking assortment of services conveniently located relative to the chatty clientele made its way down to the dock in stunned came the Ojibway Historical Preservation Society, approved hands, saying hello and commenting on what a beautiful local cottage population, thus saving a lengthy trip to the silence, so moved by the story, and the boats went on their by Revenue Canada in 2001. Through a relationship with day it was. The trees were much larger than they would mainland. There was a grocery store that included fresh separate ways without any post-movie socializing, like a the Royal Oak Foundation, a body devoted to international have been a century before, but the erstwhile hotel still produce. There was a post office and a laundry service. swarm of water-born fireflies. architectural preservation, the Ojibway Club, between 2002 stood, beaming its approval down upon the dock, where There was a gift shop. There was gas, oil, kerosene (for During our teen years, the mid- to-late fifties, the Ojibway and 2005, raised a staggering $2.6 M. for a total makeover the festivities were taking place: a pancake breakfast, native the hard-core cottagers), a hardware store, and basic boat movies were an essential ingredient towards our fledgling of the old building and improvements to the newer ones. dancing with everyone joining in, a grand sail-past of classic maintenance. attempts at Love. A movie night while holding hands was Additionally, a number of club members donated their own boats (with Turangalila dressed up with an array considered a triumph and having your arm around your money, expertise, ideas, and physical assistance: and the of International Code signal flags), and a luncheon summer-time sweetie was utterly sublime in those proper result? The Ojibway looks just as splendid as in Hamilton served by young ladies in 1906-vintage uniforms. years of an unspoken Me2 movement. Stardust, oh, Stardust! Davis’s day and even better than it did in my teen years. The Ojibway Hotel actually pre-dated the Well, time marched on; Father died in 1949, Grandfather The place is busier than ever, so much so, in fact, that the opening of the Canadian Pacific’s line from in 1950, Owaissa was retired in 1965, and what I thought docks, for many years a long quayside along the waterfront, Toronto to Sudbury by two years, during which was the end came in 1968 when our cottage was sold, thus have had their capacity expanded by the addition of floating time the only access was by the steamer Cara from ending, or so I thought, our days in Pointe-au-Baril. You finger docks. Even so, dock space is often stressed during Parry Sound, making the journey something of a can take the boy out of Pointe-au-Baril, but you can’t take special occasions, such as the regatta or the annual art show. major undertaking. Even with the advent of the Pointe-au-Baril out of the boy. I stayed away but seven years Aside from the docks, little has visually changed over railway, accessing the eastern shore of Georgian and then returned by mixed media, visiting friends, camping the years. The former open-air grocery store, now the Gift Bay was quite an adventure, as people then lacked aboard Turangalila, renting wherever possible…and, through Shop, still stands. The grocery store, moved many years ago private boats and had to rely on either small all of this, stood the Ojibway. And still does. to the former hardware store, has a new building, tastefully steamers or the good will of local residents to The metamorphosis of the Ojibway Hotel into the designed to complement the other Ojibway buildings. The make the connection to the Ojibway or any of Ojibway Club is a testament to the Ojibway’s meaning to ice-house, of course, is long gone. Otherwise the onlooker the other resorts (very few then) and cottages the Pointe-au-Baril cottage community. By 1959, except could be back in the thirties. (also very few). But, as in the movie Field of for a small but loyal coterie of guests, the Ojibway had New traditions emerge from old. When I was a young lad Dreams, “build it and they will come”. And come nearly ceased to be a hotel but was still very much alive as a and through my teens, a visit to the Ojibway without buying they did and the Ojibway Hotel quickly community centre. In June of that year, it was incorporated an ice cream cone was beyond consideration. The source of became a spiritual sanctuary as a club, but a new set of challenges loomed on the horizon. ice cream was at the west end of the open-air grocery store. where one could go swimming, TOP: The main building was nearly sixty years old, built of wood, Now it is served in the snack bar in the main building and the exploring in one of the hotel’s In this scene, probably and was “developing issues”. Serious consideration was given new tradition is to sit and rock on the front veranda, a Moose rental rowboats or canoes, or just before World War II, to demolishing it entirely and replacing it with a building in Tracks cone in hand, and the sparkling waters of Ojibway fishing with the expert guidance the little steamer City contemporary style and convenience. Bay spread out before one, as it was in the beginning, is now, of one of the native guides of Dover approaches But, well, no! Such a move would have changed the entire and ever shall be, Ojibway without end. with their uncanny knowledge the Ojibway dock on of where the fish might be. the end of her run from These expeditions almost always Parry Sound. The small included a “shore lunch”, in which vessel to her right is our Owaissa, come to pick RIGHT: Turangalila at the up my Aunt Marjorie. Ojibway centenary, July 2006, From an old postcard. dressed in her finest. the morning catch provided the food; no need to take any On the purely social end of things, dances took place supplies along except for cooking utensils, potatoes, and on Saturday nights, with variations, such as an annual seasonings. And then the day would be rounded out with an masquerade. And beginning in 1907 and continuing to elegant dinner at the hotel in gracious surroundings. One, this day without interruption is the Islanders’ Association of course, dressed for dinner, and, as a sidebar, it is always Regatta on what old-timers still think of as the “August Bank amusing to see how people dressed in those days. How Holiday Weekend”. And…movies on Monday and Thursday they managed around small boats in long dresses and other nights! relatively formal wear is a mystery, especially in the present Ah, the movies! Ojibway movies are still an institution, time when certain air travelers wear tank tops and other but now they are primarily for the children on Tuesday clothing of questionable taste. nights when the parents attend the weekly buffet. But “in The Ojibway is a hardy institution indeed. The our time”, the early fifties, they were first-run or close to it, proliferation of private cottages drained away some of now-classics like Tight Little Island, Seven Brides for Seven the clientele and newer, fancier, and more modern drive- Brothers, The Red Shoes, and the like. They were shown in to resorts opened with golf courses, swimming pools, and the Dance Hall, projected on a hanging sheet by a wheezing fitness centres. Some of the old hotels went bankrupt, projector whose reels had to be changed every twenty others burned, and yet the Ojibway survived because… minutes or so and whose film periodically went asunder, provoking howls of mock protest from the audience. One ONE OF TWO ROOMS filled with paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, and ceramics at the Ojibway Club …it was a social hub, a community centre that offered, “Ojibway moment” that especially stands out in memory is a Art Show. 18 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 19 OP/ED continued from page 13 report or the appendix of how the Bay, Vennings Bay, or Severn Sound. “People will generally accept facts as truth not expected to be sufficient for the classifications were made and no “It is recommended to collect calculated peak and maximum daily account of the changes from existing to between 2-3 years’ worth of monitoring only if the facts agree with what they already believe”. demand + five flows.” proposed conditions.” data (water and sewage) before finalizing “A comprehensive raw water analysis “It is not clear why the majority of the design…” is necessary to determine/confirm the land is considered as pasture land, as the “Provide a mitigation plan to Andy Rooney, radio and television writer 1919 - 2011 concentration of all contaminants and report mentions that land will remain address i) effluent exceedances from the treatment inhibitors.” similar to existing conditions.” treatment plant, ii) performance issues with the disposal beds and, iii) potential II: Wastewater – concentrations, WRITER’S COMMENT The topog- nuisance impacts (e.g. odour/noise treatment raphy is a combination of forested ar- control) from the sewage works.” “The design brief…estimates total eas, exposed bedrock, and grassed and “Monitoring of the effluent sewage flow as 152,500

20 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 21 goalie Health Centre (renamed DAVID DUPUIS’ Waypoint Centre) where BOOK HITS he worked for 35 years as a Registered Practical Nurse THE BIG (RPN). When not raising a family or SCREEN working, Dupuis has been busy working in the community and writing. From 1989–96 he was Chair of the Penetanguishene Centennial Museum Board. He was instrumental in forming a ‘Friends of the Centennial Museum’ that, through grants and fundraising, was able to save and refurbish the condemned building. He has chaired the Penetanguishene Sports Hall of CANADIAN ICON Terry Fame Committee since 1996. The Hall Sawchuk is considered the has since raised over $350 000 towards greatest goalie of all time. a new addition and Hall of Fame within. He enjoyed the glory of He also was the Chair of the ‘Rendezvous hockey success but Champlain Committee’ that recognized suffered a tragic life. the 400th anniversary of the landing of Champlain on Penetanguishene Bay and led to a massive community celebration and ceremony and the development of a new waterfront park in 2015. In 1989, Dupuis began writing. That year he published a modest but close to his heart book, the history of Penetanguishene in Welcome to the Place of the White Rolling Sands. He also expressed his love of local history

By Peter Wood heritage back to the mid 1600s. His ancestors arrived shortly “Imagine, a movie based on a book written by me?” after Champlain. These French settlers were dispersed, some That is David Dupuis’ modest response to the film ‘Goalie’ to Louisiana, some to Quebec and eventually to Penetang in based on his 1998 biography of a Canadian hockey legend: the early 1800s. The ‘Roi’ side of the family also settled in TERRY SAWCHUK in his Sawchuk: The troubles and triumphs of the world’s greatest the area at the same time. David’s grandfather Albert Roi rookie year with the Detroit goalie. The Terry Sawchuk story has equal measures of (born 1892) became well know and loved as ‘The King of Red Wings, 1950. joy and sorrow: fertile ground for a writer or a filmmaker. Cognashene’ by the cottagers on the east side of the Bay in Sawchuk is a Canadian icon. He enjoyed the glory of hockey the early to mid-Twentieth century. success but suffered a tragic life. He was David Dupuis’ hero David was born and raised in Penetanguishene. He still and it was a dream fulfilled to tell his story. lives on Penetanguishene Bay with his companion Sue. He David Dupuis is firmly entrenched in the history and has two children (Tanis and Jordan) and two grandchildren. culture of Penetanguishene. He has traced his Canadian Five years ago, David retired from the Penetang Mental

22 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 23 by writing, The Legend of Kitch’uwa’ne’ (2000), Ste. Anne’s Dupuis is also a hockey fan. He expressed his love of the sensitivity. Sawchuk suffered from in-poetry, ‘Night Work’ by Memorial surprise. His success is the result of Church (2001), This is the Place of White Rolling Sands (2015) game by co-authoring two more hockey books with hockey depression (untreated) and alcoholism. University Professor Randall Maggs. hard work and passion. It flows from and Champlain in Huronia (2015), historian and friend, Waxy Gregoire: Heart of the Black Although married with seven His daughters, Jane and director his love of his culture, history and Hawks: The Pierre Pilote Story (2013) and they won the children, Sawchuk was verbally and Adriana, wrote the screenplay. Daniel community. Remarkably, he gets up Speakers Book Award for The Red Kelly Story (2016). physically abusive and was a known Iron and Lance Samuels are producing every morning at 4 AM (the middle of As a hockey player, goalie instructor, writer and philanderer. To complicate matters, it. It was filmed in Sudbury. Blue Ice is the night to most of us), photographs historian, it was his dream to write a book about hockey an unauthorized Sawchuk book was hoping to present the film this Septem- the Georgian Bay sunrise over legend Terry Sawchuk. In 1995, he spoke to his friend, NHL already circulating. Undaunted, with ber at the Toronto International Film morning coffee (which can be seen scout Paul Henry, about his aspiration. Henry suggested a the support of publisher, Stoddart, the Festival. This one should make the daily on his Facebook page) and begins letter to the Sawchuk family, but he received no response. Sawchuk family and Pronovost, Dupuis audience cheer and weep. Watch for it: writing by 4:45 AM. He is currently Henry then spoke to fellow scout, Sawchuk teammate, began the arduous task of writing the bring Kleenex and noisemakers. working on a series of five historic/ family friend and Hockey Hall of Fame member Marcel biography. The book was published in David Dupuis may wonder about fiction novels entitled, “The Seven Pronovost on behalf of Dupuis. A few days later, Dupuis 1998. his current notoriety but it is no Keys of Hildegard” was surprised to receive a call from Pronovost. “You are The title makes reference to the the guy that we have been waiting for,” he said, referring to personal challenges that Sawchuk the possibility of a biography of Terry Sawchuk. Through faced and to his professional success: Bob Bush Pronovost, the family granted Dupuis permission to write neither can be overstated and both 231 Toby’s Rd the authorized are dealt with in intricate detail in Honey Harbour ON biography of the the book – even the ‘troubles’. “I 705 756 2200 greatest goalie spoke to Mrs. Sawchuk,” says Dupuis, ever and a tortured and she said, “let’s tell it, warts and cell: 705 794 9909 human being. all.” Terry was wounded by a series Toll free: 1 800 340 3313 Dupuis is of childhood tragedies that led to uncertain as destructive behaviours. He drowned to why he was his sorrow in the cheers of hockey selected. Many fans and soothed his wounds in alcohol writers had tried and infidelity but the scars remained. before him with He was a brooding, troubled person no success. “I had but on the ice he was unrivalled. In never written the original six era of the NHL he Cody Smith David Thut Ana Oliviera anything of was a standout. His records stood for hhhhhh ttttttttttt aaaaaaaaaaa significance,” he decades. Tragically, he died at the age 705 229 8630 905 954 5578 647 502 0166 says. He has since of 40 as a result of an alcohol induced wondered if it ‘fight’ with a teammate. The death Working for you at cottage and home was his experience was ruled accidental. Dupuis wrote M mb th T tt tt Etttt t & t uth t G gitt ty Att itti t ttt t in mental health about this incident, “just exactly as it that made the was reported, in the papers,” without TERRY SAWCHUK in 1966, difference. To be reference to any rumour or speculation WITH THE CO-OPERATION of the Sawchuk family, with fake scars created by a sure, the Sawchuk that might have been swirling at the David Dupuis wrote the story of the greatest goalie ever make-up artist to depict injuries story was going time. “It was almost appropriate,” and a tortured human being. Published in 1998. accumulated over 16 years. to require some Dupuis says of Sawchuk’s premature demise, “that when his career ended, his life ended. Terry was good at hockey. He wasn’t good at life. He wasn’t good at living.” Even the power of the roaring adulation of the crowd was not enough to fill the personal void in Terry Sawchuk. The scars of tragedy in childhood never healed and haunted him to his grave. Sawchuk was elected posthu- mously to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Blue Ice Pictures is currently creating an indie film version of the Sawchuk story: simply and appro- priately called ‘Goalie’. It is based on the Dupuis book and the biography-

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this issue. company at critical stages of try to circumvent the township’s RETREATING FRONTIER Over on Georgian Bay, the Pointe construction, leaving them with planning documents and to attack au Baril Association was disappointed building deficiencies, from the its long-standing land use policies, OF GEORGIAN BAY: earlier this year when the Township foundations on up, that do not meet to disastrous results for the of the Archipelago declined to adopt Ontario Building Code. Earlier environment and ratepayers. 2018 Municipal Election a higher minimum lot size to prevent this year, a Superior Court Judge Dr. Norman Pearson once called over-development in the Pte. au found that this same councillor had the eastern shores of Georgian Bay Baril area. Increased lot size is the contravened the Municipal Conflict “one of the retreating frontiers”. most effective planning tool used to of Interest Act. He warned that we all need to prevent overdevelopment, and many The township, under the current work together to preserve this By Cathy Cooper environmental management.” density residential development other cottage areas on Georgian Bay mayor’s leadership, has endured wonderful nature preserve, before Renowned British-born land use This fall’s municipal elections away from waterfront areas in have already moved from a 1 acre one controversy after another. His it experiences irreversible negative consultant, Dr. Norman Pearson, promise to be a defining moment for order to protect water quality and minimum to 2 acres or more. well-known anti-planning rhetoric impact. There may be no better way predicted back in 1991 that the many cottage country municipalities. preserve the low-density character In the Township of Georgian Bay, has encouraged contractors, than to identify and elect people who pressures for: “second-home and As Dr Pearson predicted, many of waterfront areas. Under pressure there have been many controversial applicants and planning staff to share this priority. recreational properties will be waterfront areas are now either from developers and failing resort planning decisions which have led by people who demand high- reaching, or already at, the threshold owners, District staff recently sacrificed the environment in favour quality environmental experiences for ‘overdevelopment’. The silent recommended a change to the Official of dubious development. The 180- and freedom from arbitrary and majority of residents, both Plan that would amend the definition unit Macey Bay trailer park project adverse land-use changes. The old permanent and seasonal alike, want of a ‘resort’ to include high-density is but one example. This year it was strip subdivision lakeshores with their local governments to place the residential subdivisions. This change discovered that the township was not minimal lot sizes will not suffice. environment and water quality first, would reverse the intent of the OP complying with a condition set by There will be a high degree of so as to avoid irreversible negative and drive high-density residential the District of Muskoka when the concern for scenery, views, careful impact. Yet there are those who development towards waterfront DOCKS AND BOAT LIFTS Oak Bay Golf Course development siting of building, and an attractive erroneously believe that economic areas. was approved. The township was landscape in perpetuity. Along with development trumps all other One project nearing completion supposed to make sure the developer this will be a high degree of concern priorities, even if it has a negative on Lake Rousseau, ‘Legacy Cottages’, established a baseline water quality for water quality and coherent environmental impact. To them, the has created 42 free-standing measurement before the golf environmental management.” He trade-off is worthwhile. ‘cottages’ on a lot with only 470 feet course was finished. Thereafter cautioned that “On any ecosystem, This October’s municipal of frontage. Just 11 feet of frontage the township was to make sure there is an evident limit to such elections promise to determine per residence. Now the developer the developer submitted its annual a process [development] before whose socio-economic strategy will wants to build docks for 50 boats on water test results, specifically for it becomes a different and more win out. this limited shoreline. chemical and pesticide run-off. The intense style of life altogether.” The stakes have never been The reaction to Legacy Cottages, township has not been fulfilling its lift He referenced “the overwhelming higher in the District of Muskoka, the first in a long string of Wasaga Beach Collingwood Thornbury responsibilities. evidence that the areas’ prime which includes the Township of proposed developments, has been Light weight & affordable Jen Scholte, Broker Other election issues in cottage 72 Hurontario St. Collingwood, ON, L9Y 2L8 concern in the next century (and Georgian Bay. The region’s Official swift. A group of residents raised country vary from area to area, but www.JenScholte.com perhaps forever) will be proper Plan has always directed high- over $100,000 to fight the District 705 562 3201 and the Township of Muskoka nowhere are there more reasons Laura Simpson’s Lakes over what they call “the Sell- to vote than at the Township of COLDWATER AUTO PARTS LTD Out of Muskoka”. Their website, Georgian Bay or the District of Complete line of automotive accessories and performance parts savemuskoka .ca notes that “The Muskoka. For 48 years, the District ‘We make hydraulic hoses’ Environment is the Economy” and has ‘weighted’ every seasonal goes on to say“Our lakes, forests and resident as a half-person in terms rivers are a resource that can drive of representation on Council. Muskoka’s economy for decades Recently it has shown an inclination to come – but only if our elected to continue this practice, despite the officials put the Environment First, growing contribution of seasonal not development.. that erodes the residents to local economies and environment that sustains our government coffers. economy.” Pressure from resident Over at the Township of groups has forced the Township of Georgian Bay, the latest scandal Muskoka Lakes to adopt an Interim to hit is a $1,000,000 lawsuit Control By-law to freeze all Legacy- filed against a councillor and her style developments in the area of construction company; a suit in Serving South Georgian Bay Minett, where the Legacy Cottages which the township is also named. for over 36 years were built. The freezing by-law The plaintiffs allege that the township’s building inspectors 6 Sturgeon Bay Rd. Coldwater will remain in effect until after the email: [email protected] ~ web: coldwaterauto.ca fall election, which is expected to overlooked shoddy workmanship 705 686 7425 become a de facto referendum on by the councillor’s construction Mon - Fri 8:00 - 6:00 Sat 8:00 - 5:00 26 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 GEORGIAN BAY TODAY FALL 2018 27 writing about the dreams was his favourite part of High School. He began writing writing this novel. “Dreams are an important part of while still in high school and went Anishinaabe culture” and “the dreams in the novel on to study Journalism at Ryerson BOOKS OF THE BAY are a way of foreshadowing the events to come”. in Toronto, and then to work for the Evan, to Waub, is a sort of everyman. A young CBC, now hosting CBC’s afternoon Moon of the Crusted Snow: man with a family who is just doing what needs to program in Sudbury, Up North. by Waubgeshig Rice be done to make his way in the world, to support I believe it is writers like his family and make things better for them. He has Waubgeshig Rice who have the a job; he looks out for his parents and other family power to change attitudes. He does Waubgeshig members, and the brother who has wandered along a not shy away from the serious Rice road to trouble. issues his people deal with, but By Charlotte Stein deal on the island, but it would With parents of both cultures Waubgeshig he does not write with malice or Picture a land of rocks, water have been a different story in the was fortunate to grow up in a “totally harmonious, hatred. He reflected that it is perhaps “partly as a and trees where people live, and city. And, that got Waub thinking. respectful and loving” environment. His tight result of my work as a journalist - you have to hold hunt. Then picture newcomers Here, on Wasauksing, there is knit family stuck together, so “reflecting a healthy, back your own feelings about what you are writing who arrive and cut down all of “comfort in being here. There are functional family was important” he said. But, he also about”. the trees, leaving the people who people around me with skills”. believes that with many losses in his family and in his Today Waubgeshig Rice is in a good place. He has depended on this land to provide “I kicked the idea around in community “everyone is on a healing journey” and it matured as a writer, he is happily married, a loving for themselves no choice but to my head for several years” says is important to write about that as well. In Moon of father to his young son. He is happy to be living move away. Waub. In the fall of 2015, during the Crusted Snow he sees this apocalyptic event as an close to family, dividing his time between his home in This is what Waubgeshig Rice a two-week stay at the Indigenous opportunity for renewal for this small community of Sudbury and the cabin on Wasauksing First Nation. was thinking about as he wrote Writers Program at the Banff people. He muses that he would like to learn to “speak his Moon of the Crusted Snow. I Centre he began to write what ancestors. “It is always a part Waubgeshig Rice grew up in Parry Sound, living language better”, as he gazes across the water toward spoke with Waub about his new would become Moon of the of the story” says Waub, “Any most of his life on the Wasauksing First Nation, his grandmother’s cabin and the land on which she novel and his life as a married Crusted Snow. It was “weird to indigenous community is still attending Rosseau Lake College and Parry Sound and her ancestors lived. man, a young father, and a writer. put your head in that space” says dealing with it”. We sat on the deck of a home Waub, always thinking “every Moon of Crusted Snow takes Waub and his wife Sarah are little power failure could be the us into the north, as Waubgeshig building on his late grandmother’s next big one”. Rice imagines a place somewhere summer land, on north of Timmins but south Wasauksing First Nation of James Bay. At the centre of on Parry Island. From Dreams are an important part of the story is Evan Whitesky. his deck, in one direction, Anishinaabe culture. The dreams in the Just home from hunting moose, we see his grandmother’s novel are a way of foreshadowing the Evan is told by his wife that Allan cabin where he spent there is no cell phone service, or happy childhood days events to come. Internet, or television reception. – in another we see the Not so unusual. Then there is shoreline across the water no electricity. The community and the town of Parry Sound. For Waub found he was also adjusts, as they have on other Waubgeshig Rice, whose father thinking about the history of occasions. But this time it is HAZELTON was Ojibway and his mother his people, and the displacement different; some are worried. white, this view reflects his reality. of Canada’s Indigenous people Evan’s father, Dan Whitesky, He also thought about the from the land where they had dreams that “the whole field on Councillor—Ward 4 Honey Harbour widespread power failure that took lived, previous to the Robinson the other side of that hill was on place in the middle of August in Huron Treaty in 1850, to land fire…and when I looked at your As your Councillor I will work hard to represent your interests. 2003. Waub was living in Toronto designated as a reservation. This face, you looked real skinny… but was “visiting here on the is, in Waubgeshig’s opinion, the and the other guys looked weak. I want to work with an e�ec��e tea� to �estore �alanced Representa�on island at the time”. It was no big first apocalypse suffered by his It was pretty weird.” Waub says on Council and to Restore Good Government in our Township

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Mark Frost, novelist, screenwriter, director and film producer My wife, Marg, and I enjoy to use the Royal ‘head’ but while you stretches of open water to traverse, travelling to Scotland: particularly to can peak in you can’t use it. Anyway, or if the weather is inclement. But the Scottish coastal Islands. We’ve she is lovely and I highly recommend a for our purposes, the absence of been to both the Inner and Outer visit if you plan a trip to Edinburgh. fussing with canvas tops and the joy Hebrides including Skye, Iona, Harris As much as I admire the Britannia, of exposure to the elements in fair and Lewis amongst others, Shetland I’m more of a ‘wind and spray in the weather makes up for the unwelcome and Orkney, as well as much of face’ type of guy. There is nothing rain or spray exposure in inclement mainland Scotland. Anyone travelling like being in an open boat and taking weather. to Scotland and the UK is bound to a cold face full of spray to invigorate Many of these boats are being visit one castle if not 100. They one. That said, I’ve never felt spray made locally made by Stanley in Parry are scattered throughout the land so cold in a small open boat as off the Sound or Scott Kemp, proprietor of the in various states of repair or ruin. coast of Newfoundland. One shot was Iron Worker, in Pointe au Baril. As In Edinburgh, there is, of course, enough -but I got several. That water a smaller builder, Scott allows a lot Edinburgh Castle. At the Port of was really cold, not surprising, as there of customization in his boats to meet Leith, within greater Edinburgh, there were icebergs nearby at the time! the particular needs and desires of is one thing you can do which I don’t Centre console boats are becoming an owner. What is particularly nice think you can do anywhere else in the more and more popular on the Bay. about buying a boat from these builders world and that is go aboard a royal The Boston Whaler Montauk and the is that you are supporting local yacht. The now retired Royal Yacht Aquasport ‘222’ put the centre console employment. Britannia is permanently moored there on the map in the early 1960’s. Centre So, as much as I admire and enjoyed and you can do a self-guided tour, consoles offer great versatility, and the Britannia, and recommend a visit to which takes about an hour and a half to plenty of exposure to the elements see her, I’d really rather be exploring Parry Sound: complete. So, after you have had your with only a small windshield for the the Bay in my 20 foot centre console, Where Your To-Do List fill of castles, go visit HMY Britannia. helmsman and one other to hide behind Buster 2.0, built by Kemp. Both is Longer than Summer Itself As a keen boater, I just couldn’t turn when necessary. In our community the Britannia and I like to cruise at this opportunity down, not just once, of Nare’s inlet, as a kid in the 50’s and about 20 knots but Buster is better but twice. I’d admired Britannia from a 60’s, I saw that practically everyone for gunkholing, is more efficient, and watch the sunset from the dock distance when the Queen last brought had a cedar strip Giesler. Few doesn’t need as much maintenance to her to Toronto and she was docked at remain today. The next thing was keep her looking her best. And I don’t play the games at the Bobby Orr the waterfront some years ago. She fiberglass or aluminum runabouts with have to be all dressed up when aboard. is magnificent in her gleaming navy convertible tops. Today, centre console I get to be the ‘admiral’ on Buster, Hall of Fame blue hull and white uppers with gold boats, usually made of aluminum, the customary rank of the captain of cove stripe: 412 feet of pure elegance. with relatively modest power, often Britannia. Swimming at Waubuno Beach She was built in 1953 and retired in replace them. The simple design, low Oh, and the name Buster 2.0? Well 1997. To help justify her existence, maintenance, and versatility make Buster was a nickname for my late Bands on the Bay at the she was built so that she could be them ideal for hauling all manner of father-in-law, Bob Dickie. He loved quickly converted to a hospital ship people, gear, dogs, luggage, supplies messing around and building small Stockey Centre: Tuesday evenings! if necessary. 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