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We SAVED MT LOGAN!
Do you remember Sir William Logan?
Almost a year ago, in October 2000, when our Right Honourable
Pierre Elliot Trudeau died, the Honourable Prime Minister Jean
Chretien wanted to make a tribute by naming a mountain Mt.
Trudeau. Unfortunately, his choice of mountain would have involved
removing the tribute made to Sir William Logan, a Geologist who played
a major role in the mapping of Canada. The possibility
of renaming Mt. Logan to Mt. Trudeau sparked outrage in the hearts of
many Canadians, particularly in our geological community. Harmen
Keyser, a geologist, got together with Ray McNally, administrator
of www.canadianculture.com, and published a petition on the Canadian
Culture web site & Save Mt Logan site.
Within the first five days we already had more
than 22,000 signed petitions, as well as front page coverage in the
Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, and Yukon Gold papers, radio
interviews, and enough publicity to put pressure on our government to
rethink their decision.
On October 16, 2000 Canadian Heritage Minister Sheila Copps announced
that Ottawa was reconsidering its decision to rename Mount Logan.
While this was not yet a firm commitment from Ottawa that the
renaming of Canada's highest mountain was being abandoned for good,
we were hopeful that Ottawa was aware of the tremendous opposition to
the name change.
LATEST UPDATE July 5th,2001 - Letter from the Office of the Honourable Sheila Copps:
On behalf of the Honourable Sheila Copps, Minister of Canadian Heritage,
thank you for your correspondence of April 3, 2001, regarding proposals to
rename Mount Logan and the Trans Canada Trail in honour of the Right Honourable
Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Please excuse the delay of my reply.
Ms. Copps appreciates your advising her of your interest in these matters.
The Government of Canada is currently examining a number of ways to commemorate
the former Prime Minister; however, it has been confirmed that the renaming of
Mount Logan is not one of them . Please be assured that further announcements
will be made in due course.
With respect to your comments about possible instructions for the Centre
for Topographic Information, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of
your correspondence to the Honourable Ralph E. Goodale, Minister of Natural
Resources and Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board, for
consideration.
Please accept our best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Gilles Pineau
Senior Policy Advisor
c.c.: The Honourable Ralph E. Goodale, P.C., M.P.
Canadian Featured
Site of the Week
Visit EaglePrints.com
- George Halle has spent many years taking photos of the most recognizable bird of prey - the Bald Eagle. All photos
are enlargements of the original, taken with a 500mm lense. They are finished with a double mat "various colors" foamboard back and the Native American word - "Kaykw" (Kaikwa) for Bald Eagle in embossed gold or silver lettering.
This week, the Galloping Geezer
talks about the little things that make us Proud to be Canadian...
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North Dakota to go ahead with water diversion plan
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA - North Dakota plans to go ahead with a controversial water diversion plan that could cause flooding in Manitoba.
The state wants to divert water from Devils Lake and dump it into the Sheyenne River, which flows into the Red River.
Water levels on Devils Lake are the highest they have been in 150 years.
The North Dakota Water Commission says it hopes to start construction of the project in the fall of 2002, before the completion of a U.S. federal environmental impact study.
Written by CBC News Online staff
Concern raised over U.S. plan to drain lake into Red River
DEVIL'S LAKE, N.D. - Some folks along the Manitoba-North Dakota border are caught up in a water fight. Those in North Dakota are trying to fix some flooding problems by draining water out of Devil's Lake and sending it rushing into the Red River watershed.
Full Story
Canada rejects Bush water export overture
Jul. 18, 2001. 07:01 PM
OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Jean Chretien will tell U.S. President George W. Bush this weekend that Canada's water is not for sale, government spokesmen say.
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Canadian Featured
Book of the Week
Canada's Big House: The Dark History of the Kingston Penitentiary
by Author Peter H Hennessy
For more than 160 years, Kingston residents have lived under the shadow of "the Big House", Canada's most infamous prison. From the moment when its bricks were first laid, it began an ambiguous legacy of moral instruction and repression - one which was silently accepted by the government, townspeople and even some of the inmates. In Canada's Big House, historian Peter Hennessy blows the lid off the jail and reveals the history of one of our most violent and sinister institutions.
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