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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
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
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
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
Mixed feelings: Mayoral candidate Jack Layton and wife Olivia Chow look glumly at results showing him trailing June Rowland
Mixed feelings: Mayoral candidate Jack Layton and wife Olivia Chow look glumly at results showing him trailing June Rowland
11/12/1991
Cry therapist: Norm Forman, a Metro psychologist, has researched crying and is writing a book called For Crying Out Loud: The Art and Power of Weeping. In his own practice he asks patients to recall troubled feelings they've never put to rest, then coache
Cry therapist: Norm Forman, a Metro psychologist, has researched crying and is writing a book called For Crying Out Loud: The Art and Power of Weeping. In his own practice he asks patients to recall troubled feelings they've never put to rest, then coache
9/21/1979
Summing up the feelings of most weekend travellers caught in middle of air controllers' strike, 3-year-old Karen Moore sits forlornly on her baggage a(...)
Summing up the feelings of most weekend travellers caught in middle of air controllers' strike, 3-year-old Karen Moore sits forlornly on her baggage a(...)
8/8/1977
Fashion statement: A visitor to Muironeyville in downtown Toronto yesterday makes his feelings clear about the federal government's policies and politicians
Fashion statement: A visitor to Muironeyville in downtown Toronto yesterday makes his feelings clear about the federal government's policies and politicians
8/6/1991