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Content-Tra --_e12bfa77-2a48-4217-b502-7bed36f15b1d_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable As Doug points out=2C in respect to CBHNP & other NPs=2C they were built d= uring the Great Depression to provide employment & attract tourists. A wort= hwhile endeavour in my opinion. Incidentally the CBHNP golf course was buil= t on farmland=2C especially along the Clyburn. Angus=20 Date: Sun=2C 7 Feb 2016 16:54:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re no-go! for Never Forgotten Mother Canada Memoria= l From: fernhillns@gmail.com To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca I am a hazard on the course. Doug! On Sun=2C Feb 7=2C 2016 at 3:43 PM=2C Doug Linzey <doug.linzey@gmail.com> w= rote: Don't forget that the Ingonish course goes back to an earlier era (the '30s= =2C I believe). Besides=2C it was built as a links course - - minimal i= nterference with nature=2C walking only. So at least until recent "improvem= ents" it was not much of a burden. If anything=2C it may have attracted vi= sitors who might never have otherwise entered a national park.=0A= As for its impact today=2C I can't comment=2C but it may bear looking into.= =0A= Doug Linzey=0A= On Feb 7=2C 2016 10:47 AM=2C "Nicholas Hill" <fernhillns@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=2C particularly where it undermines ecological integr= ity. Old farms would be a better fit for a golf course. Nick On Sun=2C Feb 7=2C 2016 at 10:41 AM=2C N Robinson <nrobbyn@gmail.com> wrote= : Great videos=2C but too short. =20 I was shocked to find we have a golf course in a national park=2C in Cape B= reton=2C "carved out of one of Canada"s most pristine wildernesses" ...!
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