now magazine has always been great to temagami

this article got me thinking about how great now magazine has always been to temagami. whether the topic is travel, environment, politics, or.... or.... well, what else is there in temagami, really? now magazine has always been there for the temagami wilderness.

now magazine articles on temagami

now i'll have to write something about bob hunter and citytv, before it is swallowed up by ctv.

btw, congratulations to hap wilson on winning the 2007 bill mason award.

plus ca change

in an update to my posting from april on the arrival of a skills training school in temagami, n.a.c. has decided not to locate here. rumour is that the deal was sunk by a prominent local businessman who wants to use temagami shores inn for another purpose. there is no official line on this story though.

this development is very unfortunate for the economic diversity of temagami. more on diversification in future editions of wild temagami. needless to say, i'm a big fan of anything that has nothing to do with being a "hewer of wood and drawer of water."

april 10, 2007 - welcome to temagami, n.a.c.

temagami environmentalist receives honourary degree

minnijean trickey, who played an instrumental role in temagami's environmentalist protests of the late 1980's, received an honourary doctorate of laws degree from laurentian university in sudbury last week. trickey is more famously known as one of the 'little rock nine,' a group of black teenagers who were the first to attend a desegrated high school in arkansas in 1957.

minnijean trickey at laurentian university's convocation ceremony, may 31, 2007. courtesy of the sudbury star.

trickey being escorted into central high in little rock, arkansas, by national guardsmen, 1957.

native protest on the red squirrel road, 1988.

sudbury star article on trickey's honourary degree
wikipedia entry on the little rock nine

what's new in town?

a compendium of photos highlighting what's new and exciting in the village of temagami this summer.


the little shop with no name, occupying the former temagami garden centre lot, sells muskoka chairs and assorted lawn ornaments. my only question is, will the chairs now be known as "temagami chairs?"


the angele egwuna exhibit will be housed this summer in twin boxcars next to the train station. from their webpage: "the purpose of this touring exhibition is to present works and historical materials that "set the record straight" in terms of an important and strong individual who lived in our area and, by virtue of her values and intellect, was able to contribute to the making of what has become a northern legend: the legend of grey owl."
the angele project


extensive repairs to the temagami municipal building continue apace. the original building was based on a scaled-down, rejected design from science north. it leaked extensively and garnered derisive comments from residents and visitors alike due to its extreme ugliness. it won't look much different when finished, but one crucial question remains: will the new trim be the same atrocious orange?


temagami's cop shop is moving out of the venerable building on lakeshore drive and into an expanded boathouse across the way. word on the street says this is so the province can sell the old mnr, mto, opp, and jailhouse buildings as a package for some developer to build waterfront condos.