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Contentious wilderness: Feelings run strong on either side in the battle over logging in the Temagami region
Contentious wilderness: Feelings run strong on either side in the battle over logging in the Temagami region

Contentious wilderness: Feelings run strong on either side in the battle over logging in the Temagami region

Date4/26/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Contentious wilderness: Feelings run strong on either side in the battle over logging in the Temagami region
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0108337F
On Shishkongabikong Lake, Hap Wilson (above) guides his canoe through the Temagami wilderness he feels will be ruined for tourism by clearcut logging of the ancient red and white pine forest
On Shishkongabikong Lake, Hap Wilson (above) guides his canoe through the Temagami wilderness he feels will be ruined for tourism by clearcut logging of the ancient red and white pine forest
6/9/1989
Temagami protest: Ontario NDP leader Bob Rae is photographed by police, left, after his arrest during a September protest over the building of a logging road
Temagami protest: Ontario NDP leader Bob Rae is photographed by police, left, after his arrest during a September protest over the building of a logging road
11/16/1989
Protest and prayer: Elder Fred Plain, left, flanked by another Temagami Indian elder, leads prayer at Queen's Park rally in June against provincial plans to extend logging road
Protest and prayer: Elder Fred Plain, left, flanked by another Temagami Indian elder, leads prayer at Queen's Park rally in June against provincial plans to extend logging road
6/21/1988
Temagami conflict: The interests of a commercial logging company have collided with those of the Bear Island Indians who are resisting the demolition of their forest
Temagami conflict: The interests of a commercial logging company have collided with those of the Bear Island Indians who are resisting the demolition of their forest
4/26/1988
Native plea: Cree elder Verne Harper speaks yesterday at a Queen's Park forum, where 150 students heard pleas to limit logging in Temagami.
Native plea: Cree elder Verne Harper speaks yesterday at a Queen's Park forum, where 150 students heard pleas to limit logging in Temagami.
4/3/1990
Horrow movie: Native activists at a camp near the Temagami logging-road showdown make it clear what they think of Premier David Peterson's role in their dispute
Horrow movie: Native activists at a camp near the Temagami logging-road showdown make it clear what they think of Premier David Peterson's role in their dispute
11/15/1989
Wilderness guide, Hap Wilson, is dwarfed (left) by a towering white pine in the disputed Temagami old growth forest
Wilderness guide, Hap Wilson, is dwarfed (left) by a towering white pine in the disputed Temagami old growth forest
6/9/1989
A sacred Conjuring Rock broods over the as yet unspoiled tranquility of Obabika Lake in the Temagami region
A sacred Conjuring Rock broods over the as yet unspoiled tranquility of Obabika Lake in the Temagami region
6/9/1989
I have no bad feelings about it anymore, says 48-year-old Henry Specht of his five years in Russian labor camps
I have no bad feelings about it anymore, says 48-year-old Henry Specht of his five years in Russian labor camps
1/9/1977
When Helen Lucas paints, her art gushes out of her own feelings as they are that very moment.
When Helen Lucas paints, her art gushes out of her own feelings as they are that very moment.
6/7/1978
No hard feelings
No hard feelings
2/6/1993
Common bond: Shane Crosken, left, Martin Fecht and Michael Kaer share feelings about such things as relationships with women at meetings of group founded by Fecht.
Common bond: Shane Crosken, left, Martin Fecht and Michael Kaer share feelings about such things as relationships with women at meetings of group founded by Fecht.
7/22/1993