[NatureNS] re no-go! for Never Forgotten Mother Canada Memorial

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There is also a golf course inside Fundy National Park. Personally I find g=
olf a total waste of time, but I did find one of the rules there interestin=
g=85 if you hit a deer with you ball you play it where it lies.

On Feb 7, 2016, at 5:54 PM, Angus MacLean wrote:

As Doug points out,  in respect to CBHNP & other NPs, they were built durin=
g the Great Depression to provide employment & attract tourists. A worthwhi=
le endeavour in my opinion. Incidentally the CBHNP golf course was built on=
 farmland, especially along the Clyburn.
Angus

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Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 16:54:05 -0400
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re no-go! for Never Forgotten Mother Canada Memoria=
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From: fernhillns@gmail.com<mailto:fernhillns@gmail.com>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>

I am a hazard on the course. Doug!


On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 3:43 PM, Doug Linzey <doug.linzey@gmail.com<mailto:d=
oug.linzey@gmail.com>> wrote:
Don't forget that the Ingonish course goes back to an earlier era (the '30s=
, I  believe).  Besides, it was built as a links course  - -  minimal inter=
ference with nature, walking only. So at least until recent "improvements" =
it was not much of a burden. If  anything, it may have attracted visitors w=
ho might never have otherwise entered a national park.
As for its impact today, I can't comment, but it may bear looking into.
Doug Linzey
On Feb 7, 2016 10:47 AM, "Nicholas Hill" <fernhillns@gmail.com<mailto:fernh=
illns@gmail.com>> wrote:
Exactly..carved out of a wilderness..similar phrasing was used by the devel=
oper of Dartmouth Crossing who wrote about transforming a wasteland into so=
mething worthwhile. That wasteland was wilderness.

Golf is a harder sell, particularly where it undermines ecological integrit=
y. Old farms would be a better fit for a golf course.

Nick

On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 10:41 AM, N Robinson <nrobbyn@gmail.com<mailto:nrobb=
yn@gmail.com>> wrote:
Great videos, but too short.

I was shocked to find we have a golf course in a national park, in Cape Bre=
ton,  "carved out of one of Canada"s most pristine wildernesses" ...!

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