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Some people make the mistake of thinking that Kingsmere, the Gatineau Park location of the Mackenzie King estate, is named after William Lyon Mackenzie King. In fact Kingsmere is named for King Mountain nea...

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Gatineau Park was founded in large part based on its role for recreation. The more recent emphasis on conservation highlights concerns that park users could with time love the place to death. That was part...

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It seems that one of the most photographed places in Gatineau Park is the Carbide Willson Ruins. They say that some people like to sunbathe nude there but that isn’t what most photos are...

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Last week I informed Gatineau Park lovers (http://guidegatineau.ca/news/2010/05/19/listening-to-caterpillars/) that the sound of rain they might be hearing in the woods was actually caterpillar droppings. This week I’ve heard from a number of people about...

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NOTE: this walk is offered this coming Sunday May 23, and again the following Sunday see here for details (http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/bins/ncc_web_content_page.asp?cid=16297-16299-10170-49685-49716-49717&lang=1)...

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The Lauriault Trail is a benign little hike. Who would suspect that it commemorates a killer?

Actually it wasn’t Jean-Baptist Lauriault who was the killer. It was a hill on the Kingsmere Road that was the killer. Today there is no official trail or road...

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Next time you're at Mulvihill Lake here's a story to tell your friends.

Mulvihill Lake is in Gatineau Park along the Champlain Parkway just half a kilometer beyond the parking lot below the MacKenzie King estate...

There's more than I cover in the video if you scroll down.

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One of the more modest trails in Gatineau Park is dedicated to the first European pioneers who settled in the region. (http://guidegatineau.ca/files/2010/04/pioneers-map.jpg)...

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So some weeks ago the Ecosystem Conservation Plan (http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/bins/ncc_web_content_page.asp?cid=16300-20445-134235&lang=1) came out. It got press (http://guidegatineau.ca/news?s=rock+climb)because it had rock climbers up in arms. But o...

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Anyone who’s ever even looked at Gatineau Park, even if they’ve never been there, will know that there is a great blinking antenna sticking up out of the hills...