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Index of Subjects --_000_A78B8B07B640407FA71C4EC2DCB5BB5Fdalca_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 ________________________________ Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 16:54:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re no-go! for Never Forgotten Mother Canada Memoria= l 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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