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| A photo from the year 2021. |
Gatineau Park venues during the late 1980's and early 1990's.
Kingsmere Estate.
Kingsmere Picnic Site
Info Centre - Old Chelsea
Old Chelsea Picnic Site
Champlain Lookout
Etienne Brule Lookout
Keogan Hut
Mulvihill Lake
Dunlop Picnic Field
Penquin Picnic Field
Booth Hill
Pink Lake (Upper Lookout)
Pink Lake (Lower Lookout)
Hickory Trail Lookout
Conference Centre - Meech
Meech L. - Blanchet Beach
L. Phillippe - Breton Beach
L. Phillippe - Campground
Black Lake
L. Lapeche Nature Centre
L. Lapeche Beaches
Lac Des Fees Amphitheatre
Luskville Falls Picnic Area
Taylor L. Semi-Wilderness
Camp Fortune Ski Area
Wakefield Grist Mill
MacLaren House-Wakefield
Brown Lake Nature Centre
(From: "Recommendations for an Accessibility Strategy", page 15/22.)
Petition for the NCC to restore access to the Gatineau Park Parkway. 2021. This is a petition for the NCC to restore access to the Champlain Parkway, Gatineau Parkway and Fortune Lake Parkway in Gatineau Park. Starting May 1st the NCC has closed the Champlain Parkway, Gatineau Parkway and Lake Fortune Parkway for motor vehicle access except from 1pm to half an hour after sunset on Wednesday/Saturday and Sundays, which leaves access to the park by motor vehicles less than 15% of the time. Current Gatineau Park parkway schedule since May 1st, 2021. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday - closed to motor vehicles, only active use all day. Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday---Only active use until 1 pm. Motor vehicle access only from 1 pm to 30 minutes after sunset, shared with active use.
This means there is no vehicle access to the parking lots at:
Pink Lake
Waterfall Trail
Lake Mulvihill
Lake Mulvihill Picnic Area
Penguin Picnic Area
Etiane Brule Look Out
Champlain Lookout
Lake Fortune Lookout
King Mountain Picnic Area
There is no more short hikes to Pink Lake, King Mountain, Waterfall Trail, Champlain Lookout Loop or to the Western Cabin. This also limits access to any of these places on a morning ON ALL WEEK DAYS.
We see this as:
1.) Discrimination against hikers and walkers and a total bias for exclusive Gatineau Park use by cyclers for the majority of the time.
2.) Discrimination against people with disabilities, seniors, people who have physical disabilities that affect their mobility or the amount of physical activity that they are able to do.
3.) Discrimination against families with children. Access to most of the parking lots is closed.
YouTube video. "Extreme crowdedness in Gatineau Park due to the discriminatory NCC closures-Ottawa-Hull" August 17, 2021.
House of Commons Ottawa July 24, 1964.- Hon. J.P. Deschatelets (Minister of Public Works) "Mr. Speaker, yesterday the hon. member for Pontiac-Temiscaming (Mr. Martineau) asked me if it was true that the authorities of the ncc intended to interfere in the public transporation service in the National Capital."
House of Commons Ottawa May 15, 1970. Proposal to remove motor vehicles from parkways in the National Capital Region: Mr. Gordon Duncan Blair (Grenville-Carleton) Liberal:" I would like to direct a question to the Acting Prime Minister, and I regret that I was unable to give him notice. Is the government aware of a statement or statements to the press by the Chairman of the National Capital Commission that he might close the national capital parkways in this region for a week, for the strange inquiries of...proving their importance in carrying traffic?" "The second part of my question is whether the Acting Prime Minister can assure the House that the government will not permit the people of this area this inconvenience (created) by the disruption that this extraordinary and senseless experiment will cause."
Hon. George J. McIlraith (Acting Prime Minister; Solicitor General of Canada) "The statement has caused concern. I am very doubtful that the Chairman of the National Capital Commission has any such authority under the National Capital Act passed by this Parliament."
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